BTS Becomes First Foreign Band Since Michael Jackson to Top Oricon Charts
Another milestone for K-Pop sensation BTS!
The South Korean boy band became the first foreign band since Michael Jackson to top Oricon Charts.
The Bangstan Boys have now achieved a new feat by topping the Japanese Music charts Oricon for the first half of 2020.
The band’s latest album Map of the Soul: 7 has become the first foreign album to do so after Michael Jackson’s Thriller in 1984.
Map of the Soul: 7 has sold 429,009 copies in Japan so far to become the best-selling album.
Map of the Soul: 7 from @BTS_twt officially ranks #1 on Oricon's mid-year album chart for the first half. 🇯🇵
— BTS Charts & Translations (@charts_k) June 18, 2020
It's the FIRST album from a foreign artist in 36 years to top this chart in Japan since Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1984! 🏆https://t.co/zJg1T0jM8A pic.twitter.com/zOVWeqb2CK
Oricon mid-year album chart has been updated with Map of the Soul: 7 at #1 with 429,009 cumulative sales in Japan from the first half of the year, as being reported.
Oricon mid-year album chart has been updated with Map of the Soul: 7 at #1 with 429,009 cumulative sales in Japan from the first half of the year! pic.twitter.com/eiKQB6oInR
— BTS Charts & Translations (@charts_k) June 18, 2020
