“With 2,386,909,339 streams on Spotify, BTS’ j-hope has now surpassed 2 billion streams across all credits under his name. j-hope is also the first and only Korean solo artist to have the most followers on the largest streaming site in the world. j-hope released his debut solo album “Jack in the Box: on July 15, 2022. The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) certified the digital-only album Jack in the Box as platinum after it sold over 470,000 copies in its first week of availability. In December 2022, a limited-edition vinyl version was made available.
In 2023, the CD version of the album—which had five extra tracks—became available. The album was ranked ninth on Rolling Stone’s list of the top 100 albums of 2022, and the publication called it a “growly, endlessly creative debut” that “set the bar high.”
According to NME, the album “takes the J-Hope the world has come to know and love over the last nine years and sets that figure alight,” ranking it at number 42 on their list of the 50 best albums of 2022. But from the ashes, a star emerges that is more captivating and powerful than ever. At the 32nd Seoul Music Awards and the 37th Golden Disc Awards, the album was nominated in the respective Bonsang categories, however it did not receive a nomination.
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