Group BTS is expected to hit No. 1 on the US Billboard's main album chart, the 'Billboard 200', for the fourth time.

Billboard announced on the 25th via its official SNS, "BTS's 'MAP OF THE SOUL: 7' is expected to rank No. 1 on the 'Billboard 200' chart next week."

Previously, BTS topped the Billboard 200 chart with 2018's 'LOVE YOURSELF 轉 Tear' and 'LOVE YOURSELF 結 Answer', and 2019's 'MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA'.

The fourth full-length album 'MAP OF THE SOUL: 7', released on the 21st, is an album that looks back on the 7 years since the debut of the 7 members who have come together as a team, BTS. The title track 'ON' is a hip-hop song full of BTS's unique powerful energy and authenticity, and it contains the sense of calling and mindset as artists over the 7 years since their debut.

Notably, this album recorded sales of 2,653,050 copies on its release day, topping the daily chart. This is the fastest and highest sales volume among BTS's albums. In addition, it set an all-time record by topping the iTunes chart in 91 countries and regions as the top album, and 'ON' ranked No. 1 on the top song chart in 83 countries and regions.

Source: BigHit Ent.

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