BTS’ Army is proud to be celebrating another achievement of their favorite boy band as the group’s sixth EP Map of the Soul: Persona, surpasses three billion streams on the Music app Spotify.
Map of the Soul: Persona is the eighth album of BTS to reach and pass this milestone, joining other albums including Proof, MAP OF THE SOUL: 7, BE, and Love Yourself: Tear, to mention a few as one of their most streamed albums.
Map of the Soul: Persona was released on April 12, 2019, through Big Hit Entertainment. Its lead single was the popular song Boy with Luv.
More details on BTS’ ‘Map of the Soul: Persona’
Map of the Soul: Persona is the sixth mini album of BTS. It features seven tracks, including Intro: Persona (performed by RM), Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey), Mikrokosmos, Make It Right (Feat. Lauv), HOME, Jamais Vu (performed by Jin, J-Hope, and JK), and Dionysus.
The EP was first announced on March 11, 2019, a month before its official release. It was preceded by an official comeback trailer, four concept photos, two music teasers, a tracklist, and a cover. Upon release, the mini album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making BTS the first band since the Beatles to have three chart-topping albums in less than one year.
The album also peaked at number one on the following charts: US World Albums, US Top Tastemaker Albums, US Independent Albums, UK Independent Albums, UK Albums, South Korean Albums, Scottish Albums, New Zealand Albums, Lithuanian Albums, Canadian Albums, Australia Albums, and Argentine Albums.
Map of the Soul: Persona won the 2019 Melon Music Award for Album of the Year, 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards for Album of the Year, 2020 Gaon Chart Music Awards for Album of the Year – 2nd Quarter and Retail Album of the Year. It also took home the awards for Album Bonsang and Album Daesang at the 2020 Golden Disc Awards. In the 2020 Seoul Music Awards, Map of the Soul: Persona also won the Album Daesang and Bonsang Awards.
Big Hit Music describes the album as follows:
“BTS signals the beginning of a brand new story with the release of their newest EP, MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA, on April 12. As global superstars who play stadiums and are loved by countless fans across the world, BTS now looks to shape the future reflecting on and using the power they have gained while embracing all its shadows.”
The description continues:
“There are a total of seven tracks in this album, through which BTS weaves together what they genuinely felt both within themselves and the ever-widening world around them. Through RM’s solo piece ‘Intro: Persona,’ BTS asks the fundamental question: ‘Who am I?’. World-leading singer Halsey takes part as featured artist in the lead single ‘Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)’ where BTS talks about how true strength and love come from finding joy in the little things in life and reaching out to the world.”
”The album includes ‘Mikrokosmos,’ which paints the world around oneself through human interest, and the collaboration with world-famous singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, ‘Make It Right.’ In ‘HOME,’ BTS finds refuge from their hardships and loneliness where their fans are. ‘Jamais Vu’ is a unit song by j-hope, Jin, Jung Kook and ‘Dionysus’ is a signature BTS hip hop track blasting ad-libs and powerful beats from start to finish,” the agency concluded.
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Map of the Soul: Persona follows the Love Yourself: Answer, which was released in August 2018 and comes before Map of the Soul: 7, which was released on February 21, 2020.
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