BTS Album Map of The Soul: 7 Chosen by Billboard as a Nominee for Grammy 2021

Kapanlagi.com - BTS seems to be very happy if they can get a nomination, or even win a Grammy award. Although at the 2020 Grammy Awards, BTS performed for the kindness of Lil Nas X performing the song Old Town Road, performing on the Grammy stage and being nominated is still a big dream for RM and the others.

Good news finally came from Billboard, which chose the latest album by BTS Map of The Soul: 7 as a nominee for Album of The Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Here is Billboard's analysis.

1. Map of The Soul: 7 Debuts at Number 1 on Billboard 200

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The first analysis from Billboard is that Map of The Soul: 7 successfully debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. This is a fundamental requirement for Grammy nominations.

In addition, this 4th studio album by BTS sold a total of 422,000 units, with 347,000 being pure sales, and 75 million streaming in the first week of release.

BTS is currently the artist with the highest pure sales in the United States, despite the fact that most of the songs in the album Map of The Soul: 7 are in Korean.

2. 6 Songs by BTS in the Album Map of The Soul: 7 Enter Billboard Hot 100

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According to Billboard, in addition to the album, 3 songs by BTS from the album Map of The Soul: 7 also managed to enter the Billboard Hot 100. This increases the chances of being nominated for a Grammy.

In addition to ON as the flagship single by BTS, which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, there are My Time and Filter which debuted at number 84 and 87 respectively. Interestingly, the last two songs are solo songs by Jungkook BTS and Jimin BTS in the album Map of The Soul: 7.

Meanwhile, the other three songs in the album Map of The Soul: 7 that previously entered the Billboard Hot 100 are Boy With Luv at number 8, Black Swan at number 57, and Make it Right which reached its highest position at number 76 with a remix version featuring Lauv.

3. Other Albums Nominated by Billboard for Grammy 2021

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Besides BTS, here are some other albums nominated by Billboard that could be included in the Grammy 2021 nominations:

1. Post Malone - Hollywood Bleeding

2. The Weeknd - After Hours

3. Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake

4. Harry Styles - Fine Line

5. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

6. Luke Combs - What You See Is What You Get

7. Roddy Ricch - Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial

8. Summer Walker - Over It

9. Childish Gambino - 3.15.20

10. The Highwomen - The Highwomen

11. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

12. Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG

13. BTS - Map of The Soul: 7

14. Miranda Lambert - Wildcard

15. Selena Gomez - Rare

16. Kanye West - Jesus Is King

However, this is still an early prediction, the final results can only be known after the Grammy announces its nominations at the end of this year.

(kly/tmi)