The group’s first album since completing their Love Yourself trilogy in 2018, MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA marks the beginning of a new thematic chapter for BTS.
The album’s title was previously hinted at during an introductory video at the December 2018 MAMA.
Prior to its release, the album managed to surpass 3,021,822 pre-orders according to BTS’s distributor, Dreamus Company. Thus, projecting the biggest sales debut of all time for a Korean album.
This is the first time that a BTS album has surpassed 3 million pre-orders. The group’s previous record was 1,511,910 stock pre-orders for “Love Yourself: Answer.”
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