'Map of the Soul: 7' - Second K-Pop Album to Spend a Full Year on Billboard 200
Date: February 23, 2021
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As of this week, BTS’s Map of the Soul: 7 has spent 52 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200!
This makes it the second K-pop album and also BTS’s second album, after Love Yourself: Answer, to spend at least one year on the list.
“BTS’s album Map of the Soul: 7 hits 52 weeks on the Billboard 200 this time around, which is a huge win for the band. In fact, the set is now just the second-ever studio effort from a South Korean musical act to spend at least one year on the tally. The only other release to make it to that anniversary comes from, you guessed it, the same group. BTS’s Love Yourself: Answer has now spent an incredible 98 turns somewhere on the list, and it may soon become the first to hit triple digits.”
— Forbes