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Jimin지민

Jimin (지민; real name Park Ji-min, 박지민) is a South Korean singer, songwriter and dancer. Born in Busan on October 13, 1995, he debuted in 2013 as a member of BTS under Big Hit Entertainment, the company now called HYBE.16 Jimin's debut solo album, Face (2023), entered at No. 1 in South Korea and Japan and at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200, which Wikipedia says made him the highest-charting Korean solo artist on that chart.1

Its single "Like Crazy" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated April 8, 2023, Wikipedia says the first debut at No. 1 for a South Korean solo artist, and it is one of 23 Korean-act songs in DabPop's Hot 100 top-ten timeline.125 His second album, Muse (2024), brought "Who", which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200.1 At the MAMA Awards, he won Fans' Choice of the Year in 2024, the one MAMA daesang (grand prize) in DabPop's archive that went to a BTS member as a soloist.3

Outside music, Dior named him a global ambassador in January 2023 and Tiffany & Co. a house ambassador that March.4 Jimin enlisted in the South Korean Army on December 12, 2023, as an active-duty soldier, and was formally discharged on June 11, 2025.1

Jimin in the music video for Like Crazy
Pictured: Jimin in the official music video for "Like Crazy", his solo single that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 8, 2023.

Key facts

Korean name지민 (real name Park Ji-min, 박지민)1
BornOctober 13, 1995, Busan1
GroupBTS, since 20131
LabelBig Hit Music (HYBE)1
Solo albumsFace (2023); Muse (2024)1
Billboard Hot 100"Like Crazy" debuted at No. 1 on April 8, 202325
Billboard 200Face peaked at No. 21
MAMA daesangFans' Choice of the Year, 20243
Luxury ambassadorshipsDior (global, January 2023); Tiffany & Co. (house, March 2023)4
Military serviceEnlisted December 12, 2023; discharged June 11, 20251

Appears in DabPop rankings

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Jimin, retrieved 2026-10-15.
  2. DabPop, Korean Acts in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10: A Timeline (Billboard and Wikipedia chart data, as of October 15, 2026), retrieved 2026-10-15.
  3. DabPop, MAMA Awards Daesang Winners: Every Grand Prize Since 1999 (data as of October 11, 2026), retrieved 2026-10-15.
  4. DabPop, K-Pop Idols Who Are Luxury Brand Ambassadors (brand announcements as listed there), retrieved 2026-10-15.
  5. Billboard, Jimin: Hot 100 chart history, retrieved 2026-10-15.
  6. DabPop, HYBE vs SM vs JYP vs YG: By the Numbers (HYBE incorporated as Big Hit Entertainment, February 4, 2005), retrieved 2026-10-15.