iTunes & Apple Music

iTunes

iTunes was founded in 2001 so don't complain that iTunes didn't exist at your favs’ time. Some of you think iTunes is irrelevant but top digital monsters get #1 in more than 100 countries.

  • Albums
  1. RM is the Artist with the 2nd most #1 in iTunes Albums Chart (124 countries) with mono. after “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” with 126. He is the Asian Act with the most #1’s.
  1. Agust D is the First Male Act to have multiple albums and multiple songs with 100 #1's on iTunes (2nd Act to do so after Adele).
  1. Agust D is the First Asian Act to have multiple albums with 100 #1's on iTunes with D-2 and D-DAY.
  1. BTS is the first group and second artist ever after Adele in iTunes history to reach #1 in 100 countries with both a song and album. [Source]
  1. BTS is the 2nd artist after Adele to reach 100 #1 in iTunes for both Album and Single.
  1. BTS is the first artist to have every single track of an album reach #1 on iTunes in a country worldwide with MOTS: 7. [Source]
  1. BTS is the first artist to have 2 → 4 albums with all tracks getting #1 on iTunes in a country WW (MOTS: 7, MOTS: Persona, 2 Cool 4 Skool and LY: Tear). [Source]
  1. List of BTS’ and BTS’ Members’ Albums.
Ranking
Albums
Total #1
Total Days at #1 WW
1
mono.
124
4
2
Hope World
116
6
3
D-2
109
5
4
MOTS: 7
101
14
5
D-DAY
100
7
6
BE
96
7
7
Layover
95
6
7
Indigo
95
4
8
Golden
92
14
9
MOTS: Persona
90
8
10
LY: Tear
86
7

MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ~ THE JOURNEY ~
82
3

LY: Her
81
4

LY: Answer
80
4

FACE
80
15

D-DAY
67
7

Proof
65
7

Agust D
60
1

Face Yourself
55
2

Jack In The Box
53
6

Wings
40
0

BTS WORLD OST
39
0
  1. BTS is the 1st Asian Act to top iTunes Albums Chart in the 8 major music markets around the world (China and SK don’t have iTunes).
  1. MOTS: 7 charted at #1 in WW iTunes Album Chart for 14 days which ties with “Golden” as the 2nd longest album for an Asian Act. [Source] 
  1. MOTS: 7 is the longest #1 charting Asian album in the USA iTunes Albums for 6 days (from 21 to 26 Feb).
  1. MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ~ THE JOURNEY ~ is the Japanese album with the most #1 in iTunes Albums chart in history.
  1. BTS is the first Act to get a #1 with an Asian language album in the iTunes USA Top Albums. (They got their first #1 with Wings). [Source] [Source]
  1. BTS is the first Asian Act to get a #1 in the iTunes UK Top Albums with an Asian language album (They got their first #1 with LY Her).
  1. BTS is the only Asian Act who got multiple Albums charting in USA & Canada iTunes Top 100 albums at the same time (e.g. Her, Face Yourself, Hope World / Tear, Her, Hope World for USA iTunes while LY Her, Face Yourself, Hope World and Wings for iTunes Canada).
  1. BTS is the artist to have the most albums (14 albums) chart inside the Top 200 of US iTunes simultaneously. [Source] [Source] 
  1. BTS breaks their own record by charting 21 albums on the US iTunes Albums Chart simultaneously (at the same time) (13 Korean albums, 3 solo mixtapes, 3 Japanese albums, 1 OST). No artist has ever done this before. [Source] [Source]
  1. BTS charted 20 songs simultaneously in US iTunes Singles, the 2nd most after Nicki Minaj (22). [Source] 
  1. BTS managed to chart the entire Korean discography in the US iTunes 7 times so far. [Source] [Source] [Source] [Source] [Source] [Source] [Source]
  1. BTS’ entire Korean albums discography re-entered the US iTunes chart when MOTS: Persona was released. This was a first for a non-English Act. [Source] [Source] 
  1. BTS’ Korean discography again re-entered the US iTunes chart 7 months after MOTS: Persona was released. [Source]
  1. BTS albums keep getting re-entered in the iTunes with time which shows that their popularity is growing.