'Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey’, the 4th Japanese studio album, and 8th overall by K-Pop Kings BTS, released on July 14, debuts at #1 on the Global Album Chart with equivalent sales of 588.000, and is this week’s best-selling album! The album debuted at #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart and landed at No. 1 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart in Japan with 447,869 units sold in its 1st 24 hours, setting a new record for the highest first day sales by both a foreign and Korean artist in Japan, and became the highest selling album out of all albums released in the country for 2020 so far, surpassing sales of 500,000 copies on its 2nd day. The album debuted at #1 on the Oricon weekly chart after selling over 564,00 units, breaking the record for highest first week sales of 2020 and becoming the most sold album in Japan of the year! Additionally, BTS set a new all-time record for the best-selling album in its first week of tracking by a male foreign artist, breaking a 10-year record previously held by DBSK's greatest hits album, Best Selection 2010, which sold 413.000 in week 1! In the US ‘Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey ‘ debuted at #115 on the Billboard 200 chart issue released on July 21 for the week of July 25 with only two days of tracking and no physical release, giving the band their 12th entry on the chart and extending their record for the most entries amongst all K-pop acts. It also debuted at #2 on the Billboard World Albums chart. In the UK, the album debuted at #56 on the Official Albums Chart with only two days of tracking and no physical sales included, breaking the record for the highest charting Japanese album by a Korean act ever in the UK! The album also debuted at #7 in New Zealand, #9 in Australia, #51 in Switzerland, #58 in Scotland, #90 in Canada, #137 in Belgium (Wallonia) and #164 in Belgium (Flanders)! ‘BTS’s Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey’ is the band's 1st full length Japanese album in 2 years since 2018's 'Face Yourself'. The album contains Japanese versions of songs from BTS's 'Love Yourself: Answer' (2018), 'Map of the Soul: Persona' (2019) and 'Map of the Soul: 7' (2020) albums, as well as four new, original Japanese tracks: "Intro: Calling", lead single "Stay Gold", "Your Eyes Tell", and "Outro: The Journey". Previously released 2019 single "Lights" was also included.
Last week’s chart topper, the late Juice WRLD's ‘Legends never Die’ slips 1-3 after selling another 229.000 and 823.000 so far while former No. 1, the late Pop Smoke's posthumous album ‘Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon’ slips 2-4 this week after selling another 199.000 units and 716.000 so far!
BLACKPINK’s Special Edition of ‘How You Like That’ debuts at #5 globally after selling 162.000 units in its 1st week, while The Chicks' ‘Gaslighter’ debuts at #6 with first week sales of 116.000.
The Original Broadway Cast ‘Hamilton: An American Musical’ slips 4-7 after selling another 93.000 units and 2.318.000 since its release 7 weeks ago while Japanese Rock Band MAN WITH A MISSION's new ‘Man With A Best Mission’ debuts at #8 after selling 77.000 units in its 1st week.
New entry at #9 for Korean Girl Group G-Friend's new album ‘Song Of The Sirens’ after selling 67.000 units while Harry Styles' ‘Fine Line’ slips 6-10 this week after selling another 65.000 units and 2.621.000 so far!
Taylor Swift was the best-selling recording-artist of 2019 according to the International Federation Of The Phonographoc Industry, IFPI, the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Swift earns the honor for the second time, her first being in 2014. Taylor released her 7th studio album ‘Lover’ on August 23, 2019 via Republic Records. ‘Lover’ debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 867,000 equivalent album units sold in its first week in the United States. All 18 tracks from ‘Lover’ charted simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking numerous records including the most simultaneous Hot 100 entries among women, the most simultaneous Hot 100 debuts among women, the album by a female artist with most simultaneous Hot 100 entries and the album by a female artist with the most simultaneous Hot 100 debuts! By the end of 2019 ‘Lover' had sold 1.085 million copies in the US alone including 386,000 digital copies and 699,000 physical copies, making it the top-selling Album of 2019 in the US in both physical sales and overall sales!
‘Lover’ was also the top-selling studio album globally in 2019, selling over 3.2 million pure copies worldwide and setting the Guinness World Record for the biggest-selling album of the year by a solo artist, after peaking at #1 in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the UK. In Canada ‘Lover’ debuted at number-one on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, selling 47,000 units in its first week,[ becoming Swift's sixth consecutive chart-topper in the country. By the end of 2019, the album had moved over 181,000 units, including 61,000 pure copies, in Canada. In Europe, ‘Lover’ gave Swift her highest debuts on many charts thus far in her career. In the UK, it debuted at number one on the Official chart with 53,000 units, including 35,000 traditional sales. It made Swift the first female artist to have four chart-topping albums in the 2010s decade. It also was the year's fastest-selling female digital album in the UK. The album was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of over 100,000 copies. In Ireland, the album debuted at No. 1 on the Official Irish Irma chart, with Swift becoming the only female artist with 4 chart-topping albums in the country in the 2010s decade. In Australia, ‘Lover’ debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart with the biggest first-week sales of 2019 in the country with all 18 tracks from the album charting in the top 75 of the ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart. The album was certified 2× Platinum in the country for sales of over 140,000 copies.
In China, ‘Lover’ topped the best-selling digital albums lists of all major Chinese music platforms! It became the first international album in Chinese history to surpass 1 million units within a week of its release, setting the record for the biggest sales week for an international artist in the country! By the end of 2019, it became the best-selling and most consumed album of the year in China, certified 3× Diamond by QQ Music. In Japan, ‘Lover’ debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon Albums chart with only three days of tracking, moving over 27,500 units. In February 2020, Universal Music Publishing Group reported that ‘Lover' had surpassed 5 million units in global consumption.
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