According to a preview posted by Billboards on its website on the 15th (local time), BTS' new album Map City of London the Sol: Persona, which was released on the 12th, topped the Billboards main album chart Billboards 200. BTS swept the Billboards summit for the third time since its regular 3rd album Love Yourself Former Tier (LOVE YOURSELF Tear) in May last year and its repackaged album Love Your Self Resolution Anser (LOVE YOURSELF ANSWER) in September last year.
Billboards said that BTS is expected to get 225,000 album figures from 200,000 to 18th. BTS won the Billboards 200 with 185,000 points in its first week of release last year during Love Yourself Resolution Anser. If you get more than 200,000 points as Billboards expect, you're going beyond your previous performance. In particular, the Billboards tally period is still available, but the sales volume of BTS albums is overwhelming, so it was unusually first.
Billboards shows the album sales by mixing three types of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and TEA, and streaming number with album sales. If you download 10 songs or stream 1,500 songs, you will be considered to have bought one traditional album.
The British official chart also announced that BTS will write the history of the British official chart with the 'Map City of London the Sol: Persona'. “The new album is now more than 10,000 copies and will be Korea’s first topping album, achieving its own highest sales in the UK,” said Official Chart. “The sales volume of the Map City of London the Sol: Persona album has already exceeded the total of the first week’s sales of all three albums, including Love Yourself, which reached the top 10 last year.”
'Billboards 200' third summit followed by Korea's first UK official chart