BTS' Proof grabs 1st spot on Billboard 200 chart; superstoked ARMY trends 'Congratulations BTS' to celebrate this achievement [VIEW TWEETS]
BTS' anthology album Proof dropped on 10th June 2022. And ARMY had been streaming the BTS songs from the album like crazy and their efforts have come to fruition as BTS Proof has debuted on top on Billboards 200 chart (dated June 25). Yes, you did it ARMY. BTS Proof is a compilation album of the Bangtan Boys' - RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, Taehyung and Jungkook - years of hard work in the last nine years. The new album also includes some of the new releases such as Yet To Come, Run BTS, For Youth to name a few.
BTS tops on Billboard with Proof; ARMY reacts
As per Luminate, reports Billboard, about 314,000 copies of BTS' Proof were sold by 16th June and about the majority of the unit figure was due to the CS album sales. BTS made their debut in 2013 and over the last couple of years, they have marked 15 entries on the Billboard 200 albums chart. About 266,000 units were sold under CD sales with 36,000 streaming equivalent sales with 52.84 million on-demand streams and 12,000 track equivalent album sales. As per the report in Billboard, BTS Proof is the year's biggest week for an album by a group. Previously, BTS debuted on no 1 with Love Yourself: Tear, Love Yourself Answer, Map of the Soul: Persona, and BE. ARMY is going bonkers over the same and is trending 'Congratulations BTS' and 'BTS Paved The Way' on Twitter. Check out the tweets here:
#BTS & their #1 albums on billboard 200
CONGRATULATIONS BTS
BTS PAVED THE WAY#ProofNo1OnBB200 pic.twitter.com/aJIkCHabvm
Seokjin naked! (@Jin_Yoonieverse) June 19, 2022
bangtan ending the chapter 1 with six number one album on billboard 200 chart , congratulations bts ? pic.twitter.com/FmvdnDTIYd
MAYCEE ? stream proof (@seokjinmylabsss) June 19, 2022
Congratulations, @BTS_twt!
Here's your PROOF:#BTS_Proof debuted #1 on Billboard 200*
*Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S.#BTS # #ProofNo1OnBB200 pic.twitter.com/FtdRG3p4ht
Sari Setiogi Griberg (@setiogi) June 19, 2022
Congratulations #BTS We had no doubts #ProofNo1OnBB200 #BTS6thNo1InBB200 #BTS_Proof pic.twitter.com/UbTvIOFaoE
maria lo ?????? (@loveyfaith) June 20, 2022
"CONGRATULATIONS BTS"
"PR ARMYs"
I love you so much BTS ?ARMY Forever ? Forever ??7 ??????????
BTS 6th no 1 in bb200 ????#YetToCome100M
#BTS6thNo1InBB200 pic.twitter.com/hqLZwSzU8X
????Janndennisec.tan???? (@jannkpoptan23) June 20, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS BTS
#1 LY: Tear (2018)
#1 LY: Answer (2018)
#1 Map of the Soul: Persona (2019)
#1 Map of the Soul: 7 (2020)
#1 BE (2020)
#1 Proof (2022) ?#ProofNo1InBB200#BTS6thNo1InBB200 #BTS_Proof pic.twitter.com/UqkHHcjy5q
lis (semi-ia) (@elisbethx) June 20, 2022
#ProofNo1OnBB200 #BTS6thNo1OnBB200
Congratulations @BTS_twt ? #BTS_Proof is no 1 on Billboard 200 #YetToCome by #BTS pic.twitter.com/FNBSj1FFgu
Mia KC? Bulletproof Forever ? (@KyungMi25) June 20, 2022
?? Billboard 200 Chart
#1 Proof by #BTS
*314,000 (266,000 pure sales & 52.84 million on-demand streams)
Congratulations @BTS_twt! ?#BTS_Proof #ProofNo1OnBB200 pic.twitter.com/4zY7qMca2q
Only Bangtan PH (@OnlyBangtanPH) June 20, 2022
Congratulations @bts_twt ? ? ?
Thank you US ARMY for all your hard work! ? https://t.co/SywkYaVeod
Black Swan STREAM PROOF (@BlackSwan_875) June 19, 2022
congratulations @BTS_twt doing this with an anthology album is even more incredible https://t.co/HkKkEnL4Ph
left and right (@sarasfilter) June 19, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS @bts_bighit FOR GETTING NUMBER 1 FOR "PROOF" ON BILLBOARD 200. ??? pic.twitter.com/QykQZoBkAc
SARAH ?? PROOF (@jm_oonchild) June 20, 2022
BTS Proof
Talking about the anthology album, BTS Proof consisted of 48- tracks divided into three CDs. Out of the 48 tracks, only 35 were available to stream online and the 13 demo tracks were exclusive additions which were only available in the CD format. There are said to be new songs are Yet To Come, Run BTS, For Youth, Quotation Mark and Young Love, from which Yet To Come (lead single), Run BTS and For Youth have been released digitally.
BTS to focus on solo activities
BTS Chapter 1 came to end with the release of the anthology album BTS Proof. And now, the Bangtan Boys - RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, Kim Taehyung and Jungkook, will be focussing on their solo projects and their individual artistry. That doesn't mean that BTS won't work as a group. But yes, it won't happen as frequently as it did before.