▲ K-pop boy group BTS poses in this file photo provided by BigHit Music after winning the Artist of the Year during the American Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 25, 2026. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

BTS-Japan album sales

BTS tops Billboard Japan's H1 album sales chart; 6 K-pop acts make Top 20

SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- K-pop sensation BTS's fifth studio album was the bestselling album in Japan during the first half of the year, a sales tally released Saturday showed.

According to Billboard Japan's first-half Top Album Sales chart, BTS' full-length album "Arirang" sold 706,961 copies, topping the ranking ahead of albums by Japanese artists.

Led by the title track "Swim," the 14-track album, released in March, marked the group's first release following a four-year hiatus caused by its members' mandatory military service.

Five other K-pop-related acts also placed in the top 20, underscoring the genre's strong popularity in Japan.

Japan-based boy group &TEAM ranked second with its third EP, "We on Fire," while Enhypen's seventh mini album, "The Sin: Vanish," came in fourth.

Boy group TXT ranked seventh with its eighth mini album, "7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns," while TWS' "No Tragedy" placed 10th.

Boy group Treasure ranked 13th with its third EP, "Love Pulse."

BTS, &TEAM, Enhypen, TXT and TWS are signed to labels under Hybe, while Treasure is managed by YG Entertainment.

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