Overview
- BTS’ album, which Billboard said Sunday would remain No. 1 for a second week, earned 187,000 equivalent units with 114,000 in sales and 65,000 from streaming.
- The two-week run is the first by a K-pop act on the Billboard 200 and is BTS’ longest stay at the summit across its seven No. 1 albums.
- Ye’s Bully opened at No. 2 with 152,000 units, while Melanie Martinez’s Hades debuted at No. 3 on the same chart.
- Strong physical demand helped lock in the top spot, as Billboard ranks albums by combined sales, track sales converted to albums, and streams measured by Luminate.
- The chart hold follows a global rollout that paired high-profile producer camps, Korean cultural motifs, and Netflix specials, with Spotify reporting a 690% jump in new BTS listeners on release day.