NEW YORK, NY – MAY 15: Jimin, Jungkook, Jin, V, and RM of BTS perform on “Good Morning America” on May 15, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Bauzen/GC Images)
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K-pop only reached the U.K. in a major way in the past few years, and that means records are now shattered constantly, with one name in particular breaking barriers and establishing new best showings all the time. They may not have anything new on the country’s charts this week, but Korean favorites BTS still find a way to make history this frame in the U.K. with one of their most recent releases.
The seven-member vocal group’s studio recording Map of the Soul: Persona slips to No. 76 on this frame’s albums ranking, tumbling another nine spots. That isn’t a very exciting position for the band, but it’s how long the title has been present on the tally that matters this time around.
Map of the Soul: Persona has now been inside the top 100 on the albums chart for 13 weeks, which is the current record for the most frames spent on the list by a K-pop album. Amazingly, BTS ties their own record for the longest-charting K-pop record in U.K. history, as their previous effort Love Yourself: Answer also lived on the ranking for a lucky 13 weeks.
If Map of the Soul: Persona can hold on for just one more turn, which seems likely based on how slowly it has been falling, it will earn the title of the longest-charting K-pop album in U.K. history.
Map of the Soul: Persona made waves in the country earlier this year when it debuted at No. 1, becoming the first K-pop album to make it all the way to the top of the tally. The set produced BTS’ highest-charting single, “Boy With Luv,” which features American pop singer Halsey and which lifted all the way to No. 13, becoming one of the best-performing Korean-language tunes of all time in the nation. Map of the Soul: Persona also managed to send two other tracks onto the list, making history in yet another capacity.
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