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K-pop superstars BTS scored the biggest album in the world last year with Map Of The Soul: 7, according to a leading music industry body.
The wildly popular group topped the first-ever Global Album All Format Chart from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide.
The chart celebrates the best-selling albums of the year across all formats, including physical sales, digital downloads and streaming platforms.
Boyband BTS scored the biggest album of 2020 around the world, it has been announced (Tom Haines/PA)
Map Of The Soul: 7 arrived in February last year and topped charts around the world – including in the UK.
BTS has accomplished an amazing feat on the IFPI’s Global Album Sales Chart!
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is an organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, and it’s now shared its annual ranking of the best-selling albums across global physical sales and digital downloads.
BTS’s “Map of the Soul: 7” is the winner on the IFPI Global Album Sales Chart 2020. Released in February 2020, the album broke the all-time sales record in Korea, topped charts in the world’s five largest music markets (United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, France), and more.
In No. 2 is BTS’s the group’s Billboard 200-topping album “BE (Deluxe Edition),” which came out in November 2020. BTS’s fourth Japanese full album “Map of the Soul: 7 ~ The Journey ~” also scores a spot in the Top 10, taking No. 8.
March 11, 2021, 5:41 am
K-pop superstars BTS scored the biggest album in the world last year with Map Of The Soul: 7 (Tom Haines/PA)
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K-pop superstars BTS scored the biggest album in the world last year with Map Of The Soul: 7, according to a leading music industry body.
The wildly popular group topped the first-ever Global Album All Format Chart from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide.