Jung Kook정국

Jung Kook (정국; real name Jeon Jung-kook, 전정국) is a South Korean singer and songwriter, born on September 1, 1997 in Busan, and the youngest member of BTS. After auditioning for the talent show Superstar K in 2011 and receiving offers from seven companies, he chose to train at Big Hit Entertainment, and he remains a Big Hit Music artist.¹

Within BTS he performed the solo songs "Begin" (2016), "Euphoria" (2018) and "My Time" (2020), all of which charted on the Gaon Digital Chart. In 2022 he featured on Charlie Puth's "Left and Right", which peaked at No. 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and became the first South Korean artist to release an official FIFA World Cup soundtrack song, "Dreamers". His debut solo single "Seven" (featuring Latto, 2023) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Global 200 and the Global Excl. U.S. chart, making him the first Korean solo artist to do so, and became the fastest song to pass one billion streams on Spotify.¹

In DabPop's ranking of K-pop acts by Spotify monthly listeners, kworb's snapshot of November 10, 2026 had Jung Kook at 14,456,122, eighth among the 25 K-pop acts in its top 2,500.² He is also one of the seven BTS members listed in DabPop's head-to-head with BLACKPINK.³