BTS Makes History as Map of the Soul: Persona Debuts at #1 on Billboard 200

BTS scores third No. 1 album on Billboard 200 chart with #MapOfTheSoulPersona https://t.co/w580A7nuGU pic.twitter.com/uou8XNjMqn

— billboard (@billboard) April 21, 2019

.@BTS_twt is the first group this century to earn three #1 albums in the US in less than a year (since @thebeatles in 1996).

— chart data (@chartdata) April 21, 2019

MAP OF THE SOUL ‘Persona’ by @BTS_twt is officially the #1 album in the United States, debuting on the top of Billboard 200 with 230K total album units.

‘Persona’ is BTS’ third album to do so, making this their 3rd #1 album in a physical year.

🎉 #PersonaBillboardNo1 pic.twitter.com/hfsyIWAArZ

— worldwideBTS 🌎 (@btsanalytics) April 21, 2019

.@BTS_twt is the fastest group in history to earn three #1 debuting albums in the US (10.5 months), surpassing The Beatles.

— chart data (@chartdata) April 21, 2019

BTS meets the Beatles and the Monkees in Billboard chart history with #MapOfTheSoulPersona https://t.co/JakZ95mEmD pic.twitter.com/Zvtlsw5meE

— billboard (@billboard) April 21, 2019

CONGRATULATIONS TO BTS! WE DID IT! Crazy to think that my favourite band just broke a record held by my parents' favourite band. We're literally writing history right now and it's an incredible time to be an ARMY.