BTS debuts Permission to Dance on Stage (Live) at No. 2 on Top Album Sales and No. 10 on the … More
BTS is back on the charts in the United States, as the South Korean septet debuts its latest album Permission to Dance on Stage (Live). The set appears on several Billboard tallies thanks to the pent-up demand for anything connected to the boy band, as the singers have all been focusing on serving their country and their solo careers for several years now.
The full-length effort doesn’t quite make it to No. 1 on most rankings, but it does perform well across the board. On the most important sales list, the K-pop favorites are denied another champion as a surprise release from one of hip-hop’s biggest stars beats the Grammy-nominated group to the peak.
BTS’s New Album Launches at No. 2
Permission to Dance on Stage (Live) arrives at No. 2 on the Top Album Sales chart this week. The set opens with 36,000 pure purchases, according to Luminate. During another tracking period, that might have been enough to send the K-pop superstars to the top spot, but the competition was too fierce this time around.
Tyler, the Creator Beats BTS to the Summit
The current ruler of the Top Album Sales chart is Don’t Tap the Glass, which Tyler, the Creator released midweek. The rapper only revealed the full-length shortly before he dropped it, and it only had a few days in which to rack up sales, but that didn’t stop it from selling incredibly well in its first few hours of availability. Don’t Tap the Glass sold 127,500 copies in less than a week, easily conquering the ranking.
Half a Dozen Leaders for BTS
As the group’s live project debuts, BTS earns its fifteenth placement on the Top Album Sales chart. 11 of those projects have climbed into the highest tier, and half a dozen have led the charge.
BTS Returns to the Billboard 200’s Top 10
Permission to Dance on Stage (Live) also makes it to the highest tier on the Billboard 200, which was a tougher feat to manage. BTS narrowly breaks back into that coveted space as the group’s live project starts at No. 10.
The success of Permission to Dance on Stage (Live) is largely thanks to those 36,000 pure purchases, but when including the sales of individual tunes from its tracklist and streaming activity, the live effort moved a total of 43,000 equivalent units.