BTS Suga Sweeps the World as a Solo Artist... World Tour Praised by Foreign Media

Billboard No. 2, Oricon No. 1, Dominating Overseas Charts

Group BTS member Suga's solo album is sweeping charts around the world.

BTS Suga.
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On the 6th, Big Hit Music announced that Suga's solo album "D-DAY," released under the stage name Agust D on the 21st of last month, is setting records as the first in K-pop and achieving his personal best.

Suga's album ranked 2nd on the latest Billboard main album chart "Billboard 200" (dated May 6), and the title track "Haegeum" entered the "Hot 100" at 58th place.

Previously in Korea, it became a "Million Seller" immediately on the first day of release with over 1.07 million copies sold (according to Hanteo Chart), setting a new record for the highest first-day sales for a solo artist's album.

This album continues to achieve significant records on major music charts worldwide, including Korea, the United States, Asia, and Europe.

"D-DAY" debuted at number one on the French music chart SNEP's top album chart (dated April 28). It also ranked 3rd on the German Official Chart Top 10 albums chart (dated April 28) and entered 7th place on Italy's Acharts Top 100 albums chart (dated April 25).

In Japan, it immediately topped the Oricon "Weekly Digital Album Ranking" (dated May 1) and ranked 4th on the Australian ARIA chart (dated May 1).

"D-DAY" is the final installment of Suga's Agust D trilogy, following the mixtapes "Agust D" (2016) and "D-2."

The response to the world tour following the album release has also been enthusiastic. Suga kicked off the world tour "SUGA | Agust D-DAY TOUR" with spectacular performances at Belmont Park in New York, Newark in New Jersey, and Rosemont in Illinois on April 26-27 and May 3 (local time). He met approximately 55,000 fans over four shows.

British music magazine NME gave Suga's world tour performance a perfect score of 5 out of 5. NME commented on the concert, "The artistic intent was impressive. Despite being his first solo tour, Suga appeared comfortable and confident on stage. This tour was an opportunity to showcase his musicality. It was unlike any stage we have seen before."

American entertainment media Variety praised, "The concert begins like a noir musical. Suga raps and sings on stage, revealing various facets as BTS's Suga, his other persona Agust D, and as Min Yoon-gi."

During the world tour, Suga will hold concerts in Rosemont on May 5-6, Los Angeles on May 10-11 and 14, and Oakland on May 16-17 as part of his U.S. tour.

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