Music writer Bae Soon-tak attracted attention compared to PSY for BTS' Billboards 200.
Bae Soon-tak appeared on MBC FM4U Bae Chul-soo's Music Camp' on the 29th, and heard the thumb about the feat of BTS, which was the first United States of America Billboards album chart.
"Especially the number one album on BTS is the second consecutive time since the last album," he said, referring to the record of staying at "Billboards 200" for a total of 30 weeks and reaching number seven with "Love Yourself Seung Hear" (LOVE YOURSELF HER) released last year.
"PSY's 'Gangnam Style' was a one-off Feelings for forced entry, and BTS is expected to be more important because it has a large number of big records with fans due to its strength. It is also because Feelings say that the popularity of BTS will continue for a while. "
DJ Bae Chul-soo added, "Mr. PSY's Gangnam Style was also very popular, and the album Gentleman' was also on the charts." PSY set a milestone in 2012 with the world-famous hit 'Gangnam Style', which was second in the 'Hot 100' for seven consecutive weeks. PSY has also settled in 12th place in 'Hot 100' with its new song Gentleman' in 2013.
Meanwhile, BTS was ranked #1 on the Billboards 200 with "Love Yourself Former Tier" (LOVE YOURSELF Tear), released on the 18th on the latest main album chart released by Billboards on the 27th (local time).
BTS reached the top with 135,000 points in the album figures counted by the 24th. This is the second highest record of group album sales in 2018 and the first record of foreign-language albums not English since 2006.