BTS’s Latest Mini Album “Map of the Soul: Persona” Gets Second Gold Album In U.S. and a RIAA Certification

Map of the Soul: Persona has gone gold in the United States! On August 23rd, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) made it known to the public that BTS’s Latest Mini Album “Map of the Soul: Persona” has sold over half a million copies in the USA and therefore a gold certification!

This is not the first time that BTS made a great feat in securing a gold certification in the USA, in 2018 the band's Love Yourself: Answer album made history when it became the first Korean pop group to have its single earn a RIAA gold certification in the United States. The single was MIC Drop. But MIC Drop did not remain content on being gold, it hit platinum on November 2018 and became the first single by an Korean group to hit platinum in the USA. Other songs by the BTS that gone gold in the USA are IDOL, Boy with Love, DNA, and Fake Love.