ARMY Magazine - Monthly Issues ARMY Magazine ISSUE NO.2 - DEC 2018 | Page 29

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 BTS breaks their own record. AUGUST 30, 2018 Sales in first week: From August 24 to August 30, it sold 868,052 according to Hanteo Chart. It is second to the record set following “Love Yourself: Tear”. SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 Scored second No.1 Album. “Love Yourself: Answer” becomes their second album to be on the Billboard top 200 chart. SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 BTS scores second No. 1 album with “Love Yourself: Answer”. The South Korean popstars reached another chart-topping feat this week when Billboard revealed the boy band’s third Korean-language compilation album, “Love Yourself: Answer”, reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart. BTS breaks their own record for “Most simultaneous hits on World Digital Song Sales Chart” SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 1st BTS album surpassed 1 billion streams. 1st BTS album surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. OCTOBER 15, 2018 BTS – The Astounding Success of the World’s Favourite K-Pop Phenomenon BTS has sold more than 2.5m copies of their compilation album “Love Yourself: Answer” – twice as many sales as One Direction’s last album. NOVEMBER 9, 2018 Sold over 2 million copies. According to Gaon Chart, the sales for “LY:Answer” are 2,033,475 nearly three months after it released. It is ranked 13th place in best-selling album in South Korea. 26