BTS’s latest mini album “
Map of the Soul: Persona” has officially gone gold in the United States!
On August 23 local time, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that “Map of the Soul: Persona” had received an official gold certification after selling over 0.5 million units in the United States.
“Map of the Soul: Persona” is now the second BTS album to achieve the feat after “
Love Yourself: Answer,” which made history in 2018 as the first album by a Korean artist to receive a RIAA gold certification.
BTS also previously became the
first Korean group ever to receive a RIAA gold certification for a single with “
MIC Drop,” which went gold in February 2018. The song later went platinum in November of that year, making BTS also the
first Korean group to earn a RIAA platinum certification. The group has since gone gold with their songs “
DNA,” “
Fake Love,” and “
IDOL,” and their latest title track “
Boy With Luv” recently went
platinum earlier this summer.
Congratulations to BTS on another impressive achievement!