After being named Global Recording Artists of the Year,
BTS
has now become the first-ever winners of the newly-created Global Album All Format Award,
Music Week
reports
.
Both titles are given out by the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry,
or IFPI, the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide.
The award is for the best-selling album of the year across all formats, including physical sales, digital downloads and streaming. BTS has won the award for
Map of the Soul: 7
, released in February of 2020. It was number one in the five biggest music markets in the world: the U.S., Japan, the U.K., Germany and France.
BTS also comes in at number four on the IFPI’s list of the best-selling albums of 2020, with
Be (Deluxe Edition).
As
Music Week
reports,
Frances Moore
, chief executive at IFPI, said, “It’s an honor to be able to hand BTS their second IFPI Global Chart Award…
Map Of The Soul: 7
broke chart records internationally and in Korea, and is yet another incredible body of work from a band that continues to delight music lovers globally.”
Here is IFPI’s full list of the best-selling albums in the world in 2020:
1. BTS –
Map Of The Soul: 7
2. The Weeknd –
After Hours
3. Billie Eilish –
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
4. BTS –
Be (Deluxe Edition)
5. Harry Styles –
Fine Line
6. Post Malone –
Hollywood’s Bleeding
7. Kenshi Yonezu –
Stray Sheep
8. Justin Bieber
– Changes
9. Taylor Swift –
folklore
10. Dua Lipa –
Future Nostalgia
By Andrea Dresdale
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