“BE” unsurprisingly debut at #1 in the United States, becoming the fifth career chart-topper for BTS.<\/p>\n
According to Hits Daily Double, “BE” sold just under 181K US copies during the November 20-26 tracking period. With units from track sales and streams included, the album generated 246K in total first-week consumption.<\/p>\n
“BE” notably received more units from track sales than it did track streams, a rarity in today’s market. Hits credits “BE” with about 39K Track Equivalent Albums (equivalent to 390,000 track sales) and 26K Streaming Equivalent Albums.<\/p>\n
To set some context for the achievement, no other album even broke 2.4K in TEA (24,000 track sales) this week.<\/p>\n
The numbers are slightly shy of initial estimates (215-225K sales, 265-295K total units) but still position “BE” as a dominant #1 on both fronts. The album sales total tops that of the week’s #2 seller (AC\/DC’s “POWER UP” with 29K) by more than 6x, while the consumption total bests the #2 album (Megan Thee Stallion’s “Good News” with 103K) by nearly 2.5x.<\/p>\n
From a numerical standpoint, “BE” did not rival the performance of predecessor “Map Of The Soul: 7” (347K US sales, 422K total US units). There were, however, some key differences in the release strategy. The physical version of “BE,” notably, was only available as a single $45-55 box set. “MOTS: 7,” on the other hand, was available in four separate collector’s editions (each with more traditional album pricing). “BE” also has fewer tracks, lowering its ceiling for TEA and SEA units.<\/p>\n
Due Sunday, Billboard’s specific sales and consumption figures may differ slightly from those reported by Hits. The overall conclusion will, however, be the same. “BE” was the #1 album for both US sales and total US consumption during the November 20-26 tracking week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“BE” unsurprisingly tops this week’s sales and consumption charts.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[183,1047,206],"tags":[14105,8321],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n