BTS sold 1.49 million copies of 'Wings' albums
SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band BTS also known as Bangtan Boys, sold nearly 1.5 million copies of their "Wings" albums, according to its management agency on Thursday.
The team's latest album "Wings: You Never Walk Alone," sold 713,063 copies in February, topping the monthly album chart on Gaon, the country's benchmark music sales chart operator, in terms of sales, Big Hit Entertainment said. It was the biggest monthly figure recorded since Gaon first began tracking album sales.
The prior album "Wings," BTS's second full-length album released in October of last year, has shipped 783,923 copies as of end of February, bringing the total number of "Wings" albums sold to 1,496,986 copies.
Starting Saturday in Santiago, Chile, BTS will embark on a world tour and perform 19 shows in 11 cities, including those in Brazil, the U.S. and Thailand.
odissy@yna.co.kr
(END)
-
BLACKPINK star Jisoo tests positive for COVID-19, to miss world tour stop in Osaka
-
(URGENT) Seoul city sends alert to residents to prepare for evacuation after N. Korea's launch
-
Seoul city sends alert to residents to prepare for possible evacuation after N. Korea's launch
-
N. Korea fires what it claims to be 'space launch vehicle' southward: S. Korean military
-
Flights from typhoon-hit Guam to S. Korea to resume Monday: ministry
-
Fifty Fifty chart on Billboard Hot 100 for 10th week with 'Cupid'
-
BLACKPINK star Jisoo tests positive for COVID-19, to miss world tour stop in Osaka
-
(URGENT) Seoul city sends alert to residents to prepare for evacuation after N. Korea's launch
-
S. Korea slams N. Korea's planned satellite launch, warns of consequences
-
N. Korea fires what it claims to be 'space launch vehicle' southward: S. Korean military
-
Suspect in grisly Busan murder sent to prosecutors for further probe
-
Napoli's Kim Min-jae named Serie A's best defender, makes Team of the Season
-
Military continues salvage operation for North Korean rocket debris
-
(4th LD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan to operate system for sharing real-time N.K. missile warning data 'within this year': Seoul's defense chief
-
(LEAD) Military continues salvage operation for North Korean rocket debris