- BTS broke another milestone as their recently released album Proof topped the Billboard Top 200 chart.
- With six albums, the group is now the first Korean artist to hold the number one place.
The CD, which primarily included the group’s older material, also had the highest U.S. sales week of any album released by a group this year.
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According to Luminate statistics, the anthology album, which was published on June 10th, garnered 314,000 equivalent album units during its debut week, which ended on June 16th.
During their annual FESTA dinner marking their anniversary, the trio declared a break to focus on single pursuits.
“We’re going into a hiatus now,”
BTS member Suga said in the video, adding,
“It’s not that we’re disbanding, we’re just living apart for a while.”
“We’re going through a rough patch right now, we’re trying to find our identity and that’s an exhausting and long process,” another member Jimin shared in the video as they discuss their future.
An English translation of the video that was uploaded on YouTube showed one member using the word “hiatus” but a entertainment company that manages BTS said,
“To be clear, they are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo projects at this time”
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“And remain active in various different formats,” the statement added.
