BTS‘s V is breaking massive records as a solo artist!
On September 8, BTS V’s long-awaited solo album, Layover, was released, featuring the lead track “Slow Dancing.” The stunning music video hit over 6.3 million views in less than half a day!
As the release day continued, fans waited in anticipation for the official chart ranking, keeping up with updated album sales numbers. At one point, it was shared that V’s first-day total hit over 2.2 million sales on the Hanteo Chart.
#V of @BTS_twt has become the first solo artist ever to sell 2 million copies of a single album in one day on Hanteo, with “Layover” currently over 2.2 million sales since its release. pic.twitter.com/bGY9xG46OG
— Talk of the Charts (@talkofthecharts) September 8, 2023
Shortly after, fans noticed a huge drop in the numbers on Hanteo Chart’s website, with the new total reflecting more than 500 thousand less than the previous number.
At that time, Hanteo issued a statement over the change, citing a violation of the chart’s rule as the reason for the sales drop.
Fans were initially outraged over the change, accusing the chart of targeted manipulation, especially after the suspected manipulation that occurred when BTS Jimin’s Face was released.
Similar happened 3x in June and 1x in August with other artists as well! ITS NOT something that happens just with BTS! Please avoid using this argument when sending a complaint or whatever! pic.twitter.com/4PZMIsGnFo
— TArmY ⁷
ʟᴀʏᴏ(ꪜ)ᴇʀ – ʰᵒᵖᵉ ᵉᵈⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ /
2 / Seven (@TamyArmy613) September 8, 2023
Deleting 500k out of nowhere???? Hanteo better give a valid fukin reason or restore those sales! This is blatant chart manipulation at this point.
— ❀ ruii ✎
Spideykook fest (@ruiifishuu) September 8, 2023
However, the K-Pop store mentioned in Hanteo’s notice, KPOP MERCH, came forward with an official update explaining the sales change. According to the shop, they reported the sales of V’s album without having enough quantity to fulfill the orders, something against Hanteo Chart’s rules.
Hello, we’re KPOP MERCH.
First of all, we sincerely apologize for Hanteo Chart error written about ‘V Layover weverse album ver.’
On September 8th, the pre-orders for which the final orders were not completed were listed in Hanteo Chart. It was confirmed that this was a clear violation of Hanteo Chart regulations, and the sales volume was deleted.
Hanteo Chart reflection on the album sales will be reflected sequentially by date from the final orders completed from next Monday. Once again, we apologize for the chart error written and try to prevent a recurrence.
Thank you.
— KPOP MERCH
While some ARMY expressed anger towards the shop’s misreporting, others directed their rage at HYBE for not supplying enough albums to the shops.
“Kpop merch issued an apology as they didn’t secure the quantity that was ordered via them and only took the fans money in advance.
They didn’t have stock volume or enough quantity in stock to complete the order which affected his first day sales”
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I DON’T WANT AN APOLOGY I… pic.twitter.com/k31zBvwtxW— Paz is still alive
(Fan account) (@FanAccount_2119) September 8, 2023
Hybe have had groups sell 3M copies first day, but they didn’t have enough albums in stock for Taehyung when Vbar dropped 800k+ sales to the existing 1.6M sales??? I have to laugh.
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#1 FOR US AND BLUE STAN (@danbamthv) September 8, 2023
seeing the amount of pre orders hybe should have estimated the sales beforehand and arranged enough supplies. Because of their unprofessionalism taehyung’s first day sales got affected. All just because hybe and their incompetency.
— 2M ꪜ (@goovarbie) September 8, 2023
Despite these issues, V still broke three massive records!
First, he broke the record for highest first-day sales previously set by BTS Suga‘s “D-Day” (1.07 million). In addition, he also broke the record for most first-week sales set by BTS’s Jimin with Face (1.45 million) with a total of 1.6 million sales and counting.
Congratulations to V on the massive achievements!
