Billboard "BTS, Top Artist Duo/Group of the Year"

Meaningful Achievements on Annual Charts Without Mini Album 'BE'
Ranked No.1 in 'Social 50 Artist' and 'Digital Song Sales'

U.S. Billboard reported on the 3rd (local time) that BTS topped the 'Top Artists' duo/group category in the year-end charts. This is the first time they have finished the year in first place. From 2017 until last year, they consistently ranked second, yielding the spot to The Chainsmokers, Imagine Dragons, and Jonas Brothers respectively. However, this year, BTS became the first non-U.S. team to reach the top in five years since One Direction (UK/Ireland).

BTS also maintained their number one position for the fourth consecutive year on the 'Social 50 Artists' chart, which reflects social media influence. They ranked 18th on the overall year-end 'Top Artists' chart. They also entered the year-end comprehensive singles chart, the 'Hot 100 Songs.' Their single "Dynamite," which reached number one on Billboard's main singles chart 'Hot 100,' ranked 38th. This song led the year-end 'Digital Song Sales' chart, which tracks digital music sales.

BTS performed well on the year-end comprehensive album chart, the 'Billboard 200 Albums,' ranking 20th with their massively successful album 'Map of the Soul: 7.' On the 'Top Album Sales' chart, which measures traditional album sales excluding streaming equivalents, they ranked third behind Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' and Harry Styles' 'Fine Line.'

Billboard announces the albums, songs, and artists that stood out each year every December. This year’s year-end charts aggregate various chart performances from November 23 of last year to November 14 of this year. Therefore, the popularity of BTS’s mini-album 'BE' and its title track 'Life Goes On,' released on October 20, was not reflected.

Singer-songwriter Post Malone topped the 'Top Artists' chart again this year, following last year. His album 'Hollywood's Bleeding' also ranked first on the 'Billboard 200 Albums.' The number one spot on the 'Hot 100 Songs' went to The Weeknd’s 'Blinding Lights,' which was recently excluded from the Grammy Awards nominations.

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