K-pop super group BTS is making history yet again <br />The seven-member boyband has topped the Billboard 200 for the *second time in just three months... with their latest album.<br />Our Kim Da-mi tells us more. <br />Top of the charts again, BTS have captured their second number one on the Billboard 200 with their new album ‘Love Yourself: Answer.’ <br /> This comes only three months since the K-pop group had their first number one album with ‘Love Yourself: Tear.’ <br /><br /> The U.S. music chart Billboard 200 ranks albums based on both offline and digital sales, including streaming.<br />According to Nielson Music, the latest album by BTS sold 185,000 equivalent album units in August, 141,000 of which were traditional album sales.<br /><br />Billboard says the boyband is the first group to score two Number One albums in a calendar year since English-Irish boyband One Direction in 2014.<br /><br /> The new album is the conclusion of BTS’ Love Yourself series.<br />The music video for its hit song ‘Idol’ also broke a YouTube record with 56-point-two-six million views within 24 hours of its release, smashing the previous record set by Taylor Swift’s ‘Look What You Made Me Do.’ <br /><br /> Fans and celebrities around the world, including American rapper Nicki Minaj who made a guest appearance on one of the album's tracks, have been sending the group messages congratulating them for their achievement. <br /><br /> BTS are currently on their sold-out Love Yourself world tour, performing in 16 cities including Chicago, Paris and Amsterdam. <br />Kim Da-mi, Arirang News. <br />
