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K-pop group BTS shatters previous record with 3.98 million album 'ARIRANG' sold
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K-pop supergroup BTS has shattered its previous first-day sales record by selling over 3.98 million copies of their fifth studio album 'ARIRANG' on the day it launched, a figure that surpasses last year's peak set for Map of the Soul:7 in March and pushes total daily revenue to nearly $106m according to BigHit Music reports released Saturday morning by Korean media outlets.
Key Points
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1Korean pop group BTS has sold over 3.98 million copies of their new fifth studio album 'ARIRANG' on the first day.
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2This sales figure breaks all previous records, surpassing Map of the Soul: 7's record from March 2016 which stood at approximately 45% lower than this achievement (or roughly a difference between ~3.98 million and its predecessor).
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3The album 'ARIRANG' is officially recognized as BTS highest first-day sales to date.
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4Multiple international news sources confirm the figure of nearly four million copies sold within twenty-four hours.
Developments
[Mar 21, 07:45]
The Standard reports BTS album sales exceeded over three and a half to nine point something millions (3.9 million) on the first day in Thai language.
[Mar 21, 08:02] / [Feb 7/45]
Koreatimes.co.kr and Feed.korea times report that BigHit Music announced over four million copies sold on the first day.
[Mar 21, 09:09] / [Feb Mar 7/45]
Deccanchronicle and Koreaherald confirm sales of more than three point nine eight million copies in twenty four hours on the first day.
[Mar 21, 09:38] / [Feb Mar/745]
Antaranews reports that BTS broke records and topped global charts with album ARIRANG selling over three point nine eight million copies on first day.
[Mar 21, 09:38] / [Feb Mar/745]
Mediafax.ro reports that BTS set a new sales record with album ARIRANG selling over three point nine eight million copies on first day.
[Mar 21, 09:38] / [Feb Mar/745]
Leparien.fr reports that approximately four millions of exemplars were sold in one single for the new album ARIRANG by K-pop group BTS.
[Mar 21, 09:38] / [Feb Mar/745]
Twenty-four hours.mx reports that on its first day of release in Spanish language the new album ARIRANG sold over three point nine eight million copies.
BTS’ ARIRANG Breaks Records with Massive First-Day Sales
Deccanchronicle
9h ago
BTS' new album ARIRANG achieved record-breaking first-day sales of 3,981,507 copies and its title track "SWIM" topped major Korean music charts while securing the No. 1 position on YouTube's Trending Music list in nearly 70 countries with over 4 million likes for their official video.