{"id":166055,"date":"2026-05-06T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=166055"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:54:00","slug":"bts-jungkook-becomes-first-korean-singer-featured-in-u-s-childrens-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-jungkook-becomes-first-korean-singer-featured-in-u-s-childrens-book\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 Jungkook becomes first Korean singer featured in U.S. children\u2019s book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong>\u2019 <strong>Jungkook<\/strong> is still at the top of the American market despite not releasing new solo music for a while. The idol gathered a greater audience in the territory, even becoming a notorious being among the youngest generations, including the kids who are first discovering his music.<\/p>\n<p>Jungkook was introduced as the main subject of \u201c<strong><em>Brain Candy Books,\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>a U.S. series designed to introduce elementary school students to notable figures in music and sports. The Golden Maknae is now part of the series, joining internationally renowned stars including Cristiano Ronaldo, Selena Gomez, and Dua Lipa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BTS-Jungkook-featured-in-new-kids-book-.jpg\" alt=\"Jungkook the first Kpop act to be featured on the series \" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BTS-Jungkook-featured-in-new-kids-book-.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BTS-Jungkook-featured-in-new-kids-book--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BTS-Jungkook-featured-in-new-kids-book--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BTS-Jungkook-featured-in-new-kids-book--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BTS-Jungkook-featured-in-new-kids-book--1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BTS-Jungkook-featured-in-new-kids-book--860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The book covers Jungkook\u2019s personal growth and musical career over the years, sharing the idol\u2019s philosophy and becoming one of the \u201cGreatest Singers of All Time,\u201d<\/strong> recalling the Rolling Stones\u2019 statement, while praising the idol&#8217;s versatility in music.<\/p>\n<p>The book also highlights Jungkook\u2019s <strong>achievements<\/strong> over the years, as the first Korean solo artist to place seven songs on Billboard\u2019s<em> \u201cHot 100\u201d<\/em> chart. His performance of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 soundtrack<em> \u201cDreamers\u201d<\/em> was also noted as a defining moment that solidified his standing as a<strong> global star<\/strong>. Fortunately, Jungkook has broken the barriers of the Kpop scene, putting it into the global scene. Congratulations to the Golden Maknae on this amazing recognition!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS\u2019 Jungkook is still at the top of the American market despite not releasing new solo music for a while. The idol gathered a greater audience in the territory, even becoming a notorious being among the youngest generations, including the kids who are first discovering his music. Jungkook was introduced as the main subject of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":166057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49],"tmauthors":[3735],"class_list":{"0":"post-166055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166055","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\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166060,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166055\/revisions\/166060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166055"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=166055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}