BTS set the record of best-selling digital track in the States for two consecutive years with the hit song ŌĆ£Butter.ŌĆØ According to an annual year-end report released jointly by MRC Data and Billboard on Thursday (local time), ŌĆ£ButterŌĆØ ranked first in the digital song sales category with 1,889,00 downloads. In 2020, BTSŌĆÖ ŌĆ£DynamiteŌĆØ was the top seller with 1.26 million sold. The groupŌĆÖs second English song stayed 10 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Only a total of 40 tracks, including ŌĆ£Butter,ŌĆØ have achieved such a feat in Billboard history. WhatŌĆÖs more impressive is the number of downloads for ŌĆ£Butter.ŌĆØ The number is 3.8 times more than that of the song ranked second, Walker HayesŌĆÖs ŌĆ£Fancy LikeŌĆØ (499,000 downloads). Additionally, the only song with more than 1 million downloads is ŌĆ£Butter.ŌĆØ With this, BTS continued its ŌĆ£1 million downloadsŌĆØ record following last yearŌĆÖs ŌĆ£Dynamite.ŌĆØ Moreover, two more of the BTS songs ranked within the top 10 ŌĆō ŌĆ£Permission To DanceŌĆØ (404,000 downloads) and ŌĆ£My UniverseŌĆØ with Coldplay (287,000 downloads). In particular, the report highlighted K-popŌĆÖs performance in the global market under the title ŌĆ£K-pop consumption charts new milestone.ŌĆØ Besides BTS, BlackpinkŌĆÖs Lisa and Ros├®ŌĆÖs solo debut and TWICEŌĆÖs English single were also introduced in the report. Source (1) Translator Kim Hoyeun: If you are a fan of K-drama, K-movie, and K-pop, I am your guy. I will continue to provide you with up-to-date K-entertainment news. ┬Ā
