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BTS Jimin's cover magazine becomes a bestseller at online bookstores in Korea and Japan
On the 6th, fashion magazine 'W Korea' began pre-orders through online bookstores along with the release of '2023 Volume 2' pictorial with Jimin on the cover.
Afterwards, for three consecutive days from the 7th to the 9th, it ranked first in the YES24 bestseller and daily best in the magazine category at 'YES24', the largest online bookstore in Korea, and first in the weekly best and daily best at 'Kyobo Bookstore'. .
In addition, 'Aladdin' ranked first in the magazine category of Weekly Best, Yesterday's Best, and Now's Best on the 7th, and on the 8th and 9th, Yesterday's Best, Weekly Best, Now's Best, New Release Best, and Monthly Best all ranked first in sales. It caused a storm.
Gmarket also ranked first in the album category among books and albums on the 8th and 9th, and this sales popularity continued to Japan, where it ranked first in the overall best ranking of 'Qoo10' on the 7th and the best ranking in the magazine category of Japan's largest online shopping mall 'Rakuten' on the 8th. Ranked first.
At the time of release, Jimin dominated the world's real-time trend rankings and proved the explosive response of fans by showing high sales by lining up 6 covers from 1st to 6th in most of the bestsellers in the online bookstore magazine category, and even captured the attention of celebrities. .
Actor Jung Hae-in, who has shown his love for Jimin's solo song 'Serendipity' on several occasions, and artist Lee.K, who continues to work with Jimin as his muse in various places around the world, including at 'Carrousel de Louvre' in Paris, France, have created Jimin's cover. He expressed his unwavering interest by ‘liking’ the photo.
In addition, actress and model and beauty queen Megan Young, who won first place in Miss World, shared Jimin's cover on her social media, and Giselle Oliveira, a supermodel and former Victoria's Secret Angel who became famous among fans due to her bold fan support for Jimin, also posted 'My' this time. Love jimin' and 'My Husband jimin is Awesome' drew attention.
In addition, Vogue style editor Edward Barsamian sent a congratulatory message to Jimin on Twitter, and American journalist Noel Devoy expressed his passionate fandom by uploading a verification message saying that he had purchased all six of Jimin's WKorea covers.
As confirmed by Wkorea, which reported that Jimin is being called a 'complete artist', '2023 Volume 2' is the best gift of the new year to fans and is garnering a great response that is shaking bookstores as well as SNS.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
