*BTS is the first non-English Act to get #1 in the Top 5 Global Music Markets(USA, Japan, UK, Germany, France) and #1 in 9 out of the Top 10 Global Music Markets(USA, Japan, UK, Germany, France, South Korea, Australia, Canada and Netherlands).[Source]
*MOTS: 7 is the 9th album in the world to get #1 in the Top 5 Global Music Markets.
MJ - Thriller
Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard
Celine Dion - All the Way, A Decade of Song
RHCP - Stadium Arcadium
Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
Madonna - Hard Candy
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
BTS - MOTS: 7
*MOTS: 7 is the non-English Album with the most #1 WW by charting #1 in 22 countries’ albums charts.
*BTS is the first non-English Act to chart songs in 3 different languages on Top 3 Global Music Markets(#1 US Hot 100; #2 Japan Hot 100/Japan Oricon Combined Singles; #3 UK Official Top 100 Singles).(No idea in terms of Overall Acts)
*BTS could be one of the rare Artists to win“Artist of the Year” in 3 of the Top 10 music markets(USA, JPN, KR).
European Charts
European countries music charts are also very old e.g. UK official chart founded in 1969, ARIA in 1988, the French chart in 1922, the German chart in 1991 etc.
This section needs more data about the Singles Chart of other Countries.
BTS becomes the first Asian Act to have 2, 3, 4 Albums charting at the same time in the Belgium Albums Chart.
BTS is the first Asian Act to get all LY: Tear songs charting in the Hungary Single Top 40 chart.[Source]
BTS becomes the 2nd Act after Psy to peak at #1 in the Argentina Top 20 Charts with an Asian language single. FAKE LOVE surpassed GS with the most consecutive #1 in this chart. FAKE LOVE charted for 5 weeks at #1.[Source Hidden]
BTS IDOL was played on UTV in Romania. They are the first Korean group to be played on TV in Romania.[Source]
BTS becomes the 2nd Act after Psy to peak at #1 in the Hungary Singles Top 40 with an Asian language single.
MOTS: Persona entered in the top 10 of Albums charts in almost all European markets.
MOTS: Persona is the first Asian album to get #1 in Scotland. It is also the first Asian Album to stay at #1 for 2 weeks.
BWL is the first Korean song in history to chart in the Polish Airplay Top 100 at #59.[Source][Source]
MOTS: Persona topped the UK, Scottish, New Zealand and Australian Charts, with BTS becoming the first Asian act(and non-English???) to achieve a number-one album in each of these countries.
BWL is the first Korean song to debut in the Latvia(Latvijas Top 40).[Source]
MOTS: Persona is the first Asian(and non-English??) Album to stay 4 weeks in the Top 20 in almost all countries like USA, UK, Scotland, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Germany etc.
LY: Answer is the first Asian Album to spend more than a year in the Official Spanish Albums Chart.
BTS is the best charting Asian Act in Poland with 3 albums charting simultaneously on the national OLiS(top50). They are the 1st Asian artist to achieve it and the 1st foreign act since a long time. They achieved this 2 weeks so far.[Source][Source]
BTS is the first Asian Act to get #1 in the Spanish Albums chart with BTS WORLD OST.[Source][Source]
Dynamite is BTS first song to reach #1 on the biggest radio station in Spain Los 40 Spain. It stayed #1 for 2 weeks(maybe a first for an Asian Group).[Source][Source]
BTS is the first Asian Act to have two #1’s in Los 40 Spain(Dynamite and My Universe).[Source][Source]
BTS is the first Asian Act to chart in both albums and singles Latvia charts: Latvian Albums(#2); Latvian Singles(#5).[Source][Source][Source][Source]
BTS is the first Asian Act to get #1 in France, Germany, Belgium(Flanders), Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Netherlands with MOTS: 7.[Source]
BTS has #1 with 4 albums in Poland Top Albums: MOTS: 7, BE, Butter CD, Proof. BTS has the most #1 albums for an Asian Act.
BTS is the first Korean artist in history to enter the Year-End Polish Airplay charts of RMF FM and ESKA.[Source][Source]
BTS is the first Asian Group(2nd Asian Act) to enter the Top 10 and Top 5 of the Poland Airplay Top 100 with“My Universe”.“My Universe” is the first Asian song to enter Top 10 and Top 5.[Source][Source]
BTS is the first Asian Act to enter the Poland Vinyl Albums Chart with LY: Her at #21(Chart Week 3).[Source][Source]
BTS is the first Asian Act to get #1 in Norway, Belgium(Wallonia), Denmark with BE.[Source]
BTS got #1 two times so far in the Ireland Top Albums Chart(MOTS: 7, BE).
BE is the highest charting Asian Album in Italy at #2 surpassing MOTS: 7(#3).
BTS got #1 2 times in Estonia Top 40 Albums with LY: Tear and MOTS: 7.
MOTS: 7 is the first non-German album to debut at #1 on the German album chart in the 2020s decade.
BTS is the first Asian Act to debut(#3) in the Official German Hip-hop Albums Chart with MOTS: 7 - The Journey.[Source][Source]
BTS is the Asian Act to have the most simultaneous charting in the European Albums Charts e.g. Swiss Albums(6 albums), German Albums(2 → 6 albums), Hungary Albums(5 albums) and so on.
Butter is the song by an Asian Act with the most weeks at #1(12) in the Hungarian Singles Chart.[Source][Source]
MOTS: 7 is the longest charting album by an Asian Act in the Hungarian Albums chart(80 weeks).[Source][Source]
European Charts