Taylor Swift and BTS are two of the most successful artists in the music industry. Swift and BTS are the only two acts to score not one, but two of the top 10 bestselling physical albums in the U.S. in the first half of 2021, according to Forbes.
Taylor Swift, the young diva, is one of the leading pop singers. From 2004 to 2014, she produced five great studio albums like Fearless, Speak Now, Red, and 1989 were super hits. The star singer has made her fans go crazy with her impeccable music tracks over the past few years. As per the reports in Forbes, Swift’s Evermore is the bestselling album on physical formats of 2021, at least so far, as the surprise release has already moved 320,000 copies. She claims three spaces on the list of the 10 bestselling physical albums in the U.S. this year, making her the most successful act.
BTS, a South Korean boy band also known as Bangtan Boys, compiles of seven members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, V, Jungkook, and Jimin which got structured in the year 2010. They are the leading K-pop boyband in the world at the moment. As per the reports in Forbes, the members’ name appears at both Nos. 6 and 10, and they have sold well over 200,000 CDs (and other formats) between their most recent releases. Be, which was also released in December, has sold 125,000 copies. The septet’s Map of the Soul: 7 has sold an additional 105,000 copies in the first six months of 2021, which is impressive considering it was also a massive seller.
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