JAKARTA - BTS' long-awaited comeback finally bore fruit. The album Arirang, which marked the return of RM and friends, set a new record on the music chart.
This week, Arirang is still the leader of the US Billboard 200 album chart. This makes it the first K-Pop artist album to top the chart for two consecutive weeks.
Based on data uploaded by Billboard, BTS's Arirang album recorded sales of 187 thousand units. The figure is still quite dominant even though in its first week it was sold up to 641 thousand units. This figure is the total of album sales and digital streaming.
Of the total 641 thousand units, 532 thousand were achieved from album sales alone. This is the highest album sales figure after The Life of A Showgirl, Taylor Swift's album released last year which sold more than four million units.
Released on March 20, this album treats ARMY's longing after their idol group took a hiatus for about four years. A free concert was held on March 21 to celebrate the album with fans.
Arirang is BTS's seventh album record to top the Billboard 200 chart. Their previous record was thanks to the album Love Yourself: Tear as the first K-Pop album on the American chart.
The great achievement also came from the number of streams on Spotify. On the first day, Arirang was listened to 110 million times from around the world, showing the incredible power of BTS and ARMY.
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