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Fourth in the half, first in May
BTS's ARIRANG was the fourth-biggest album in the U.S. through July. In May the tour was the highest-grossing in the world.
The House · 2026-09-07
Monbmon, Inglewood, December 1, 2021. CC BY-SA 4.0.
The midyear album list put ARIRANG fourth in the United States, 1.492 million units from January 2 through July 2. Bad Bunny was just ahead. Noah Kahan was just behind.
May was louder than the album rank. Twelve shows, May 2 through May 28, reported to Billboard Boxscore at $127.8 million and 641,000 tickets. That was the biggest touring month of anyone that month. A group can be fourth on a six-month album list and still own a month of buildings.
The photograph is SoFi Stadium, December 1, 2021, Permission to Dance. Not the 2026 routing. It is the group, on a stage, and the file is licensed.
This one is not on the shelf.