Jungkook's GOLDEN Reaches 155 Weeks on Spotify Global Album Chart, Extends Asian Solo Record

A three year run reaches another milestone

Jungkook's debut solo album GOLDEN has reached its 155th week on Spotify's Weekly Top Albums Global chart, placing No. 199 for the October 23 to 29, 2026 tracking period. The 11 track release extends the longest chart run for an album by an Asian solo artist, nearly three years after its November 3, 2023 release.

The BTS member's album added approximately 20 million Spotify streams during the tracking week, taking its cumulative total above 7.59 billion. Its latest position is far below the No. 2 spot where it entered the global weekly chart, but the continuing appearances show how long its listening audience has lasted beyond release.

GOLDEN has also passed a separate annual milestone. According to the World Music Awards, it exceeded 1 billion Spotify streams in each calendar year from 2023 through 2026, becoming the first album by an Asian artist to reach that level in four consecutive years. The achievement extends beyond solo performers: it surpasses the three years credited to BTS's Map of the Soul: 7.

The latest figures bring together two parts of the album's performance: its position among the albums attracting listeners each week and the streams it continues collecting over time. Its history on American and British album charts adds another measure of its international reach.

From 153 weeks to 155

GOLDEN's latest milestone follows its 153 week chart milestone, recorded in October alongside a ChartMasters estimate of 12 million equivalent album sales. The new Spotify total adds two chart appearances to that earlier count.

Across 155 weeks, the album has accumulated almost three years of appearances. Its latest ranking places it near the bottom of Spotify's global weekly album list, while extending a record built through repeated chart entries over a much longer period.

Spotify streams and equivalent album sales measure listening in different ways. A stream counts a play, while equivalent album sales combine purchases and listening activity using conversion formulas. The 12 million estimate describes combined consumption; the 7.59 billion figure counts Spotify plays attributed to the album.

The earlier sales milestone and the latest streaming figures show that GOLDEN's commercial history continued well beyond its opening weeks. Each measure captures a different part of that progress, from purchases to repeated listening.

How the album's streaming years compare

The annual figures behind GOLDEN's four year milestone show that 2024 was its largest streaming year among the completed years listed. The album collected 2.768 billion Spotify streams that year, followed by 1.607 billion in 2025.

Its reported 2023 total is 2.203 billion, although another published figure puts that year at 2.23 billion. Both figures place the album comfortably above the annual billion stream threshold. Because GOLDEN arrived on November 3, its first calendar year covered only the final weeks of 2023.

Using the 2.203 billion figure, streams rose by 565 million in 2024, an increase of about 25.6 percent. They then fell by 1.161 billion in 2025, or about 41.9 percent. Even with that decline, the 2025 total remained more than 600 million plays above the threshold used for the record.

The World Music Awards said the album also passed 1 billion streams in 2026. An exact total for that year was not given. The four year achievement therefore rests on exceeding the same annual threshold repeatedly, rather than increasing its streams every year.

Why the BTS comparison matters

Map of the Soul: 7 previously held the cited benchmark for an Asian artist's album, with three years above 1 billion annual Spotify streams. GOLDEN's fourth qualifying year moves the record from a BTS group release to the debut solo album of one of its members.

The comparison is broader than the record for an Asian solo artist. The 155 week chart run concerns solo performers, while the four year streaming achievement covers albums by Asian artists, including groups. GOLDEN now leads the cited measures in both categories.

Four calendar years also cover a different span from four full years after release. GOLDEN reached its third anniversary on November 3, 2026, having collected streams during parts or all of 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Its release late in 2023 allowed that short opening period to count as the first qualifying calendar year.

For listeners following the milestones, the dates explain how an album celebrating its third birthday can already have four annual streaming totals. The record follows the calendar, with each new year beginning on January 1.

A strong opening became a lasting chart presence

GOLDEN entered Spotify's Weekly Top Albums Global chart at No. 2. It remained in the top five for five consecutive weeks and in the top ten for six consecutive weeks, giving it a substantial presence near the top during its early release period.

The album also reached No. 1 on Spotify's Top Album Debut charts for the global market, the United States and the United Kingdom. Those lists focus on newly released albums, while the weekly global album chart follows albums competing across release dates.

Its debut rankings capture the strength of the initial response. The 155 week total captures a longer story, following the album through successive periods of listening after that opening attention.

The approximately 20 million streams added during the latest tracking week show that GOLDEN continued generating substantial listening close to its third anniversary. Spread evenly over seven days, that would amount to roughly 2.9 million plays a day across the album's tracks.

The album total and Jungkook's wider audience

Jungkook's Spotify account had accumulated 11.69 billion streams across all credits at the time of the latest milestone. GOLDEN's total of more than 7.59 billion sits alongside that broader figure, which covers his credited work beyond this single release.

The figures describe two levels of activity: listening attributed to the album and listening across the artist's credited catalog. GOLDEN is the focus of the album chart records, while the account total reflects a wider body of music.

The cumulative album figure had recently passed 7.58 billion before the newer tally exceeded 7.59 billion. The latest weekly increase adds to a total built from its first release period through continued listening in subsequent years.

Repeated listening is central to that accumulation. A billion streams represents a billion plays, with individual listeners able to contribute more than once as they return to songs. Album totals can therefore keep rising for years after the initial purchases and debut chart positions have been recorded.

American and British charts add to the record

GOLDEN debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and spent 25 weeks on the American album chart, the longest stay cited for an Asian solo artist. In Britain, it entered the Official Albums Chart Top 100 at No. 3 and remained for eight weeks, a record for a K-pop solo artist.

Those results place its Spotify performance alongside a strong opening and sustained chart activity in two major national music markets. The American and British peaks were both within the top three.

The charts answer different questions. Spotify's global weekly album ranking follows listening on one streaming service across markets. The Billboard 200 and Britain's Official Albums Chart measure album consumption within their respective countries using their own chart rules.

The lengths of those runs therefore belong to their individual charts. Taken together, they show that GOLDEN's success reached beyond a single platform or territory, with its longest continuing presence in the figures here coming on Spotify's global weekly list.

The dates behind GOLDEN's latest records

GOLDEN's progress stretches from a November 2023 release to a third anniversary in November 2026. The recent milestones arrived close together, with the annual streaming record accompanying another extension of its weekly chart run.

• November 3, 2023: Jungkook released GOLDEN, his debut solo album.
• 2024: The album recorded 2.768 billion Spotify streams, the largest annual total among the completed years listed.
• 2025: It added 1.607 billion Spotify streams, completing a third calendar year above 1 billion.
• October 2026: Its global weekly Spotify chart count advanced from 153 appearances to 155.
• October 23 to 29, 2026: GOLDEN ranked No. 199 and added approximately 20 million streams during the tracking week.
• November 3, 2026: The album reached its third anniversary, with annual streams also above 1 billion for 2026.

The latest milestone brings the album close to three years of weekly chart appearances while extending its annual streaming record into a fourth calendar year. Its next weekly position will determine whether the chart count rises again; the year end tally will provide the completed 2026 streaming total.

Key Points

• GOLDEN reached 155 weeks on Spotify's global weekly album chart, extending the record for an Asian solo artist.
• It ranked No. 199 for October 23 to 29, 2026, with approximately 20 million streams added during that week.
• The album's cumulative Spotify streams exceeded 7.59 billion.
• The World Music Awards credited GOLDEN with more than 1 billion annual Spotify streams in each year from 2023 through 2026.
• The four year achievement surpassed the three year benchmark held by BTS's Map of the Soul: 7.
• GOLDEN also spent 25 weeks on the Billboard 200 and eight weeks on Britain's Official Albums Chart Top 100.