BTS Tops Billboard Main Album Chart for the Fifth Time

New Mini Album 'BE' Debuts at No. 1 on This Week's 'Billboard 200'
Debuts at No. 2 on UK Official Chart... 'Life Goes On' Single Hits No. 10 on Chart

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The group BTS has reached the top spot on the main US Billboard album chart for the fifth time.

Billboard announced on the 29th (local time) that their new mini-album 'BE' will debut at number one on this week's 'Billboard 200'. Billboard determines album rankings by converting and combining album sales, digital track downloads (Track Equivalent Albums·TEA), and streaming counts (Streaming Equivalent Albums·SEA) into album sales units.

According to Nielsen Music data, 'BE' sold approximately 242,000 copies in its first week. BTS previously topped this chart with four albums: 'Love Yourself: Tear', 'Love Yourself: Answer', 'Map of the Soul: Persona', and 'Map of the Soul: 7'.

'BE' is also performing well on the UK Official Charts, which, along with Billboard, represents the global pop music scene. In the chart released on the 27th, it ranked second, following 'Together at Christmas', a Christmas album by British singer Michael Ball and tenor Alfie Boe. On the Official Singles Chart, the title track 'Life Goes On' ranked 10th, and the album track 'Blue & Grey' ranked 66th. 'Dynamite', released last August and continuously loved, ranked 37th.

'BE' is an album in which BTS sincerely expresses the complex emotions they have felt living through the COVID-19 era. Right after its release on the 20th, it swept the number one spot on the iTunes 'Top Albums' chart in 90 countries worldwide, signaling its popularity.

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