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BTS’s RM Makes Record-Breaking Debut On Billboard 200 With “Mono.”

BTS’s RM has made Billboard history with his latest solo release!

On October 29 local time, Billboard announced that RM’s new playlist “mono.” had debuted on its famous Top 200 Albums chart at No. 26, marking the highest ranking ever achieved by a Korean solo artist.

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According to Nielsen Music, RM managed to accomplish this impressive feat in less than three days. Despite being released on October 23, “mono.” racked up 21,000 equivalent album units (16,000 of which were traditional album sales) for the week ending October 25.

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The previous record for highest-charting Korean solo artist belonged to RM’s bandmate J-Hope, who hit No. 38 on the chart with his mixtape “Hope World” earlier this year.

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Congratulations to RM!