BTS and Enhypen both earn platinum in Japan with respective singles

▲ This photo, provided by Big Hit Music, shows K-pop superstar BTS posing for its "Butter" single CD concept photo. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

▲ This photo, provided by Belift Lab, shows K-pop boy band Enhypen. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- K-pop dynamo BTS' "Butter" single CD and rookie Enhypen's Japanese debut single have been certified as platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

A song can be certified Gold, Platinum, Double Platinum, Triple Platinum, and Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan per month depending on the cumulative shipments of singles and albums.

The single CDs of the upbeat summer number "Butter," which were released on July 9, surpassed 250,000 copies of cumulative shipments and obtained the platinum certification in the album category.

The physical album includes "Butter" and "Permission to Dance," which topped Billboard's "Hot 100," along with instrumental versions for both songs.

BTS' all Japanese-language album "BTS, The Best," released on June 16 has previously received a million-seller certification. BTS became the only band that received a million-seller certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan this year.

Meanwhile, Enhypen, the rookie boy band under the same agency as BTS, was awarded with a platinum certification in the singles category with its debut Japanese single "Border: Hakanai," which was released on July 13.

Enhypen's "Border: Hakanai," sold 350,000 copies as of last month.

The seven-piece-act's three-track single included Japanese language versions of "Given-Taken," and "Let Me In," released in Korea last year, as well as original Japanese song "Forget Me Not."

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