BTS’ album ‘Map of the Soul: 7’ tops physical album sales; ‘Dynamite’ becomes top-selling digital song of 2020 in the U.S

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One can't deny that the year 2020 was the biggest year yet for South Korean group BTS. The global popstars not only had chart-topping albums but also were soaring high with multiple No. 1 songs on Billboard Hot 100 chart. Now, as per MRC Data that revealed the top records of 2020, BTS' was the best selling group and the second-most popular artist overall in the US in 2020 with over 1.5 million pure album sales.

BTS' album 'Map of the Soul: 7' tops physical album sales; 'Dynamite' becomes top-selling digital song of 2020 in the U.S

BTS' album 'Map of the Soul: 7' was the second-best-selling album of the year, with over 674,009 copies sold. According to the data received, the album, that released on February 21, 2020, was also the US' top-selling physical album with 646,000 CDS sold.

.@BTS_twt was the best-selling group & second best selling artist overall in the US in 2020, with over 1.5 million pure album sales. 'Map of the Soul: 7' made up 674,009 pure sales & was the 2nd best-selling album in the country this year.

via MRC Data/Nielsen #BTS #방탄소년단 pic.twitter.com/4SjEu1Bupo

— K-Charts & Translations⁷ (@charts_k) January 7, 2021

BTS' second album release in the same year 'BE' is ranked at No. 5 with 252,000 units sold since its release on November 20, 2020. Not only that, BTS' GRAMMY-nominated track 'Dynamite' was the top-selling digital song of 2020 in the US with over 1.26 million downloads, twice the sales of The Weeknd's track 'Blinding Lights' that had 580,000 million downloads.

.@BTS_twt’s 'Dynamite' was the top-selling song of 2020 in the US with 1.26 million downloads, more than twice the sales of the year’s second-biggest seller, The Weeknd’s 'Blinding Lights' (580,000).

via MRC Data/Nielsen #BTS #방탄소년단 pic.twitter.com/E1AOzZMZfC

— K-Charts & Translations⁷ (@charts_k) January 7, 2021

The tracking period was from 3 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

BTS' 'Map of the Soul: 7' and 'BE' were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 best-selling albums on Gaon in 2020. The album 'Map of the Soul: 7' also holds the title of the best-selling album in South Korea, as per Guinness World Records.

.@BTS_twt's 'Map of the Soul: 7' and 'BE' were the #1 and #2 best-selling albums on Gaon in 2020. 'Map of the Soul: 7' also holds the title of the best-selling album of all-time in South Korea.

MOTS: 7 — 4,376,975
BE (Deluxe Edition) — 2,692,022 pic.twitter.com/TGLryhqdfa

— K-Charts & Translations⁷ (@charts_k) January 8, 2021

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