Jimin Career Highlights

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Pre-debut | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024


Birth Name: Park Ji-min (박지민)
Go By:
Jimin
Birthday:
October 13, 1995
Hometown:
Geumjeong District, Busan, South Korea
Education:
Korean Arts High School
Global Cyber University (Broadcasting & Entertainment Degree)
Hanyang Cyber University (MBA in Advertising & Media)
Occupation:
Singer, Songwriter, Dancer
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Favorite Songs: Spotify Playlist
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- Pre-Debut -

Jimin began dancing in middle school while attending Just Dance Academy. He then studied contemporary dance at Busan High School of Arts where he was a top student in the modern dance department.

In 2012, at the age of 17, Jimin auditioned for Big Hit Entertainment after his teacher encouraged him to audition with an entertainment company. He would go on to become a trainee and eventually the final member to join BTS. He had the shortest time as a trainee of all the BTS members at 6 month prior to debut.

 

On July 19, 2012, Jimin made an appearance as an extra in GLAM’s music video, β€˜Party (XXO).’

 

- 2013 -

On February 8, 2013, BTS released their song titled β€˜Graduation’ featuring j-hope, Jimin, and Jung Kook. The song is an adaptation of β€˜Young, Wild, and Free’ by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa.


 

On June 13, 2013, Jimin debuted as part of BTS on Mnet M! Countdown performing their track β€˜No More Dream’ from the band’s debut single album β€˜2 Cool 4 Skool’.

 

On October 1, 2013, BTS released their song, β€˜Beautiful,’ featuring j-hope, Jimin, V, & Jungkook. It is an adaptation of Mariah Carey’s song with the same name.

The lyrics were written by RM, j-hope, and Supreme Boi, and mixed by Pdogg.


 

On December 23, 2013, BTS released the song titled, β€˜A Typical Idol’s Christmas (ν”ν•œ μ•„μ΄λŒμ˜ 크리슀마슀),’ featuring Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, and V.

The song is an adaptation of Justin Bieber’s song, β€˜Only Thing I Ever Get for Christmas.'

The lyrics were written by Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, & V.

Listen to the song on SoundCloud here.


- 2014 -

On February 28, 2014, Jimin & V released a song titled, β€˜95 Graduation’ to celebrate their high school graduation.

The lyric were written by V, Slow Rabbit, Supreme boi

Listen to the song on SoundCloud here.


 

On April 2, 2014, RM was a special MC with Jimin for Episode 56 of the variety show β€˜After School Club (ASC) After Show’ with Eric Nam and Kevin (former U-KISS member).

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On May 21, 2014 (Episode 68) and MAY 29, 2014 (Episode 70), Jimin and Jungkook joined RM again as special MCs on the β€˜After School Club’s After Show.’

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On December 25, 2014, Jimin and Jungkook released a their song titled, β€˜Christmas Day,’ a rendition of Justin Bieber’s song, β€˜Mistletoe.’

The lyrics for the song was written by Jimin.


- 2015 -

 

On November 11, 2015, Jimin made a guest appearance with j-hope and V on episode 6 of the variety show, β€˜My Pet Clinic.’

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- 2016 -

On April 26, 2016, Jimin returned as a guest on episode 447 of β€˜Star King’ with RM and j-hope.

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On July 25, 2016, Jimin and Jung Kook co-hosted MBC’s Music Core, a special summer festival in Uslan, as Special MCs. BTS also performed their song β€˜Fire.’

The festival was pre-recorded and aired on July 30, 2016.

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On August 1, 2016, Jimin made an appearance with j-hope on the pilot episode of the variety show β€˜God’s Workplace.’

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On October 10, 2016, Jimin released his solo song and short film titled β€˜Lie’ as the fourth track on BTS’ second studio album β€˜Wings.’

In 2019, Jimin became the first Korean singer to have 3 songs to each surpass 50 millions streams on Spotify. The songs included β€˜Intro: Serendipity,’ β€˜Lie’, and β€˜Serendipity (Full Length Edition).’

Visit our Discography section for more information about the β€˜Wings’ album.

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On October 20, 2016, Jimin and Jin co-hosted as special MCs on M! Countdown alongside Key from the band SHINee.

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- 2017 -

On January 8, 2017, Jimin was a guest panelist on episode 93 of the show β€˜King of the Masked Singer.’ He would return for episode 94 on January 11, 2017.

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On March 20, 2017, Jimin guest appeared with Jin on Episode 316 of the variety show β€˜Hello Counselor.’

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On June 3, 2017, Jimin and Jung Kook released a cover of Charlie Puth’s song β€˜We Don’t Talk Anymore.’


 

On September 5, 2017, Jimin released his solo track β€˜Serendipity.’ The track was featured on BTS’ β€˜Love Yourself: Her album.

 

On September 28, 2017, j-hope guest appeared on episode 543 of M! Countdown as a special MC along side RM and Jimin.


 

On October 30, 2017, Jimin and Jin made a guest appearance on Episodes 153 of the variety show, β€˜Please Take Care of My Refrigerator.’

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- 2018 -

On February 7, 2018, Jimin made a guest appearance with j-hope on Nippon TV’s β€˜PON!’

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On February 13, 2018, j-hope and Jimin guest appeared on Nippon TV’s β€˜Tuesday Surprise.’

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On February 21, 2018, j-hope and Jimin made a guest appearance on the Japanese game show called β€˜Zip!’ that broadcasted on Nippon TV.

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On December 30, 2018, Jimin released his self-composed solo track titled β€˜Promise.’

The song co-composed with producer Slow Rabbit and help from RM with the lyrics. It received 8.5 million streams in 24 hours breaking Soundcloud’s record for the highest number of streams within the first 24 hours of a song’s release.

Click here to view the Soompi article where Jimin describes the background of his song β€˜Promise.’

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- 2019 -

On June 7, 2019, BTS released their song β€˜Dream Glow’ featuring Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, and British singer-songwriter Charli XCX.

The song was produced by the music producing team known as Stargate for the β€˜BTS World’ soundtrack that was released on June 26, 2019.

Listen to β€˜Dream Glow’ on Spotify or Apple Music.


 

On December 25, 2019, RM & Jimin performed a special stage of β€œSanta Claus is Coming to Town” at the 2019 SBS Gayo Daejeon.


- 2020 -

On February 21, 2020, Jimin released his solo track titled β€˜Filter’ as part of BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7 album.

The song achieved number 22 on iTunes #1s.

Listen to β€˜Filter’ on Spotify or Apple Music.


 

On March 6, 2020, American singer and songwriter Lauv released his song β€˜Who’ featuring Jimin and Jung Kook.

Listen to β€˜Who’ on Spotify or Apple Music.

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On September 23, 2020, Jimin joined BTS to speak at the 75th United Nations General Assembly sharing their struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic with youth around the world.


 

On December 24, 2020, Jimin released a special holiday single titled β€˜Christmas Love.’

The song was co-written with Slow Rabbit and RM and produced by Slow Rabbit.

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- 2021 -

On November 5, 2021, Jimin and V’s track titled β€˜Friends’ from BTS’ β€˜Map of the Soul: 7’ album was featured on the soundtrack of the Marvel movie β€˜Eternals.’

The song was co-wrote and produced by Jimin and was the second time a Korean artist was featured in a Marvel film.

Listen to β€˜Friends’ on Spotify.

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- 2022 -

 

On April 24, 2022, YamYam Entertainment released a digital single song titled β€˜With You’ featuring Jimin and singer and songwriter, Sungwoon, for the soundtrack of the K-Drama series β€˜Our Blues.’

β€˜With You’ was Jimin’s first soundtrack or OST release.

Listen to β€˜With You’ on Spotify or Apple Music.

(Source: 1)

 
 

On August 5, 2022, Jin participated in a collaborative track titled, β€œbad decisions”, along with Jimin, V, Jungkook, benny blanco, and Snoop Dogg.

Listen to β€˜bad decisions’ on: Apple Music | Spotify

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On October 13, 2022, Big Hit released Jimin’s Photo-Folio titled β€˜Me, Myself, and Jimin: ID: Chaos.’ The concept was based on the unconscious self, chaos, and the desire for freedom.

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- 2023 -

On January 6, 2023, W Korea released 6 covers of their Volume Two 2023 issue featuring Jimin.

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On January 13, 2023, BigBang’s Taeyang released his solo track titled β€˜Vibe’ featuring Jimin. The song was Taeyang’s first solo track released after completing his mandatory military service.

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On January 16, 2023, Jimin was announced as global ambassador to French fashion house, Dior, to promote their 2023 Summer men’s collection.

Jimin also attended the Paris Fashion Week promoting the Dior Men’s Winter 2023-2024 collection on January 20, 2023.

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On March 2, 2023, Jimin was announced as house ambassador for luxury jeweler, Tiffany & Co., to promote their new Tiffany Lock campaign.

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On March 7, 2023 KST, Vogue Korea announced that Jimin would be featured on the cover of their April 2023 issue.

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On March 23-24, 2023, Jimin made a solo appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon where he sat down for an interview and performed his song β€˜Like Crazy,’ from his new solo album β€˜FACE.’

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On March 24, 2023, Jimin released his first solo album titled β€˜FACE.’

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On March 26, 2023, Jimin made a guest appearance on the show β€˜Pixid,’ where he pretended to be a K-pop fan amongst real provincial fans and had to chat with them.

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On March 30, 2023, Jimin a guest appearance on the variety show, β€˜Beat Coin,’ where the cast determines their fate by flipping a coin.

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On April 11, 2023, SUGA and Jimin made a guest appearance together on the variety show β€˜Pinggyego (Just an Excuse)’.

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On May 10, 2023 KST, Jimin made a guest appearance on the South Korean mystery music game show, β€˜I Can See Your Voice.’

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On October 10, 2023, ELLE Korea announced that Jimin will be featured on the cover of their 31st anniversary November 2023 issue.

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On October 23, 2023, Jimin released his first solo documentary titled β€˜Jimin’s Production Diary,’ an intimate look into the making of his solo album, β€˜FACE.’

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On October 26, 2023, GQ Korea released their November 2023 issue featuring Jimin on the cover.

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On December 4, 2023 KST, BIGHIT announced that Jimin would fulfill his required time in the military by enlisting in the Army.

Jimin reported for basic training on December 12, 2023 KST along with Jung Kook. They were the final members of BTS to begin their military service.

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On December 22, 2023, Jimin released a digital solo single, titled β€˜Closer Than This,’ a heartfelt song about his feelings for the BTS ARMY.

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- 2024 -

On January 19, 2024, Harper’s Bazaar Japan released their March 2024 special edition issue featuring Jimin on the cover. The issue also includes 12 pages of portraits and interviews with Jimin.

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On June 18, 2024 KST, BIGHIT announced the release of Jimin’s second solo album titled, β€˜MUSE’. The album is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 19, 2024 KST.

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On July 4, 2024, HYBE announced the upcoming release of a travel show starring Jimin and Jung Kook titled β€˜Are You Sure?!’

The eight part series follows the two members as they explore the United States, Jeju Island, and Sapporo.

The show premiered on August 8, 2024 on Disney+.

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On July 22, 2024, a pre-recorded performance of Jimin performing his song β€˜Who’ was released on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

β€˜Who’ is a track from Jimin’s second solo album, β€˜MUSE.’

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