BTS’s new album BE has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
BE bowed with 242,000 equivalent album units, Billboard’s all-in-one metric that combines album sales and different measures of streaming. These strong numbers were buoyed by “Dynamite”, the global smash that set records as the first K-pop single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
This is the second time the Bangtan Boys have achieved the top position this year following the success of February’s Map of the Soul: 7. The achievement makes them the first group to land two No. 1 albums in 2020, and second act overall.
But even more impressive is the fact BE marks BTS’s fifth No. 1 album in the US in a little over two years and six months. The only group to have accomplished that feat faster was… The Beatles.
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BTS hopes to continue their trailblazing ways at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Last week, they received their first nomination in a musical category for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Dynamite”. It was the first performance nod for a K-pop group in the history of the Grammys. The septet celebrated with a rendition of the song on Corden.
