BTS Jin wins Best of Listeners' Choice at Japan's largest music awards, 'Music Awards Japan'..Global popularity

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BTS Jin demonstrated his presence as a solo artist even in Japan.

On June 13, at the Japanese music awards 'Music Awards Japan' (MAJ), Jin won the 'Best of Listeners' Choice: Overseas Song' category with 'Don't Say You Love Me'.

Spotify Japan shared the award news via its official SNS, stating, "We thank everyone who participated in the 'Music Awards Japan' (MAJ) voting on Spotify." The award reflects the voting results through Spotify.

'Don't Say You Love Me' is the title track from Jin's solo mini 2nd album 'Echo', released on May 16, 2025. The song topped the Spotify Global Chart as of May 25, 2025. This is the first song by an Asian artist to reach number one on the Spotify Global Chart in 2025.

Jin holds the record for the longest cumulative chart run at number one among all K-pop solo artists on Spotify Japan. On the Japanese Spotify chart, BTS's 'Butter' reached number one for 100 days, 'Dynamite' for 84 days, and Jin's 'Don't Say You Love Me' for 80 days.

He also achieved results on the Billboard Japan 2026 first-half summary chart. 'Don't Say You Love Me' ranked 63rd on the single comprehensive chart 'Hot 100'. This is the highest ranking for a K-pop solo artist and the only K-pop solo artist to be ranked on this chart. Jin also reached 85th on the 'Artist 100' chart.

On Billboard Japan's 2025 annual 'Top Album Sales Chart', 'Echo' ranked 41st. Jin is the first K-pop solo artist to have all his solo singles and albums released in 2022, 2024, and 2025 — one single and two albums — enter the annual 'Top Album Sales Chart'. On Oricon's 2025 annual chart, 'Echo' also ranked 39th, marking the highest ranking and the only entry for a K-pop solo artist.

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