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BTS's ‘Black Swan’ breaks Psy's iTunes record for 'Gangnam Style'

Posted by sl278838 pts Friday, January 17, 2020

BTS has beaten Psy's long-standing record with their newest single "Black Swan." 

The song achieved #1 in a whopping 88 countries on iTunes.


They surpassed the previous Korean artist record set by Psy who had #1 in 86 countries on iTunes with "Gangnam Style."

Including the chart above, BTS also managed to get #1 on iTunes in the Cayman Islands and Slovakia, so they expanded their record to 90 countries.

Congratulations again to BTS!

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Kirsty_Louise
Kirsty_Louise40,541 pts Friday, January 17, 2020 1
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Surpassing Gangnam Style is absolutely huge! Congratulations Kings!

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Gotbangtann7
Gotbangtann7661 pts Friday, January 17, 2020 0
Friday, January 17, 2020

A SIDE TRACK broke that record! That alone is amazing!! Congrats to BTS💜

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