”BTS” takes first place in the artist sales category of Oricon's ”Reiwa Ranking”... ”First for a foreign artist”

The group "BTS" has continued its record-breaking march on the Japanese Oricon charts. According to the "Reiwa Ranking" announced by Oricon on the 19th, "BTS" is the top-selling artist.
It ranked first overall in the sales category. This is the first time that a foreign artist has ranked first overall in the Oricon Reiwa Ranking.
This ranking was based on total sales from May 2019 to January of this year.
"BTS" is ranked high in terms of total sales, with albums (36.6%), music DVDs and Blu-rays (33.8%), and streaming (25%).
"BTS" also made its presence felt on the sub-charts. They achieved great results in the combined singles, combined albums, singles, albums, digital singles, and digital
He ranked first among foreign artists in eight categories of product sales, including albums, streaming, music DVDs and Blu-rays.
In the music DVD/Blu-ray category, six works made it into the top 50, including the 2021 Fan Meeting live video.
BTS surpassed many impressive Japanese artists to take the top spot in the top 50 in terms of number of hits.
The best album released by "BTS" in June 2023 is expected to sell more than 1.05 million copies.
It reached sixth place on the album chart. BTS is also the only foreign artist on this ranking to have sold more than one million copies with a single album.