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\n\tAs a member of BTS<\/a>, Jung Kook sets records for fun. The K-pop star is doing it solo, too. <\/p>\n \n\tWith \u201cToo Much\u201d (via Columbia) entering the Official U.K. Singles Chart<\/a> at No. 10, Jung Kook<\/a> becomes the first South Korean solo artist to land three U.K. top 10 singles. <\/p>\n \n\tUntil now, PSY had the record with two top 10s \u2014 \u201cGangnam Style\u201d (peaking at No. 1 in 2012) and \u201cGentleman\u201d (No. 10 in 2013). <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cToo Much,\u201d recorded with Australian rapper and singer The Kid LAROI<\/a> and British rapper Central Cee<\/a>, is the highest entry on the latest singles survey, published Friday, Oct. 27. <\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s Jung Kook\u2019s third top tier effort, after \u201cSeven\u201d featuring Latto (peaking at No. 3) and Jack Harlow collab \u201c3D\u201d (peaking at No. 5), both from 2023.<\/p>\n \n\tReleased ahead of Jung Kook\u2019s debut solo album Golden<\/em>, due out Nov. 3, \u201cToo Much\u201d is LAROI\u2019s third and Central Cee\u2019s seventh U.K. top 10, including his 10-week reign with \u201cSprinter.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAs a member of BTS, Jung Kook has secured four top 10 singles: \u201cLife Goes On\u201d (peaking at No. 10); and \u201cDynamite,\u201d \u201cButter\u201d and Coldplay team-up \u201cMy Universe,\u201d all peaking at No. 3. On the national albums survey, BTS has collected five top 10s, including two No. 1s (Map of the Soul \u2013 Persona<\/em> and Map of the Soul \u2013 7<\/em>).<\/p>\n \n\tAt the top of the pile is Kenya Grace<\/a>\u2019s \u201cStrangers\u201d (via FFRR), which wins a tight race for its third week at No. 1. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cStrangers\u201d narrowly led by midweek chart<\/a>, ahead of Cass\u00f6, RAYE and D-Block Europe\u2019s \u201cPrada\u201d (Ministry of Sound). And that\u2019s how the chart week ended, with the bouncy dance track \u201cPrada\u201d unchanged at No. 2.<\/p>\n \n\tThe top three is closed out by a resurgent \u201cCruel Summer\u201d (EMI) by Taylor Swift<\/a>, up 14-3 in its 20th week on the chart. \u201cCruel Summer\u201d heats up thanks to a new live cut, released to coincide with box-office blockbuster The Eras Tour Film<\/em>.<\/p>\n