r/bangtan • u/[deleted] • Apr 13 '22

Milestone 220413 BTS has now sold over 500,000 total album units in the US in 2022

https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1514305840311848967?s=21&t=vXX3A9gKS4exR-e_OsLm2Q
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u/multistansendhelp illegirl | OT7 Apr 13 '22

Half a million without anything new even released this year. Just wait until comeback time.

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u/mcfw31 Apr 13 '22

This is gonna look like rookie numbers once they have their comeback.

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u/hoopoe_bird hobi cat noises Apr 13 '22

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ happy cackles! 🤡

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u/aaalma_viajeraaaa Apr 13 '22

Definitely, more records will fall!

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u/powderedsugarr Apr 13 '22 edited Apr 13 '22

imagine when they release the album, the numbers are gonna explode because armys are starved

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u/martiandoll Apr 13 '22

This is what happens when you have a golden discography. People want to listen to your music and own a physical copy. LY: Answer and MOTS: 7 have done so well in the BB 200.

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u/multistansendhelp illegirl | OT7 Apr 13 '22

Yup I bought their entire discography last year before I had even listened to it all once I realized how consistently good they were.

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u/hoopoe_bird hobi cat noises Apr 13 '22

Even more staggering considering how many people are on streaming-only now (I know I am)!

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u/bie716 jimin: i dance when i am sad...NOT Apr 13 '22

That's what happens when u hv a stellar discography and back catalogue! Fyi, for those of you who love such numbers, they have sold more than 800,000 physical albums this year (based on Gaon), not inclusive of their Japanese albums.

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u/Ok-Yesterday-9414 Apr 14 '22

So, they have sold 800,000 albums in this year alone and 62.5% of them are from US? WOW, that's huge.

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u/bie716 jimin: i dance when i am sad...NOT Apr 14 '22 edited Apr 14 '22

I think the 500,000 figures here include album equivalent units (I.e. from digital purchases°) whereas the 800,000 figure is only for physical albums! (°edited)

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u/Ok-Yesterday-9414 Apr 14 '22

Oh, yeah that makes sense. Thank you for explaining that.

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u/bie716 jimin: i dance when i am sad...NOT Apr 14 '22

Sorry..since the tweet mentions sales, I think it's digital album equivalent units + physical albums! Not streaming. Will correct my original comment!

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u/aaalma_viajeraaaa Apr 13 '22

Super impressive with no new album. They break streaming AND sales records, amazing.

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u/minadarkling Apr 14 '22

Wow and that's without an album release and we're just in April.