group BTS (RM, Jean, Sugar, Jay Hop, Ji Min, Vu, and Jung Guk) swept the top of the World's music charts and rewrote the history of Korean pop music history. In particular, it attracts attention by achieving the top of the UK (UK) official chart, which is considered another major music market following the Billboards chart of United States of America, which is called the home of pop.
According to United States of America Billboards on April 17 (hereinafter in Korea), BTS' new album 'MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA (Map of the Soul: Persona)' will be number one on the 'Billboards 200' chart.
BTS' album, which was released on the 12th, won the first place on the real-time charts and daily charts of all domestic music sites such as Genie, Bugs, Mnet, Soribada, Naver Music and Flo, including Melon, the largest music site in Korea. It has enjoyed explosive popularity overseas beyond Korea. It topped the World 86 countries and local iTunes top album charts, including United States of America, and topped the 65 countries and regional top song charts including United States of America.
▲ Already third, Billboards' new idol record march
The Billboards 200, which BTS topped, is the main album chart, which is considered to be the main chart of the Billboards along with the main single chart 'Hot 100'. Based on the sales volume of real albums and the number of downloads, we calculate the ranking of the most popular albums in the week. The chart, which includes the BTS new ranking, will be updated on the 21st local time. The Billboards have an unusual entry record for BTS because they have a record of the second place and an overwhelming gap.
BTS' "Billboards 200" number one is the third overall record. BTS was the first Korean singer to be ranked #1 on the Billboards 200 with "Tear" (pre-Love Yourself "Tear"), the third album of the regular album LOVE YOURSELF, in May last year. It was the first record in 12 years that it was recorded in non-English and ranked first on the chart.
In addition, BTS became the only Korean singer to be named on the Billboards 200 for two consecutive albums, entering the top of the chart with the repackaged album LOVE YOURSELF 'Answer' (Love Yourself Resolution 'Anser') last August.
It was also an achievement that could not be kept in the first record of K-pop. The singers who topped two or more albums a year in Billboards history were World stars including The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Tupac, Jay-Z, Eminem and Drake. BTS was the 19th singer to take the top spot with more than one album a year. The top two non-English albums on the Billboards 200 charts are also the first achievement of BTS.
▲ I broke through conservative Britain, UK official chart first place
It also topped the UK Official Chart, which is rated more conservative than the United States of America chart. According to the official SNS of the UK Official Chart on the morning of the 17th, BTS' new album 'MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA enters the top of the official album chart. The UK Official Chart is also scheduled to be updated this Friday, but the BTS album has been so overwhelming that it has released its chart results.
It is the first achievement that a Korean singer has reached the top of the UK official album chart. Earlier, BTS released its third regular album LOVE YOURSELF Tear (before Love Yourself, Tear) in May last year, breaking the record of the highest number of Korean singers on the chart. The previous record was also BTS's.
It is expected to perform well on the single chart as well as the album chart. The UK Official Chart side reported the middle count results, with the BTS new-vote title song "The Poetry (Boy With Luv) feat for Small Things. Halsey" said it was likely to reach number eight on the Official Singles chart. The highest record song for the official single chart Korea group was the LOVE YOURSELF Answer (Love Yourself Resolution 'Anser') title song 'IDOL (Idol)', which was released by BTS last August and ranked 8th.
With such remarkable results in the UK, expectations for UK Wembley performances are growing. BTS, which is set to debut its first AT & T Stadium tour in six years, the first World AT & T Stadium tour from Asia, will enter London Wembley AT & T Stadium on June 1 as part of this tour. BTS is the first Korean singer to be honored at the venue, which is famous for the legendary band Queen's live Aid performance. Tickets for the show were sold out at the same time as the reservation began.
hwang hye-jin