BTS again proved its popularity in Japan, with its eighth Japanese single “Mic Drop/ DNA/ Crystal Snow” notching the No. 1 spot on Oricon’s daily singles chart.
The album, released on Wednesday, landed the top spot with a total of 269,861 Oricon points on the first day of release, making this the fifth time the group has shot to the top of the Japanese charts.
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“Drop/ DNA/ Crystal Snow” (Big Hit Entertainment) |
BTS first topped the Oricon charts in June 2015 with its fourth Japanese single “For You.” The group has since topped the charts with its singles, “I Need U (Japanese Ver.),” “Run (Japanese Ver.) and “Blood, Sweats & Tears.”
The latest single album released in Japan consists of the Japanese versions of its hit tracks from the latest album “Love Yourself Seung Her,” “DNA” and “MIC Drop,” and a new Japanese original winter song “Crystal Snow.”
BTS is set to perform on Japanese channel TV Asahi’s “Music Station Super Live 2017” on Dec. 22.
By Kim So-yeon (
syk19372@heraldcorp.com)