{"id":157361,"date":"2026-01-23T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=157361"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:29:13","slug":"bts-album-arirang-makes-history-by-surpassing-4-million-preorders-in-the-first-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-album-arirang-makes-history-by-surpassing-4-million-preorders-in-the-first-week\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; album &#8216;ARIRANG&#8217; makes history by surpassing 4 million preorders in the first week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent updates revealed that BTS&#8217; album &#8216;<strong>ARIRANG<\/strong>&#8216; surpassed 4 million preorders in the first week, breaking their personal records and becoming the fastest-selling album of all time.<\/p>\n<p>According to album distributor <strong>YG PLUS<\/strong>, on January 23rd, the boy group&#8217;s upcoming fifth full-length album was reported to have sold over 4.06 million stock copies one week after pre-orders opened on January 16th.<\/p>\n<p>With this achivement, the boys surpassed their previous record set by their fourth full-length album <strong>&#8216;MAP OF THE SOUL : 7.&#8217;<\/strong> Back in 2020, the with which BTS logged 3.42 million pre-orders within its first week and eventually sell over 5 million copies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aboutmusicyt\/status\/2014607475505238087?s=48\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ARIRANG by BTS has sold over 4.06 million copies in pre-orders in one week. It becomes their fastest selling album. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XBc0EfEn46\">pic.twitter.com\/XBc0EfEn46<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; About Music (@AboutMusicYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/2014607475505238087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, &#8216;ARIRANG,&#8217; set to release on March 20th, holds the record for the <strong>fastest-selling album<\/strong> in terms of physical pre-orders, making all fans proud and sharing praise on social networks:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;CONGRATULATIONS \ud83c\udf89 This fandom deserves claps \ud83d\udc4f,&#8221; &#8220;What a good time to be army. It&#8217;s record after record,&#8221; &#8220;This is huge \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25,&#8221; &#8220;Coming to break every record,&#8221; &#8220;Album of the year is coming \ud83d\ude4c \u2728 \ud83d\udd25,&#8221; &#8220;Kings,&#8221; &#8220;as expected, bts,&#8221; &#8220;oh godbts.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent updates revealed that BTS&#8217; album &#8216;ARIRANG&#8216; surpassed 4 million preorders in the first week, breaking their personal records and becoming the fastest-selling album of all time. 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