BTS’s 6th Billboard 200 Albums Chart “Proof”

BTS new compilation album evidence It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated June 25), propelling the pop group to number six on the chart. According to Luminate, the retrospective, which mainly consists of previously released material, has received 314,000 equivalent album units in the US as of June 16. The vast majority of this movement was fueled by the sale of compact discs.

The anthology was released on June 10, four days before the band announced an indefinite “hiatus” to focus on solo projects. Seven-Person South Korea Act was formed in 2010 and made their US debut on the Billboard chart in 2013. BTS has collected 15 records on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Also in the new Top 10, Carrie Underwood hit the Billboard 200 for the tenth consecutive Top 10 album, a try on all of her charts, as her new studio release. jeans and rhinestones It turns out that the region.

The Billboard 200 names the most popular albums of the week in the US based on multimeter consumption, measured in album-equivalent units collected by Luminate. Units include album sales, track-equivalent albums (TEA), and stream-equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit is equivalent to the sale of an album, or 10 individual songs sold from the album, or the official audio and video stream generated by the songs on the album supported by 3,750 advertisements or 1,250 payment/subscription requests. The new scheme, dated June 25, 2022, will be fully implemented advertising panel On site June 21.

Of evidence Received 314,000 equivalent album units, album sales totaled 266,000; The SEA unit comprises 36,000 (equivalent to the official flow of 52.84 million fixed lane requests) and the TEA unit comprises 12,000.

evidence Records for the biggest week of the year for the band’s album, both in terms of units earned and album sales. Overall, the only big week of 2022 was Harry Styles’ debut painting. harry house, With 521,000 units, of which 330,000 were record sales.

Proof came out as a 35-track digital download and streaming album and a 48-track extended CD album. The latest release has 13 exclusive tracks, mostly demo discs, not available on digital albums or streaming. Tests were not issued on other formats such as vinyl, LP or cassette.

All versions of the album include eight of BTS’ top 40 charts on the Billboard Hot 100 (most recently released on the charts, dated June 18), including three acts from number six on “Act 1” (“Dynamite”, “Life” and “butter”). evidence It also features three all-new tracks, including the set’s lead single, “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)”.

As is typical of many K-pop releases, the CD edition of the album was released in extravagant collector’s packaging. There are a total of two versions of the CD available: the $24 version and the $70 version (specific retailers may have cheaper prices). Both have the same track list, just different packaging and household paper items (like flyers and posters). Each also contains random items (photo cards and postcards). (Expensive CD albums are nothing new for BTS. The group’s latest studio album, Eight Tracks Be 2020, was originally only available in two retail formats: a $9 digital album and a $50 CD. .)

evidence Nearly 266,000 albums were sold in traditional sales, of which 6,500 were digital albums. The remaining amount was just over 259,000 in CD sales. This is the album’s best-selling album week in the US after Adele. 30 378,000 records sold in the first week (completed November 25, 2021; recorded December 4, 2021). In comparison, Adele 30 The CD was released in three variants, a 12-track standard edition ($11.98), a Target-exclusive edition with three bonus tracks ($13.98), and a box kit ($40). ). ) containing the standard CD, T. – T-shirt print and photo. The vast majority of the 30-piece CDs sold for $11.98 and $13.98, respectively.

evidence – Recorded primarily in Korean – is the 15th mostly or entirely non-English language album to reach #1 and #3 in 2022. This year also saw Bad Bunny #1s (all Spanish. a summer without you) and Stray Kids (mostly Korean) Weird). Of the 15 leaders who were recorded primarily in a language other than English, six were from BTS.

Speaking of a bad rabbit, a summer without you Second on the new Billboard 200 is 129,000 equivalent album units (down 6%). a summer without you This is the first album in nearly four years to surpass 100,000 album equivalent received every six weeks. The last title to do this was Drake ScorpionDuring the first seven weeks they all surpassed 100,000 units (July 28 – Aug 25, 2018, charts).

Topping the charts by Harry Styles harry’s house It is still number 3 on the Billboard 200 with 91,000 equivalent album units (down 20%). post malone Twelve carats of toothache Drops 2-4 in week two to 59,000 (down 51%). The top five is completed by the former Future No. I never like you Which decreases by 4-5 55000 (decreases by 10%). The ex-leader trio is next at the table as Morgan Wallen. Dangerous: double album Stationary at #6 (52,000; less than 1%), Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morality and the Big Steps Decreases 5-7 (42,000; decreases 23%) and Olivia Rodrigo sour milk Stable at 8th (32,000; down 14%).

SZA To control Basements after the 35th-9th Fifth Anniversary Suite reissue on June 10th, to which seven previously unreleased songs were added. The album, which debuted and reached No. 3 on the charts on July 1, 2017, has produced 32,000 equivalent album units (up 109%).

Closing out the new Billboard 200 Top 10 is Carrie Underwood’s new studio album. Jeans and rhinestones, Whose debut is at No. 10 with 31,000 album equivalent units. Of that amount, album sales totaled $22,000; The SEA unit comprises about 9,000 (equivalent to the official flow of 11.19 million fixed-lane requests) and the TEA unit comprises less than 1,000.

jeans and rhinestones It is Underwood’s tenth consecutive top 10 album, an attempt at all of their charts. And it debuted at number 10 on the Top 10, before its first release. some hearts, Which was released in 2005.

Luminate, an independent data provider for billboard charts, provides a complete and comprehensive review of all data uploaded to the weekly charts. Publish data reviews and authentication, remove any suspicious or unverified activity using established criteria, until the final graph is calculated and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed questionable and unverified is disqualified prior to final settlement.

This story first appeared on Billboard.com.