BTS sweeps global iTunes charts with latest release
SEOUL: BTS is dominating charts across the globe with their latest release!
On April 12, BTS dropped their new mini album “Map of the Soul: Persona,” as well as the music video for its accompanying title track “Boy With Luv” featuring Halsey.
The fourth track in the album, “Make It Right” also features British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.
Within hours of its release, the mini album soared to the top of iTunes charts in numerous countries all over the world.
As of midday on April 13, “Map of the Soul: Persona” had already topped iTunes Top Albums charts in at least 86 different regions, including the United States, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, the Philippines, Vietnam, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
In addition to sweeping all of Korea’s major realtime music charts, BTS’s new title track “Boy With Luv” also hit No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in at least 67 different regions, including the United States, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Greece, Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Slovenia, Russia, Turkey, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Preorders for the first “Map of the Soul” album reached 3.02 million, while it has maintained the best-seller position on Amazon’s CDs & Vinyl store ever since preorders started about a month earlier, heralding another bout of wild discographic success for the band.