BTS becomes first act in history to earn three best selling albums on-year end chart : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

March 12, 2021

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Grammy-nominated BTS, who will carry out on the awards ceremony on Sunday, is making history with a number of accolades. They’ve earned 2020’s IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) Global Album Sales Chart. The chart combines international gross sales of bodily and digital album downloads to rank the highest albums of the yr.

Frances Moore, Chief Executive of IFPI, mentioned, “BTS’ success across IFPI’s global charts – including the top two positions in this chart – is unprecedented and demonstrates the amazing global appeal of their music. We would like to congratulate the band once again on such a successful year.”

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— IFPI (@IFPI_org) March 11, 2021

Following that was BTS’ November 2020 launch ‘BE (Deluxe Edition)‘ that ranked No. 2. Adding to that, their Japanese album ‘Map Of The Soul: 7 – The Journey‘ additionally made it to prime 10. It ranked No. 8 and was additionally one of many best selling albums in 2020 in pure gross sales.

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— IFPI (@IFPI_org) March 11, 2021

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— IFPI (@IFPI_org) March 11, 2021

BTS additionally turned first act to prime Global Album All Format chart with the document breaking 2020 album ‘Map Of The Soul: 7’. Frances Moore, Chief Executive at IFPI, mentioned in an announcement on IFPI website, “We have launched the Global Album All Format Chart to replicate the evolving panorama of the album format and to recognise how artists share their album initiatives in quite a lot of methods with their followers throughout a number of codecs.

“It’s an honour to have the ability to hand BTS their second IFPI Global Chart Award, following their success as Global Recording Artists of the Year. ‘Map Of The Soul: 7’ broke chart data internationally and in Korea, and is one more unbelievable physique of labor from a band that continues to delight music lovers globally.”

To say 2020 was a big year for BTS when it comes to achievements would be an understatement. Though it is known that there’s hardly physical albums consumptions in music market but when it comes to BTS, their album sales have always been meteoric.

Just a few days ago, BTS was named IFPI’s Recording Artist Of the Year. This marked their first-ever top score IPFI win after securing second place in 2018’s IFPI Global Artist Chart and seventh place in 2019.

BTS’ ‘Map of the Soul: 7’ and ‘BE’ were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 best-selling albums on Gaon in 2020. The album ‘Map of the Soul: 7’ also holds the title of the best-selling album in South Korea, as per Guinness World Records.