Group BTS ranked the highest among overseas Artists in the Japan Oricon annual rankings.
According to the 51st Oricon Annual Ranking 2018 released on the 20th (local time), BTS' LOVE yourself Answer ranked first in the overseas album ranking.
In addition, Japan's third album FACE yourself, released in April, ranked seventh in the album ranking, and BTS ranked sixth in the Artist Sales Ranking.
As a result, BTS ranked top 10 in overseas albums, albums and Artist rankings this year, ranking the highest among Korean singers as well as overseas Artists. In particular, the Artist Sales Ranking was the only overseas Artist to be named.
BTS' regular 3rd album FACE yourself contains a total of 12 songs, including the themes of the drama 'Signal Long-term Unsolved Case Investigation Team ( ), including Don't Leave Me and Ballad song 'Let Go', as well as the Japanese version of 'DNA' and 'MIC Drop', which have been loved worldwide.
The album surpassed more than 250,000 copies in June and earned the platinum certification in the Gold Disc Recognition Work released by the Japan Records Association.
On the other hand, netizens said through various SNS and portal sites, "BTS! Congratulations, "" Jungkook's IU "I love this ending cover" and "I am glad that good news continues every day".
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