Known as ‘the golden maknae’ (the youngest member who is good at everything he does), Jeon Jung-kook is the most Googled idol of 2019 and, with his cover of Lauv’s Never Not last month, set a world record for the most commented-upon tweet and fastest Twitter video to reach a million views (it took just 10 minutes!). Jungkook is one of the least active members on social media, making his appearances something of an event, but his bandmates aren’t far behind, regularly racking up a staggering two million likes per post.

- VOGUE | June 11, 2020 (Ref)

Jungkook is the youngest recipient of the Order of Cultural Merit from the Korean Government, and will now be the youngest recipient of the James A. Van Fleet Award from The Korea Society. The prestigious award is bestowed for contributions to the promotion of US-Korea relations.

- Pink Villa | August 9, 2020 (Ref)

It was only April when Jungkook matched Barack Obama’s record on the site by having three of his tweets make two million likes, and less than a month later, he has already beaten his own record. Jungkook was declared the most-searched K-Pop idol on Google and YouTube for the first quarter of 2020, and also held the record for 2019 too.

- Metro UK, Forbes, Pro TV | 13 May, 2020 (Ref) (Ref) (Ref)

BTS's Jungkook makes history with solo single 'Euphoria'. He became the longest-charting solo K-pop artist, racking up an impressive 26 weeks near the top of the pops. In total, Euphoria has sold more than four million international copies, making it the best-selling B-side in K-pop history, too.The beautiful song, showcasing Jungkook’s incredible vocals, and the emotive video to go alongside it has made the song a fan favourite.

- The National, Metro UK | May 20, 2020 (Ref) (Ref)

BTS keep raking in the accolades despite the fact that they’ve briefly hung up their coats for a well-earned rest, and their youngest member, Jungkook, has been thrust into the limelight. The ‘golden maknae’ of the group smashed records on the Billboard Chart after breaking a five-year record, and the singer has been crowned the longest charting male idol on Billboard World’s Digital Song Sales.

- Metro UK | August 22, 2019 (Ref) 

Jungkook dancing to Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” rapidly surpassed the egg tweet, that only held the title 'most retweeted tweet of 2019' for a matter of minutes, by over 6,000 retweets as ARMY, shared the then-No. 2 to make it the No. 1 tweet of 2019. BTS now has the most Retweeted Tweet of 2019, globally.

- Billboard, VOGUE | December 9, 2019 (Ref) (Ref)

“On” sold over four times as many copies as the No. 2 bestselling song in the largest music market in the world, which comes from the same group. BTS’s ”My Time” opens with just under 20,000 copies sold, giving the seven-member vocal group control over the highest two rungs simultaneously.

- Forbes | March 2, 2020 (Ref) 

BTS Jungkook’s solo songs have all been major record holders, from Euphoria being the most streamed Male idol solo song on Spotify to being the longest charting idol solo song on Billboard world digital song sales charts. Jungkook's newest solo song My Time continues topping charts and setting records as it becomes the first solo bside and first BTS solo song to get a #1 on Billboard world digital song sales charts.

- Somag | August 12, 2020 (Ref)

The king of fancams, Jungkook has 200 fancams with over 1 million views, becoming the first idol to reach this milestone! Jungkook demonstrates the power of his incredible stage presence by eliciting opinions from both locals and fans, who have been enthralled by his acting skills. Jungkook earns his title of “Fancam King” with this incredible record milestone!

- Somag, K-Media | August 25, 2020 (Ref) (Ref)

Jungkook was chosen to as one of the 10 Top Most Handsome Men in the World by US media Gazette Review. He made to #9 on the list and only Asian Celebrity to make the list that was made based on not only visual but intelligence, status, reliability, manly charm, voted by professional organizations. "Jungkook is slim and has young handsome visual but his singing, dancing, rap, cooking, all contributed to his many talents. He deserves to be praised with his incredible talent and great visual.

- K-Media | December 17, 2018 (Ref)

BTS member Jungkook has made TikTok history after breaking the record for most hashtag views on the app — despite not having his own account. Jungkook, 22, has garnered 15.6 billion views on TikTok through the use of his hashtag. The K-pop singer beat Indian film star Salman Khan, who has amassed 15.5 billion views, with this feat.

- International Business Times | August 28, 2020 (Ref)

The main vocalist of the band, Jeon Jungkook, popularly known by his stage name Jungkook, is the most popular among the seven members. He became the most searched K-Pop idol on Google in the first half of 2020, ranking at the top for 22 out of 25 weeks with over 628.57 daily searches and has held the record since 2017. The singer was also ranked as the most searched idol on YouTube and was also the first and only singer in the world to gain over 10 billion views on TikTok.

- International Business Times | August 14, 2020 (Ref)

Your Eyes Tell’ tops iTunes in 101 countries; #8 on Billboard Japan Hot 100. The song composed by Jungkook ranked #1 on U.S. Billboard World Digital Song Sales. The song ranked #5 in Billboard Japan’s Streaming Songs, and #6 in Download Songs.‘Your Eyes Tell’ topped iTunes top songs in 76 countries in just five hours after the release of the song. It also showed global music power, topping the iTunes Chart of 92 countries in 24 hours.

- K-Media | July 26, 2020 (Ref)

"Your eyes tell" produced by Jungkook topped the iTunes songs chart in 93 countries, and broke the record becoming the Japanese song with the most #1 on iTunes of all time.

- VOGUE Taiwan | July 16, 2020 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook is crowned the #1 Sexiest Man In The World after a month of online voting among 100 candidates. Jungkook is drawing attention as he topped the list of outstanding actors, singers, athletes and models from around the world.

- K-Media | December 20, 2018 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook’s ‘My Time’ achieves #1 in Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales as the First Solo song from BTS to do so, proving its unrivaled power in music charts, boasting worldwide popularity. In addition, ‘My Time’ sold more than 100,000 units in the U.S. within 57 days of its release as the First BTS solo song and Third song from the album. Jungkook was also the Youngest Korean Singer to enter the Billboard Hot 100 with his solo song.

- K-Media, Koreaboo | August 15, 2020 (Ref) (Ref)

Jungkook's achieved an overwhelming record of 300M+ streams on Spotify with his works, "Magic Shop" shows his talent in producing, "Euphoria" shows his ability in singing, and the collab "Waste It On Me" shows his appeal proving Jungkook world-renowned popularity. Congratulations to the talented producer who keeps breaking records.

- C-Media | March 14, 2020 (Ref)

Jungkook is the first idol to surpass a cumulative of 1 billion views on his solo live on Vlive. Jungkook won last year’s Video Of The Year awarded by VLive & has 6 of his solo lives in Top 10 Popular BTS V Lives as of now. The record clearly demonstrates his presence on the platform stays strong & his unparalleled popularity unabated.

- K-Media | November 20, 2019 (Ref)

TC Candler officially released a list of 100 Most Handsome Faces 2019. First place was won by one of the BTS member, Jungkook, nicknamed the Golden Maknae managed to beat a number of other handsome idols. Even the hashtag #JungkookMostHandsomeFace2019 managed to sit in third place on the worldwide Twitter trends.

- Insert Live | December 28, 2019 (Ref)

Jungkook wins 'Instagrammer Global' title at the MTV Millennial Awards without having an Instagram account!beating out the official Instagram accounts of big names such as Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, and Marshmello for the title! Jungkook is the first Korean artist to win this!

- AllKpop | June 24, 2019 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook’s ‘10,000 Hours’ cover was chosen as the best English cover song by a K-pop idol. After the song cover was released, 'Jungkook' & '10000HoursbyJK' ranked #1 and #2 on Twitter's Worldwide Trends. Hashtags related to it swept trends in 70 countries all around the world, including No. 1 in the United States, Canada, UK & France.

- K-Media | September 23, 2020 (Ref)

Jungkook ranks #1 as the Hottest Guy in Kpop, based on nearly 200,000 voters on Ranker.

- Koreaboo | September 29, 2020 (Ref)

‘Euphoria’ by BTS Jungkook, is listed #1 in K-pop Songs With The Most Beautiful Lyrics. These songs are known to have beautiful and poetic lyrics which can be expressive and meaningful.

- Koreaboo | October 11, 2020 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook is the youngest Asian to sing for both #1 and #2 songs on Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. The record of the two songs on ‘Hot 100’ can also be seen as a big achievement that shows Jungkook’s ability as a world-class vocalist.

- K-Media | October 18, 2020 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook’s solo songs ‘My Time’ and ‘Euphoria’ have been charting simultaneously on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales Chart for 7 consecutive weeks, showing off their global popularity. ‘Euphoria’ broke its own milestone by charting in Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales for 36 weeks, the longest period for a K-pop idol solo song ever. ‘My Time’ charted for 32 weeks in World Digital Song Sales as the second longest period for a K-pop idol solo song.

- K-Media | October 23, 2020 (Ref)

Jungkook, who is also the lead producer of the hit song ‘Magic Shop’, now officially becomes the first foreign artist to compose an OST for a Japanese movie. The idol received many accolades from the media and fans around the world, and was considered a genius songwriter on Japanese television shows and BTS interviews. Jungkook is really talented in music production, composing, and songwriting.

- Somagnews | October 27, 2020 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook’s solo song ‘Euphoria’ shows popularity in Spotify as the only solo in BTS Top 10 Most streamed tracks. ‘Waste It On Me’, ranked 9th in the list, is a song in which Jungkook participated in the vocal part alone among BTS vocal line. Jungkook boasted his vocal power with two songs, including his solo and collaboration song, in the Top 10 BTS tracks that are streamed the most on Spotify. In particular, ‘Euphoria’ continues its global trend of being the most streamed song for K-pop male idol solo in Spotify.

- K-Media | October 28, 2020 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook’s solo ‘My Time’ re-entered Worldwide iTunes, spending 94 days on the chart, as the longest record among BTS solo songs. ‘My Time’ has topped iTunes in 103 countries, showing global popularity.

- K-Media | October 28, 2020 (Ref) (Ref)

BTS Jungkook set a milestone, breaking his own world record by being the first person to achieve 22 billion views with his personal hashtag ‘#Jungkook’ in TikTok, showing his influence as a ‘global trend’.

- K-Media | November 1, 2020 (Ref)

The ‘Never Not’ cover tweet by BTS Jungkook set a new record of 1.6 million retweets as the first tweet by a Korean to do so. The tweet set a milestone of being the second most retweeted tweet of 2020, showing off strong social popularity.

- K-Media | November 9, 2020 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook wins the title ‘Sexiest International Man’ under the ‘Sexiest Man Alive 2020: Reader’s Choice Poll’ held by U.S. leading magazine, People. Jungkook proved his immense popularity & presence by making a comeback as the only Asian candidate in the 2nd-largest weekly magazine in the U.S. with more than 90M readers and being named the sexiest man in 2020. Meanwhile, Jungkook was ranked No. 1 in the world’s 100 sexiest men organized by the entertainment website ‘Starmometer’ in 2018. He was the only Asian to rank 9th among the ‘10 Most Handsome Men in the World’ selected by the U.S. media company Gazette Review in 2018 & 1st place as the world’s most handsome face by TC Candler in 2019. Recently, he was the only Asian to be selected in the world’s 20 most beautiful men in 2020 by Brazilian media.

- K-Media | November 19, 2020 (Ref) (Ref) (Ref) (Ref)

BTS ‘Stay’, from album ‘BE’, a song that Jungkook participated in writing and composing achieved an all-kill in Amazon (Overall + International) and topped U.S. iTunes. ‘Stay’ topped the music charts in the U.S. site of Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce online shopping mall, at the same time in Best-sellers, New releases, Movers & Shakers, International Best-sellers, International New releases.

- K-Media | November 24, 2020 (Ref)

Jungkook is the only Korean singer mentioned in Esquire’s ‘Most memorable celebrities of 2020’, showing the reputation of a world-star.

- K-Media | November 28, 2020 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook’s AMAs ‘Dynamite’ focus fancam surpassed 2M views as the first member to do so. Jungkook sings the intro, boasting high-quality singing with his powerful vocals. In addition, Jungkook’s pronunciation in English language for the lyrics of ‘Dynamite’ also received much attention for their excellency. Locals on SNS, who are not fans of BTS, called Jungkook as the ‘guy in a pink suit’, ‘man who starts the song’ and ‘man with curly hair’, expressing hot curiosity and interest.

- K-Media | November 30, 2020 (Ref)

BTS Jungkook’s composed song ‘Stay’ topped iTunes in 42 countries, showing off global popularity & boasting hot music power. ‘Stay’ ranked #1 as ‘Best Seller of 2020’ on the U.S. site Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce online shopping mall.

- K-Media | December 2, 2020 (Ref)

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