BTS '"Map of The Soul: 7" is the first album to receive the IFPI Global Album All Format Award for Most Popular Album of All Music.
IFPI 's newly formed Global Album All Format Chart highlights the album' s highest - selling albums of the year in all forms of music consumption, from physical sales and digital downloads to streaming services.
BTS '"Map of The Soul: 7" album broke a record and topped the charts worldwide after its release in February 2020.
Unprecedented was the success of "Map of The Soul: 7" in the country of origin of the BTS, in South Korea, where the album set a record for the highest sales of all time in the country.
In addition, "Map of The Soul: 7" topped the list of the world's five largest music markets in the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
BTS 'fourth album recorded amazing physical sales worldwide and equally successful numbers on streams platforms.
More than 1.5 million viewers tuned in to the premiere of the music video for the single "ON" on YouTube, a number unprecedented for the data of the platform.
"Map of The Soul: 7" also reached No. 1 of iTunes in more than 90 countries.
Frances Moore, CEO of IFPI, said: “The Global Album All Format Chart was set up to reflect the evolving landscape of album form and to recognize that artists share their work with their fans in a variety of ways. ».
"It is an honor to award the BTS the second Global Chart Award from IFPI, after their nomination as 'World Artists of the Year'", he added.
"'Map of The Soul: 7' has broken charts internationally and in Korea and is another incredible work by a band that continues to excite music lovers worldwide," said Frances Moore.
In the second place of the Global Album All Format Chart of IFPI for 2020 he finished the album "After Hours" of The Weeknd, which also dominated in No. 1 of the Global Digital Single Chart with the success of "Blinding Lights".
The top three is completed by the album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" by Billie Eilish released in March 2019.
Following the announcement of the charts "Global Artists", "Global Digital Singles" and "Global Album All Format" will follow the publication of the latest annual chart of IFPI, for the top albums of 2020 exclusively based on physical and digital sales.
The 10 most popular albums of 2020 in all genres of music
1. BTS - "Map of the Soul: 7"
2. The Weeknd - «After Hours»
3. Billie Eilish - «When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?»
4. BTS - "Be (Deluxe Edition)"
5. Harry Styles - «Fine Line»
6. Post Malone - «Hollywood’s Bleeding»
7. Kenshi Yonezu - «Stray Sheep»
8. Justin Bieber - Changes
9. Taylor Swift - «Folklore»
10. Dua Lipa - «Future Nostalgia»