Korean pop band BTS or the Bangstan Boys have already achieved their fandom across the globe. The K-Pop band has now achieved a new feat by topping the Japanese Music charts Oricon for the first half of 2020. The band’s latest album Map of the Soul: 7 has also become the first foreign album to do so after Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
A fan account for BTS confirmed the news. It tweeted, “Map of the Soul: 7 from @BTS_twt officially ranks #1 on Oricon's mid-year album chart for the first half. It's the FIRST album from a foreign artist in 36 years to top this chart in Japan since Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1984!”
Map of the Soul: 7 from @BTS_twt officially ranks #1 on Oricon's mid-year album chart for the first half. ????????It's the FIRST album from a foreign artist in 36 years to top this chart in Japan since Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1984! ????https://t.co/zJg1T0jM8A pic.twitter.com/zOVWeqb2CK— K-Charts & Translations⁷ (@charts_k) June 18, 2020
It also shared an image of Oricon chart sales for the first half of the year.
Oricon mid-year album chart has been updated with Map of the Soul: 7 at #1 with 429,009 cumulative sales in Japan from the first half of the year! pic.twitter.com/eiKQB6oInR— K-Charts & Translations⁷ (@charts_k) June 18, 2020
BTS’ Map of The Soul: 7 was the K-pop group’s fourth Korean-language and seventh overall studio album. The album, which officially released on February 21, 2020, was a follow-up to the BTS’ 2019 extended play Map of the Soul: Persona.
As reported by Oricon, Map of the Soul: 7 has sold 429,009 copies in Japan so far to become the best-selling album.
The septet also plans to release the Japanese-language version of its latest release. Titled Map of the Soul: 7 - The Journey, the album is said to be released on July 15. The album will feature the singles FAKE LOVE/Airplane Pt.2 and Lights/Boy With Luv along with new original Japanese songs.
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