BTS’s Japanese album “Face Yourself” has achieved impressive sales results in the first week after release.
BTS Becomes 1st Overseas Artist In 6 Years To Sell Over 250K Albums In Japan In 1st Week
BTS’s Japanese album “Face Yourself” has achieved impressive sales results in the first week after release.
Oricon stated that BTS has surpassed Japanese rock band WANIMA’s sales of 205,000 albums to become the male artist with the highest sales for an album so far in the first half of this year. They added, “This is the first time since KARA’s ‘Super Girl’ that an overseas artist, including both male and female artists, surpassed 250,000 album sales in the first week.”
KARA’s first week sales were not the highest ever recorded by a K-pop artist, but their album was the most recent to reach the milestone of 250,000 units sold in the first week.
BTS’s new Japanese album has also been a hit elsewhere in the world, ranking high on charts including the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and the Official Charts in the United Kingdom.