20 Accomplishments By BTS’ Jung Kook During Mandatory Military Service

Jung Kook’s handling to make his main solo launching and get for his obligatory South Korean military service within 6 months was currently a testimony to his capability to dominate and be successful rapidly. Nevertheless, the last 18 months throughout his conscription demonstrated how much the youngest BTS member might achieve even while serving his nation.

As one of the very best examples in revealing that enlistment can exist side-by-side with superstardom, his enlistment starting on December 12, 2023, and his discharge on June 11, 2025, enabled him not just to keep however probably raise his profession. Together with launching brand-new music, topping charts, winning distinguished awards, and returning to his neighborhood, here’s a sequential take a look at 20 of his standout turning points from his time away.

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1. Closed Out 2023 With Among Spotify’s Most significant International Hits

When the world’s most significant streaming service exposed their year-end numbers, Jung Kook’s enormous solo single “7” including Latto revealed its long lasting effect as the No. 4 leading worldwide tune of 2023, just behind Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” SZA’s “Eliminate Costs” and “As It Was” by Harry Styles. The accomplishment made him the just K-pop artist to arrive on any of Spotify’s year-end worldwide or U.S. lists.

The enormous audience for “7” hasn’t decreased either. As Jung Kook finished his service, “7” stays in the leading 100 most-streamed tunes of perpetuity on Spotify, with 2.39 billion streams at press time.

2. Made His Mark on IFPI’s International Single Chart

In the International Federation of the Phonographic Market’s worldwide music report that takes a look at music sales and activity throughout the whole world, Jung Kook’s “7” landed at Number 10 on the IFPI Global Single Chart for 2023 making it the 10th most significant tune on the planet for the year– even with its July 2023 release.

Making the accomplishment with his main launching single demonstrated how Jung Kook the Soloists had actually genuinely shown up.

3. Raised Himself to Complete Member of KOMCA

Acknowledged for his growing discography, Jung Kook signed up with the Korea Music Copyright Association as a routine member, following in the steps of his BTS band mates like Suga, RM and J‑Hope on January 31, 2024. Developed in 1964, KOMCA safeguards the rights of music developers in South Korea, with members needing a considerable body of work for approval in the club.

4. Starred in a New Calvin Klein Project

Even while in the military, Jung Kook was, certainly, serving As part of his worldwide brand name ambassador tasks for Calvin Klein, Jung Kook starred in the brand name’s Spring 2024 project, with his image included in shops and posters around the globe beginning that February. Even when we could not see his face and ‘fits every day personally, his existence continued to affect the style world and beyond.

5. Represented as the first Asian Star to Win the PCA’s Male Artist of the Year

Jung Kook provided a huge minute for representation by snagging the win for Male Artist of the Year at the 2024 Individuals’s Option Awards. Not just did JK vanquish huge names like Drake, The Weeknd and Bad Bunny, however won as the first-ever Asian artist to win the award at the February 18, 2024 event in Santa Monica. Individuals have actually spoken, certainly!

6. Verified as the Year’s Most significant K-Pop Artist in America

On February 29, 2024, Signboard revealed its inaugural K-Pop Artist 100 list, ranking the most significant K-pop artists and groups in America. Based upon artist activity on the Signboard 200 albums chart, Signboard Hot 100 tunes chart, and Signboard Boxscore exploring information from January 2023 through December 2023, his Top position just even more highlighted Jung Kook’s indisputable supremacy in the U.S.

7. Scooped Up Another Tune of the Year at the Japan Gold Disc Awards

The Recording Market Association of Japan hosted its 2024 awards event, which honors leading artists in your area, worldwide, and in Asia. After Jung Kook took home the Tune of the Year by Streaming– Western award at the 2023 Japan Gold Disc Awards for “Left and Right” with Charlie Puth, Jung Kook made yet another SOTY at the March 2024 event. “7” with Latto captured Tune of the Year by Download– Asia, sealing his influence on Japan’s rewarding music market.

8. Crowned K‑Pop Artist of the Year at iHeartRadio Music Awards

No joke: The iHeartRadio Music Awards might have happened on April Fool’s Day 2024, however Jung Kook’s win as K‑Pop Artist of the Year demonstrated how severe fans and radio were supporting him in the wake of his extremely effective Golden period.

9. Called Asia Star Performer Awards’ Very First Tune of the Year

Marking another cross‑border victory for his launching solo smash, “7” with Latto made the Tune of the Year award at the first-ever Asia Star Performer Awards that occurred in Yokohama, Japan, on April 10, 2024.

10. Dropped “Never Ever Release” as a Tune for ARMY Throughout BTS’ Anniversary

As part of BTS’s 11th‑anniversary “FESTA” events, the group’s BIGHIT MUSIC shared an unreleased Jung Kook tune, “Never ever Release,” on June 7, 2024, marking his very first solo output while serving. ARMY turned the positive thank‑you tune for fans into a present for JK himself when it became his seventh tune to go into the Signboard Hot 100 chart, offering him a brand-new record as the K-pop musician with the most entries on the U.S.-based songs chart.

11. Starred in His Disney+ Travel Series With Jimin

From August 8 through September 19, 2024, Jung Kook and his BTS band mate Jimin co‑starred in the eight‑episode travel truth program Are You Sure?! that streamed on Disney+ for the guys’ very first summertime far from fans. The series enables the guys to get outdoors and display their sense of experience and sociability. The duo even got chosen in the “Preferred On Screen” classification at the 2025 iHeartRadio Awards together with other music stars’ streaming hits like Taylor Swift’s The Period’s Trip (Taylor’s Variation), Demi Lovato’s Kid Star and Megan Thee Stallion’s In Her Own Words

12. Premiered His Documentary in 120 Territories

Starting September 18, 2024, Jung Kook’s I Am Still documentary started displaying in movie theaters worldwide in 120 various areas. The movie narrated his solo period around his 2023 Golden album, using an intimate take a look at his creative advancement while enhancing his cinematic appeal.

Due to frustrating fan need for I Am Still, HYBE, in cooperation with the doc’s supplier, Trafalgar Releasing, revealed that “Celebration Edition” screenings would be concerning theaters, including an extra 20 minutes of singalong videos.

13. Signed Up With the Gold Home A100 List for 2024

On Might 1, 2024, the star was honored as part of the Gold Home A100 List as one of 100 Asian Pacific figures forming American culture. Jung Kook’s impact extended beyond music to have a more comprehensive social effect.

In specific, Gold Home kept in mind how Jung Kook being “the very first Asian to win ‘Male Artist of the Year’ at individuals’s Option Awards” was among the year’s main examples of Asian Pacific-led imagination breaking records in home entertainment. That year, fellow honorees consisted of Steve Aoki, Charli XCX, and Alan Chikin Chow, with an evaluating panel that consisted of famous reporter Lisa Ling, star Daniel Dae Kim, and chart-topping music group Far East Motion.

14. Controlled at the 2024 Signboard Music Awards

After formerly taking home the Leading International K‑Pop Tune at last year’s awards for “7,” Jung Kook snagged the honor for a 2nd time at the Might 2024 program for another track, “Standing Beside You.” On the other hand, Golden protected the Leading K‑Pop Album award, revealing his capability to move records and songs.

15. Made Asia’s The majority of Popular Male Vocalist at China’s Huading Awards

With almost twenty years of events under its belt, the Huading Awards in China acknowledge both regional and global skill. Jung Kook made the title of Asia’s The majority of Popular Male Vocalist as the only K-pop musician apparently acknowledged at the occasion in yet another screen of his power and appeal overseas.

16. Scored a Super Bowl Halftime Visitor Invite

Throughout an October 2024 New Yorker function about HYBE and its creator, Bang Si Hyuk, Usher belatedly divulged that he welcomed Jung Kook to perform their remixed variation of “Standing Beside You” at the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Program that previous February– a slot missed out on just due to service tasks however reveals the tremendous phases for which the world thinks about JK prepared.

17. Won Finest K‑Pop Record at Asia Artist Awards

His very first solo election for AAA culminated in a win for Finest K‑Pop Record at the December 27, 2024 program, strengthening Jung Kook and his Golden age as both crucial and fan favorites.

18. Rallied “7” to No. 1 on Signboard Top Television Songs Chart

After Netflix’s hit series XO, Cat returned on January 16, 2025, and its soundtrack took control of Signboard’s Leading television Tunes chart, led by Jung Kook’s “7,” which appeared in the season ending episode. With rankings based upon tune and reveal information combined with sales and streaming details for the month, “7” made an extra 12.5 million streams in the U.S., assisting it break out to name a few tunes synced and soundtracking other popular programs like Severance, High Prospective, The Employee and Landman

19. Contributed 1 Billion Korean Won to Wildfire Relief & & Firemen Assistance

To do his part as South Korea fought wildfires in March 2025, Jung Kook talented 1 billion in Korean won (more than $733,680) to the Hope Bridge Korea Catastrophe Relief Association to divide similarly in between emergency situation help for wildfire victims and acts to enhance firemens’ working conditions showcasing his pockets are deep for kindness and social obligation.

20. Doubled the Nods for Him & & His Partners at the BMI Pop Awards

Showing his constant appeal, 2 Jung Kook tracks were called one of the most Performed Tunes of the Year at the 2025 BMI Pop Awards in Los Angeles on Might 13, 2025. JK and his partners like BloodPop and Dave Stewart (who dealt with “3D” including Jack Harlow), along with Andrew Watt and Ali Tamposi (for “Standing Beside You”), were all acknowledged as part of honors for the tunes that have actually gotten the most efficiencies and plays throughout terrestrial radio, satellite radio, and digital streaming services over the previous year. In the past, “7” was honored at the awards in 2024, while 2023 saw “Left and Right” with Charlie Puth honored. Nevertheless, 2025 was the very first time Group Golden Maknae got double the acknowledgment.

Bonus Offer: Had His Fans Acknowledged for the U.K.’s International Awards

With winners voted by British radio listeners, the International Awards occurred on-air through the U.K.’s most significant radio stations, consisting of Capital FM, Capital XTRA, Heart FM, Radio X, and Smooth Radio. Jung Kook and his fanbase were called the winner in the very best Fans classification, highlighting the commitment of ARMY throughout the UK.

So, this 21st achievement is for Jung Kook and you, ARMY! Cheers!