The first artist to exceed 2 million copies in the first week for both group and solo...Climbs on the global charts

Source: The Fact DB

[The FactㅣReporter Cho Seong Eun] At the 2023 TMA, 'Best Music Fall' went to V of the 'world class' group BTS.

V released his first solo album 'Layover' on the 8th and swept music charts around the world. Layover, based on the R&B genre, recorded 2,101,974 copies in the first week, setting the record for the highest number of copies in the first week for a K-pop solo album. With this, V became the first artist to exceed 2 million copies in the first week, both as a group and as a solo artist.

Source: Big Hit Music

Layover ranked 2nd on Billboard's latest chart (as of September 23) on the main album chart 'Billboard 200', and the title song 'Slow Dancing' ranked 51st on the main song chart 'Hot 100'.

'2023 TMA', hosted by <The Fact> and organized by FAN N STAR, was co-hosted by Jeon Hyun-moo and Seohyun, and the red carpet began at 4:30 pm and the awards ceremony began at 6:30 pm. Treasure, Ateez, Aespa, ITZY, Nmixx, Zero Base One, Boy Next Door, Xikers, Riize, Kwon Eun-bi, Jannabi, Ive, New Jeans, Seventeen, Stray Kids, Lim Young Woong, and Lee Chan Won.

'2023 TMA' is a music awards ceremony and festival venue created by K-POP artists and global fans. The best teams representing K-pop decorated a special and spectacular stage that can only be seen at '2023 TMA'.

‘2023 TMA’ was broadcast live around the world on this day. It was broadcast through the Idol Plus app and web in Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, and in Japan, everything from the red carpet to the awards ceremony was broadcast live through Lemino. On TV, the awards ceremony is broadcast on the TV at the music channel MUSIC ON! TV (M On!).