Billboardss "A great day for the entire K-pop."
According to the latest chart released by Billboardss on the 27th (local time), "Love Yourself Former Tier" (LOVE YOURSELF Tear), released by BTS on the 18th, was ranked # 1 on the "Billboardss 200".
'Billboardss 200' ranks the most popular album in United States of America based on album sales, track sales, and streaming performance. BTS scored 135,000 points in the record figures, which were compiled by Monday. Of these, 100,000 were generated from real-life record sales, 26,000 were streamed, and 9,000 were downloaded.
This is the first time a Korean singer has topped the chart.
Furthermore, it is only 12 years since the record of foreign language, not English, ranked first on the Billboardss 200. In 2006, the male four-member popper group Il Divo once topped the chart with the album "Ancora", which was sung in Spanish, Italian, and French.
It is also the first time that BTS has recorded the first album of the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album genre in the Billboardss 200.
Billboardss classifies all music from outside the US mainland, including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East, as "World Music." K-pop is also classified as World Music.
Billboardss said, "BTS entered the seventh place on the Billboardss 200 with Love Yourself Seung Heo (LOVE YOURSELF Her) in September last year, setting the Korean group's highest record. "This week is a great week for the entire K-pop as well as the BTS," he said.
Billboardss "A great day for the entire K-pop."