South Korean famous music band BTS has achieved a milestone with the new 3-part anthology album.
According to sources, BTS’ new album ‘Proof’ sold a staggering total of 2,752,496 copies in the first week of its release, marking the highest first-week sales of any album released in 2022.
Additionally, the album also achieved the second-highest first-week sales of any album in Hanteo Chart history, bested only by BTS’s fourth full-length 2020 album Map of the Soul: 7.
Proof also surpassed 2 million in only 24 hours of its release, making BTS the first K-pop group to secure a double million seller on the first day of an album’s release. The three CD-album consists of 48 tracks, including the biggest hits from throughout the group’s career and three new songs – ‘Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment,’ ‘Run BTS’ and ‘For Youth.’
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Meanwhile, the pop members plan to give live performances for their anthology album Proof on the June 17 broadcast of KBS2’s Music Bank and on the June 18 broadcast of SBS’s Inkigayo. The K-pop boy band sparked massive buzz among fans on Tuesday when it was announced to be taking a break as a group to pursue solo projects.
However, the management team of HYBE cleared the confusion on Thursday the Butter hitmakers are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo projects at this time and remain active in various formats.
