{"id":143437,"date":"2025-06-08T12:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T19:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143437"},"modified":"2025-06-08T12:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T19:47:47","slug":"top-5-best-selling-new-solo-stars-in-the-2020s-with-olivia-rodrigo-bts-jimin-and-jungkook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/top-5-best-selling-new-solo-stars-in-the-2020s-with-olivia-rodrigo-bts-jimin-and-jungkook\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5: Best-selling new solo stars in the 2020s, with Olivia Rodrigo, BTS\u2019 Jimin and Jungkook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020s have been packed with solo stars, especially artists like BTS\u2019s Jungkook and Jimin, who carved out successful solo lanes without leaving their group behind. And then there\u2019s Olivia Rodrigo, who skyrocketed from Disney to full-on pop royalty in just a few years.<\/p>\n<p>According to<strong> ChartMasters<\/strong>, these five solo acts who debuted this decade are the biggest in terms of Equivalent Album Sales (EAS)\u2014and their numbers are wild:<\/p>\n<p><strong>#05. Jimin \u2014 13.2M EAS<\/strong><br \/>\nBTS\u2019s dancing star went solo in 2023 with \u201cFACE,\u201d led by the emotional pop track \u201cLike Crazy.\u201d With his smooth vocals and evocative style, Jimin showed a more personal, introspective side, earning him huge global attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#04. Jungkook \u2014 14.7M EAS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cSeven\u201d (feat. Latto) was the summer smash no one could escape, and Jungkook proved he wasn\u2019t just the golden maknae of BTS; he was a global pop powerhouse. His debut album \u201cGOLDEN\u201d was a success, blending pop, R&amp;B, and dance with no effort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#03. Tate McRae \u2014 14.9M EAS<\/strong><br \/>\nCanada\u2019s pop princess danced her way into the charts with \u201cYou Broke Me First\u201d and most recently, \u201cGreedy.\u201d Her mix of slick dance-pop hooks and sexy lyrics has made her a Gen Z favorite across TikTok and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#02. Peso Pluma \u2014 25.4M EAS<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Mexican singer has redefined regional music with his corridos tumbados, pushing boundaries with hits like \u201cElla Baila Sola.\u201d Peso Pluma\u2019s global appeal lies in his fusion of traditional and modern sounds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#01. Olivia Rodrigo \u2014 31.3M EAS<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the emotional\u00a0 \u201cDrivers License\u201d to GUTS&#8217; punk-pop evolution in \u201cbad idea right?\u201d, Olivia\u2019s emotional rawness and honest songwriting made her the breakout star of the decade. She\u2019s the blueprint\u2014and the numbers prove it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheePopCore\/status\/1931377525751472152\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best-Selling Solo Artists that Debuted This Decade in EAS (According To ChartMasters): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Brw96ZXKnN\">pic.twitter.com\/Brw96ZXKnN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Core (@TheePopCore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheePopCore\/status\/1931377525751472152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020s have been packed with solo stars, especially artists like BTS\u2019s Jungkook and Jimin, who carved out successful solo lanes without leaving their group behind. And then there\u2019s Olivia Rodrigo, who skyrocketed from Disney to full-on pop royalty in just a few years. According to ChartMasters, these five solo acts who debuted this decade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1353,2264,1402],"tags":[49,931,933,1230],"class_list":{"0":"post-143437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charts","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-list","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-jimin","12":"tag-jungkook","13":"tag-olivia-rodrigo"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}