US Billboard 200 - 10/07/2017

Posted September 27, 20177 yr

BILLBOARD 200 Week ending October 7, 2017

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 Concrete And Gold - Foo Fighters - Roswell | RCA (127,000 (120,000 sales))

2 4 2 4 Luv Is Rage 2 - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG (50,000)

3 1 – 2 Life Changes - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG (39,000)

4 8 4 23 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA (34,000)

5 6 3 4 17 - XXXTentacion - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings (33,000)

6 9 5 29 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA (31,000)

7 ** 1 Love Yourself: Her - BTS - BigHit Entertainment (31,000 (18,000 sales))

8 13 6 13 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA (28,000)

9 ** 1 Did It For The Party - Big & Rich - B$R | Thirty Tigers (27,000 (26,000 sales))

10 17 12 41 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic (26,000)

11 16 10 29 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

12 12 8 20 Everybody - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

13 14 7 5 Project Baby Two - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG

14 15 9 15 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA

15 ** 1 The Stories We Tell Ourselves - Nothing More - Better Noise

16 ** 1 Prophets Of Rage - Prophets Of Rage - Prophets Of Rage/Fantasy | Concord

17 19 13 27 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

18 18 11 11 Issa Album - 21 Savage - Slaughter Gang | Epic

19 22 18 44 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

20 24 19 34 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG

21 25 21 43 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

22 23 16 44 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

23 27 22 104 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

24 21 15 13 Grateful - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

25 28 20 14 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz - The Real University | Def Jam

26 109 – 41 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened

27 26 14 6 Rainbow - Kesha - Kemosabe | RCA

28 31 24 12 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris - Fly Eye | Columbia

29 ** 1 Future Friends - Superfruit - RCA

30 34 31 55 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

31 11 – 2 Southern Blood - Gregg Allman - Rounder | Concord

32 7 – 2 Current Mood - Dustin Lynch - Broken Bow | BBMG

33 35 23 16 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN

34 37 32 73 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

35 32 25 9 Wins And Losses - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

36 42 42 16 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks

37 36 30 10 Jungle Rules - French Montana - Coke Boys/Bad Boy | Epic

38 33 29 52 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

39 29 17 4 Cozy Tapes, Vol. 2: Too Cozy - A$AP Mob - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA

40 41 37 14 Woodstock - Portugal. The Man - Atlantic | AG

41 44 36 106 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

42 47 51 20 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia

43 30 56 42 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

44 2 – 2 Sleep Well Beast - The National - 4AD

45 45 39 23 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA

46 43 27 52 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA

47 107 72 14 Melodrama - Lorde - Lava | Republic

48 46 38 359 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

49 49 44 9 Perfect Timing - NAV And Metro Boomin - XO/Boominati | Republic

50 53 47 31 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

51 3 – 2 A Moment Apart - ODESZA - Foreign Family Collective | Counter

52 50 33 11 4:44 - JAY-Z - S. Carter Enterprises | Roc Nation

53 51 41 24 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

54 55 43 4 Odisea - Ozuna - VP Entertainment | Sony Music Latin

55 52 50 22 digital druglord - Blackbear - Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope | IGA

56 54 46 7 AI YoungBoy - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again | AG

57 158 75 15 Witness - Katy Perry - Capitol

58 60 57 71 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

59 67 65 32 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

60 40 116 171 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

61 62 55 25 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG

62 59 49 5 Still Striving - A$AP Ferg - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA

63 57 40 145 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

64 70 61 152 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

65 48 26 22 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

66 66 64 170 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

67 68 77 12 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.

68 64 67 87 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

69 58 52 9 Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator - Odd Future | Columbia

70 73 66 64 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

71 RE 69 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

72 72 68 238 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

73 69 59 123 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

74 88 69 20 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

75 106 80 260 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

76 74 63 56 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

77 61 123 209 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

78 77 78 108 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

79 96 85 19 Harry Styles - Harry Styles - Erskine | Columbia

80 75 71 17 True To Self - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

81 65 45 9 Descendants 2 - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

82 78 79 14 BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG

83 110 99 46 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

84 84 84 33 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

85 86 76 256 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

86 79 83 92 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

87 89 87 146 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

88 91 91 104 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

89 92 88 30 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

90 63 35 4 Happy Endings - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN

91 101 95 23 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

92 94 93 40 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

93 83 89 104 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

94 71 53 4 Freudian - Daniel Caesar - Golden Child

95 81 74 42 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

96 97 73 72 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

97 199 200 147 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

98 87 54 7 NOW 63 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

99 76 28 4 Villains - Queens Of The Stone Age - Matador

100 ** 1 By Any Means 2 - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

101 98 90 41 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation

102 ** 1 The Aviary - Galantis - Big Beat/Atlantic | AG

103 105 96 96 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

104 103 97 76 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

105 93 48 4 A Deeper Understanding - The War On Drugs - Atlantic | AG

106 5 – 2 All The Light Above It Too - Jack Johnson - Brushfire | Republic

107 123 121 5 A Love Letter To You - Trippie Redd - Strainge

108 10 – 2 Slowheart - Kip Moore - MCA Nashville | UMGN

109 102 86 40 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

110 132 98 17 One More Light - Linkin Park - Machine Shop | Warner Bros.

111 56 1 3 American Dream - LCD Soundsystem - DFA | Columbia

112 RE 378 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

113 99 70 6 Federal 3X - Moneybagg Yo - N-Less/Interscope | IGA

114 ** 1 The Laughing Apple - Yusuf - Cat-O-Log/Decca/Verve | VLG

115 119 109 205 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

116 148 132 76 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

117 114 107 19 Revenge - XXXTentacion - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings

118 121 106 88 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

119 116 104 69 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

120 124 110 137 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

121 95 60 9 Lust For Life - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

122 117 100 99 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino

123 115 102 24 My Moment - Tee Grizzley - 300 | AG

124 126 101 6 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2 - Eagles - Asylum/Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

125 113 94 488 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

126 ** 1 Feel The Real - Musiq Soulchild - Soulstar | eOne

127 20 – 2 Hitchhiker - Neil Young - Reprise | Warner Bros.

128 ** 1 Give More Love - Ringo Starr - Roccabella | UMe

129 127 128 10 At What Cost - GoldLink - Squaaash Club | RCA

130 131 108 97 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

131 122 105 57 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

132 128 133 30 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic

133 129 112 70 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

134 130 92 210 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

135 ** 1 Clairvoyant - The Contortionist - Good Fight | eOne

136 138 111 479 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

137 120 81 113 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

138 139 127 114 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

139 149 118 137 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

140 137 138 108 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

141 144 124 342 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

142 133 114 59 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

143 ** 1 10 - Ricky Dillard & New G - eOne

144 136 – 415 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

145 163 171 68 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

146 141 126 46 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

147 ** 1 The Singles - The Doors - DMC/Elektra | Rhino

148 140 142 86 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

149 155 129 179 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.

150 134 130 58 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

151 145 119 449 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

152 150 149 62 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

153 135 141 67 Under Pressure - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

154 ** 1 Savage: Songs From A Broken World - Gary Numan - Numan | BMG

155 147 115 333 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

156 191 177 294 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

157 146 113 10 Kaleidoscope EP - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

158 RE 5 8 - Incubus - Island

159 ** 1 I Could Not Plan This - Witt Lowry - Witt Lowry

160 151 137 111 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

161 152 150 36 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG

162 100 34 4 Fifth Harmony - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic

163 200 185 85 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

164 RE 142 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe

165 154 139 8 Good For You - Amine - Republic

166 161 136 29 Pawn Shop - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville | UMGN

167 157 147 58 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

168 160 158 344 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

169 RE 13 El Dorado - Shakira - Sony Music Latin

170 156 164 50 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label/Atlantic | AG

171 167 140 54 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

172 174 155 110 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

173 ** 1 Walk Into A Storm - The Lone Bellow - Descendant/Masterworks | Sony Masterworks

174 165 – 228 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino

175 176 162 291 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

176 164 143 238 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

177 186 156 6 AVICI (01) (EP) - Avicii - Geffen | IGA

178 169 157 96 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

179 RE 129 Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters - Roswell | RCA

180 173 – 306 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

181 168 145 25 Long Live Nut - YFN Lucci - Think It's A Game | Warner Bros.

182 118 189 129 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

183 171 174 182 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

184 ** 1 TrapXficante - Farruko - Carbon Fiber | Sony Music Latin

185 RE 143 American Idiot - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.

186 180 161 234 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

187 198 178 42 All-Time Greatest Hits - Neil Diamond - Capitol | UMe

188 197 135 95 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

189 181 165 83 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

190 125 – 13 After Laughter - Paramore - Fueled By Ramen | AG

191 159 148 297 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

192 184 159 162 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

193 ** 1 Dedicated To Bobby Jameson - Ariel Pink - Mexican Summer | Kemado

194 189 186 140 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

195 170 194 17 Teenage Emotions - Lil Yachty - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

196 177 154 338 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

197 RE 189 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

198 185 168 241 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

199 RE 42 Ultimate Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe

200 187 197 93 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

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Foo Fighters Score Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'Concrete and Gold'

By Keith Caulfield | September 24, 2017 4:50 PM EDT

Foo Fighters score their second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as their latest studio album, Concrete and Gold, debuts atop the list. The set earned 127,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 21, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 120,000 were in traditional album sales, which also makes the effort the top-selling album of the week. Concrete and Gold was released Sept. 15 through Roswell/RCA Records.

Foo Fighters previously led the Billboard 200 with Wasting Light, which debuted at No. 1 in 2011. In total, the group has notched 12 entries on the list, with eight of those titles hitting the top 10. The band premiered on the tally dated July 22, 1995, with its self-titled album, and reached the top 10 for the first time with its second release, The Colour and the Shape, in 1997.

Concrete and Gold has already generated a top 10 hit with its single "Run," which gave the band its 23rd top 10 single on the Alternative Songs airplay chart back in August. The set's latest radio offering, "The Sky Is a Neighborhood," climbed 20-17 on the Sept. 30-dated list. "Run" also topped the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart for four weeks.

Concrete and Gold is also the fifth rock album to lead the Billboard 200 in 2017, following LCD Soundsystem's American Dream, Brand New's Science Fiction, Arcade Fire's Everything Now and Linkin Park's One More Light. (In all of 2016, there were 10 rock albums that led the list.)

At No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200, Lil Uzi Vert's former leader, Luv is Rage 2, climbs two spots with 50,000 units (down 11 percent), while last week's No. 1, Thomas Rhett's Life Changes, falls to No. 3 with 39,000 units (down 68 percent). Kendrick Lamar's former No. 1 DAMN. rises 8-4 with 34,000 units (down 2 percent), <a href="/artist/7809983/xxxtentacion/chart">XXXTentacion</a>'s 17 ascends 6-5 with 33,000 units (down 17 percent) and Khalid's American Dream jumps 9-6 with 31,000 units (up less than 1 percent).

South Korean boy band BTS makes a big splash in the top 10, as the seven-member group's new album, Love Yourself: Her, debuts at No. 7 with 31,000 units (18,000 in traditional album sales, just less than 4,000 in TEA and a little under 10,000 in SEA).

BTS earns both the highest-charting album ever on the Billboard 200 by a K-pop act, and the genre's biggest sales week. The group beats its own record, as the act's 2016 album, Wings, was previously both the highest-charting K-pop album (debut and peak at No. 26 on the Oct. 29, 2016-dated list) and owner of the biggest sales week for a K-pop title (11,000 copies sold in its debut frame -- all from digital albums). Notably, Wings and Love Yourself: Her are the only K-pop albums that have charted in the top 40.

Since the release of Wings, BTS' popularity has grown tremendously in the U.S., so it's not a huge surprise to see the robust sales figure for the new album. For example, the act debuted at No. 1 on the Social 50 chart the same week that Wings entered the Billboard 200. (The Social 50 chart measures the most popular artists on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Wikipedia and Tumblr.)

Since hitting No. 1, BTS has racked up 40 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list. The group's extraordinary popularity on social networks (and very active fanbase online) led to its first Billboard Music Award win for Top Social Artist back in May. (BTS also befriended dance duo The Chainsmokers at the Billboard Music Awards, which led to the pair's Andrew Taggart co-writing and co-producing a track on BTS' new album.)

Also helping the sales cause, the new album is distributed by Sony's independent distribution arm, The Orchard. It's the first time an album by BTS has American distribution, as the group's previous releases were issued through U.S. digital retailers independently by the group's South Korean label, Big Hit Entertainment. While Love Yourself: Her is currently only available as a digital album in the U.S., a physical CD release is forthcoming.

Lastly, BTS' online fan army mobilized in high volume during street week in order to get the word out about the album. The passionate fandom was very focused on achieving high chart placement, as fan-run social media accounts helped fellow BTS fans understand how Billboard's charts are compiled, and how sales and streams impact the Billboard 200 during an album's first week, and so forth. (Some fans even went so far as to gift the album to friends via Apple's iTunes Store in order to spread the word. However, sales of any specific album purchased on iTunes and gifted to another are not reported to Nielsen Music by Apple, and thus, do not count on Billboard's charts.)

At No. 8 on the new Billboard 200, Imagine Dragons' Evolve returns to the top 10, as it climbs 13-8 with 28,000 units (up 8 percent).

Country duo Big & Rich nabs its fourth top 10 effort, and first since 2007, as its new album, Did It for the Party, arrives at No. 9 with 27,000 units (26,000 in album sales). The pair last visited the top 10 with Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace, back in June of 2007 (debuting and peaking at No. 6). The duo first hit the chart in 2004 with Horse of a Different Color, which topped out at No. 6.

Closing out the new top 10 is Post Malone's Stoney, which jumps back into the top 10 with a 17-10 rise (26,000 units; up 24 percent). The set was last in the top 10 on the July 1-dated list, when it also ranked at No. 10. The rise is owed in part to excitement generated by Post Malone in the past week, as he released a well-received new single, "Rockstar," featuring 21 Savage, on Sept. 15. The track, however, is not included on Stoney.

BTS Score Top 10 Debut on Billboard 200 With 'Love Yourself: Her' Album

By Jeff Benjamin and Keith Caulfield | September 24, 2017 7:00 PM EDT

The seven-member group's new album, Love Yourself: Her, debuts at No. 7 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 21, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 18,000 were in traditional album sales. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Oct. 7-dated chart (where Foo Fighters' Concrete and Gold debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites Tuesday (Sept. 26). The rest of Love Yourself: Her's starting unit sum was comprised of just less than 4,000 TEA units, and a little under 10,000 SEA units.

BTS further its lead as the K-pop act with the most entries on the Billboard 200, growing to five entries following 2017's You Never Walk Alone (a deluxe repackaged version of Wings that peaked at No. 76), 2016's Wings (No. 26) and The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (a compilation album that peaked at No. 107), plus 2015's The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2 (No. 171). The only other K-pop acts to have multiple entries on the Billboard 200 are solo star G-Dragon (who has three), along with male acts BIGBANG and EXO (with two each).

The album itself puts BTS in a position for a larger global domination while still remaining true to the band's original messages. Of course, the guys deliver the emotionally driven electro-pop/hip-hop hybrids they're famous for with single "DNA" (featuring the most seismic synthesizers of the band's career mixed with an powerfully addictive whistle hook) along with the tender melancholy dripping from "Best of Me" (featuring production from The Chainsmokers' Andrew Taggart for the band's most attractive appeal to Western audiences to date). Yet the record gets even more complex and has larger messages that honor the band's dedication larger, social issues. The theme is set from the beginning with the use of gender-neutral pronouns in opening track "Intro: Serendipity" to a discussion of youth hopelessness in "Go Go," along with a playful-yet-eye-opening examination of the very fan culture that have made them such international sensations in "Pied Piper." If the accessible sounds alongside vocal and rap deliveries initially hook listeners, the thought-provoking messages in the lyrics and themes will keep fans thinking and listening over and over.

While BTS landing in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 is an accomplishment in and of itself, if the band can simultaneously score an entry on the Hot 100, it will make them only the second K-pop act to land a Korean-language song on the singles chart. To date, only PSY, Wonder Girls and CL have landed songs on the ranking, with the latter two's entries in English. BTS' "Spring Day" debuted at No. 15 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart earlier this year, the closest Korean-language song to make it onto the Hot 100 until Blackpink's "As If It's Your Last" hit No. 13 this summer.