[Courtesy of Big Hit Entertainment]
SEOUL -- K-pop band BTS has topped Oricon's weekly album chart in Japan with its Japanese single album "FAKE LOVE/Airplane pt.2" that contained the Japanese version of global hit songs "FAKE LOVE" and "Airplane pt.2" as well as two other songs.
The prestigious music charts company in Japan said Tuesday that the seven-member group earned 454,829 Oricon Points based on album sales to take the top spot in Oricon's weekly album chart. BTS also became the first foreign act to surpass the 400,000 point mark in the first week of album release.
BTS will hold two concerts Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome, a gigantic dome stadium. For its concert tour in Japan, the group will visit Osaka later this month, Nagoya in January and Fukuoka in February.
reporter
Park Sae-jin
swatchsjp@ajunews.com
