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J-pop hitmaker Kenshi Yonezu’s most recent album
STRAY SHEEP, released in August 2020, became a landmark album for the Japanese music scene, ruling 46 different year-end rankings including the Billboard Japan Hot Albums of the Year 2020 chart. The hit-filled set also left its mark globally as well, becoming the highest-ranking album by a Japanese artist on IFPI’s Global Album All Format Chart 2020, coming in at No. 7 on the tally from the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide.
The 30-year-old artist’s first single since the release of his best-selling project is “Pale Blue,” the theme song for the ongoing drama series
Published March 12, 2021, 8:32 AM
BTS with their IFPI awards (top) and BLACKPINK (Twitter, Instagram)
K-pop boy band BTS copped first place and girl group BLACKPINK placed fifth on the 2020 Global Album Sales Chart announced by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an “organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide.”
BTS’ “Map of the Soul: 7” is the winner of the IFPI 2020 Global Album Sales Chart and according to IFPI, the album “saw incredible sales all over the world and broke the all-time sales record in the band’s home country of Korea.”
The 2020 Global Album Sales Chart revealed the top 10 best-selling albums based on physical sales and digital downloads.
10 March 2021
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IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has today launched its Global Album All Format Chart, announcing BTS’ MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 as the first ever winner, following a countdown of the top ten biggest albums globally.
The chart, an addition to IFPI’s existing global awards, celebrates the best-selling albums of the year across all consumption formats, spanning physical sales, digital downloads, and streaming platforms.
The fourth studio album from global superstars BTS, MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 broke records and topped charts all over the world after its release in February 2020. As well as unprecedented success in BTS’ home country of Korea, where the album broke the all-time sales record, MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 was a global hit, topping the charts in the world’s five largest music markets (USA, Japan, UK, Germany, France).
IFPI has launched its Global Album All Format Chart – a new annual rundown covering all consumption. Read on for the full 2020 Top 10 featuring two appearances by BTS, alongside The Weeknd, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles…
BTS makes history as the first artist to top IFPI’s newly-launched Global Album All Format Chart! The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is an organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, and it has now added a new ranking to its existing global awards in order to celebrate the best-selling albums of the year