Once Again, BTS Owns Half Of The World Albums Chart

For most artists, charting more than one album at once on any Billboard would be a huge win, and perhaps a signifier that they are at the top of their game, but for BTS, it’s nothing unusual. In fact, the group is used to occupying several spaces on a number of tallies simultaneously, and this time around they prove their immense and undeniable popularity on the ranking they have come to rule most often.

BTS current owns half of all the available spots on Billboard’s World Albums chart. That kind of dominance is rarely seen on any of the charting company’s lists, but amazingly, this isn’t the first time that the K-pop superstars have managed this feat, and it probably won’t be the last.

The group gains ground from last time around when they controlled one-third of the World Albums chart, but now they increase their ownership as two older titles return once again to the list, likely thanks to fans rushing to consume their full-lengths after the band’s Bang Bang Con online concert event.

BTS is steady at both Nos. 1 and 2, first with their latest release Map of the Soul: 7 and then with Love Yourself Answer, which keeps as the second-longest-charting Korean-language title in the history of the tally. Also a non-mover this frame is Map of the Soul: Persona, which is comfortable at No. 5. 

Back on the World Albums chart after a break away is Wings, which re-enters the race at No. 6. Just three rungs down, Love Yourself: Tear rises one spot to No. 9, giving the seven-member vocal group and dancing phenomenons control over half of the top 10.

Last week, BTS World, the soundtrack the band released in 2019 as a soundtrack for their mobile game of the same name, charted at No. 14, and this turn it also pushes forward slightly, lifting to No. 13. At the very bottom of the World Albums chart at No. 15 comes Love Yourself: Her, which is also back after falling off the roster not long ago.

Here are where all seven of BTS’s currently-charting titles land on this week’s World Albums chart.

No. 1 – Map of the Soul: 7

No. 2 – Love Yourself: Answer

No. 5 – Map of the Soul: Persona

No. 6 – Wings

No. 9 – Love Yourself: Tear

No. 13 – BTS World

No. 15 – Love Yourself: Her