"BTS, THE BEST" has become the first album by a foreign artist to hit one million sales in Oricon after 17 years.
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BTS Becomes the First Foreign Artist in Over 17 Years to Surpass 1 Million Sales in Oricon with 'BEST, THE BEST'
According to the latest Weekly Album Ranking chart dated for the week of January 10 and released by Japan's Oricon Charts on January 6 local time, global superstars BTS and their Japanese compilation album "BTS, THE BEST" had sold more than 3,000 album copies during the counting period between December 27, 2021, to January 2, 2022.
With this, the cumulative sales for "BTS, THE BEST" have hit more than one million album copies sold since its release back in June 2021.
This also makes BTS the 14th foreign artist in Japan to achieve more than a million sales in Oricon history and its Weekly Album ranking.
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Regarding the historic achievement made by BTS, Oricon also points out that this is the first time in 17 years and nine months that a foreign male artist had reached one million albums in sales figure, with the last to do so being British rock band Queen back in 2004.
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Back in the first week of the album's release, "BTS, THE BEST" had soared through the top rank of Oricon's Weekly Album chart after selling more than 782,000 album copies in seven days, and once again made BTS the first foreign male artist to do so.
In addition, this also marks the highest number of first-week sales by any foreign male artist in Japan.
Not only that, but BTS is also the first foreign artist in more than 37 years to top Oricon's Annual Album ranking at No. 1, with the last foreign artist to do so being Michael Jackson with his album "Thriller" back in 1984.
Meanwhile, "BTS, THE BEST" is an album that features the 23 singles and lead tracks that BTS has released in Japan for the past four years since 2017, including their Japanese tracks "Your Eyes Tell," "Don't Leave Me," "Crystal Snow," "Stay Gold," "Film Out," and more.
In particular, "Film Out" also topped Oricon's Weekly Streaming chart, as well as record the shortest amount of time to reach 400 million streams.
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BTS V Hits 5 Million Spotify Followers
In other news, BTS member V has reached a new milestone!
Back on December 31, V's individual Spotify account had racked up over five million followers on the global music streaming platform, making him the fifth Korean solo artist and the tenth most followed Korean male artist to reach the mark.
As of now, V's account includes songs "It's Definitely You," "Sweet Night," and "Christmas Tree."
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Written by Robyn Joan
