BTS, the Best

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BTS, the Best
BTS - BTS, the Best.png
Digital and Regular edition cover
Compilation album by
BTS
ReleasedJune 16, 2021 (2021-06-16)
Recorded2017–2021
Length92:16
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
Label
ProducerPdogg
BTS chronology
Be
(2020) 		BTS, the Best
(2021) 		Butter
(2021)
Singles from BTS, the Best
  1. "Film Out"
    Released: April 2, 2021

BTS, the Best (stylized in all caps) is the second Japanese compilation album (fourth overall) by South Korean boy band BTS. It was released on June 16, 2021 through Universal Music Japan and Def Jam Recordings. The album was a huge commercial success, reaching number one in Japan's Oricon Chart and went on to become the first ever Korean male group to surpass 1 million albums mark in Japan alone and also had the biggest first week sales for an album in Japan in 2021.[1][2]

Background[]

BTS announced the release of a new Japanese song, "Film Out" on February 16, 2021.[3] The song was written by BTS member Jungkook in collaboration with Iyori Shimizu, the vocalist of Japanese rock power trio Back Number.[4] It is slated to serve as the ending theme song of the movie Signal the Movie Cold Case Investigation Unit (2021).[5] On March 26, the band released the music video teaser of the song and simultaneously announced the release of a new Japanese-language album, BTS, the Best.[6] The track list was also announced simultaneously.[7] The album contains all of the band's previous Japanese releases since 2017, while including their English-language 2020 single, "Dynamite" as a bonus track.[8] Seven versions of the album had been announced with various supportive materials in each version, such as different posters, photo cards and artwork.[9]

Commercial performance[]

BTS, the Best debuted atop the Oricon Daily Album Chart, selling 571,589 physical copies in a single day, becoming the best-selling album of the year.[10][11] It debuted atop the Oricon Albums Chart for the week ending June 28, 2021, selling 782,369 copies.[12] The album spent three consecutive weeks atop the chart, selling more than 885,000 copies.[13] The album furtermore topped Oricon's Digital Album Chart, selling 7,603 digital copies in it's release week.[14] On Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart, BTS, the Best entered atop, selling an estimated 807,000 units.[15][16]

Track listing[]

Track list adapted from Universal Music Japan,[17] credits adapted from Liner notes. All Japanese translations by KM-MARKIT.

Disc 1
No.TitleLyricsProducer(s)Length
1."Film Out"
3:36
2."DNA" (Japanese Version; from Face Yourself, 2018)
Pdogg3:43
3."Best of Me" (Japanese Version; from Face Yourself, 2018)
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Adora
  • Andrew Taggart
  • Ashton Foster
  • J-Hope
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Ray Michael Djan Jr.
  • Sam Klemper
  • Suga
  • Andrew Taggart
  • Pdogg
3:48
4."Lights" (from Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • UTA
  • Yohei
  • Sunny Boy
UTA4:50
5."Blood Sweat & Tears" (Japanese Version; from Face Yourself, 2018)
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Kim Do Hoon
Pdogg3:36
6." Fake Love" (Japanese Version; from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Pdogg
  • RM
Pdogg4:02
7."Black Swan" (Japanese version; from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • August Rigo
  • Clyde Kelly
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Vince Nantes
Pdogg3:19
8."Airplane Pt. 2" (Japanese version; from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Ali Tamposi
  • J-Hope
  • Liza Owen
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Roman Campolo
  • Suga
Pdogg3:39
9."Go Go" (Japanese version; from Face Yourself, 2018)
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Pdogg
  • Supreme Boi
Pdogg3:56
10."Idol" (Japanese version; from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Ali Tamposi
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Roman Campolo
  • Supreme Boi
Pdogg3:43
11."Dionysus" (Japanese version; from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • J-Hope
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Roman Campolo
  • Suga
  • Supreme Boi
Pdogg4:09
12."Mic Drop" (Japanese version; from Face Yourself, 2018)
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • J-Hope
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Supreme Boi
Pdogg3:59
Disc 1: Physical edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsProducerLength
13."Dynamite"
David Stewart3:20
Total length:49:40
Disc 2
No.TitleLyricsProducer(s)Length
1."Boy with Luv" (Japanese version; from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
Pdogg3:50
2."Stay Gold" (from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • Jun
  • KM-Markit
  • Melanie Joy Fontana
  • Michel "Lindgren" Schulz
  • Sunny Boy
  • UTA
UTA4:03
3."Let Go" (from Face Yourself, 2018)
  • Hiro
  • Jun
  • UTA
  • Sunny Boy
UTA4:57
4."Spring Day" (Japanese version; from Face Yourself, 2018)
Pdogg4:36
5."On" (Japanese version; from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • Antonina Armato
  • August Rigo
  • J-Hope
  • Julia Ross
  • Krysta Youngs
  • Melanie Joy Fontana
  • Michel "Lindgren" Schulz
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Suga
Pdogg4:07
6."Don't Leave Me" (from Face Yourself, 2018)
  • Hiro
  • UTA
  • Sunny Boy
  • Pdogg
  • UTA
  • Pdogg
3:46
7."Not Today" (Japanese version; from Face Yourself, 2018)
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Adora
  • June
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Supreme Boi
Pdogg3:54
8."Make It Right" (Japanese version; from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
Fred3:45
9."Your Eyes Tell" (from Map of the Soul:7 ~The Journey ~, 2020)
  • Gustav Mared
  • UTA
  • Jungkook
  • Jun
Gustav Mared4:05
10."Crystal Snow" (from Face Yourself, 2018)
Soma Genda5:22
Total length:42:25


Disc 3 [Blu-ray / DVD]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Film Out" (music video)Choi Yongseok (Lumpens)3:44
2."Stay Gold" (music video)Ko Yoo Jeong4:05
3."Lights" (music video)Doori Kwak (GDW)5:27
4."Airplane Pt. 2" (Japanese version, music video)Choi Yongseok3:47
5."Mic Drop" (Japanese version, music video)Woogie Kim (GDW)4:30
6."Blood Sweat & Tears" (Japanese version, music video)Choi Yongseok4:13
Disc 3 [Blu-ray] / Disc 4 [DVD]
No.TitleLength
7."Making of jacket photos"31:48
8."Film Out" (making of music video)25:08
9."Stay Gold" (making of music video [Additional Edition])22:13
10."Lights" (making of music video [Additional Edition])21:11
11."Airplane Pt. 2" (Japanese version, making of music video [Additional Edition])22:15
12."Mic Drop" (Japanese version, making of music video [Additional Edition])22:35
13."Blood Sweat & Tears" (Japanese version, making of music video [Additional Edition])21:49
Total length:192:45

Notes:

  • "Fake Love", "Idol" and "On" are stylized in all caps.

Charts[]

Chart performance for BTS, the Best
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] 31
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 10
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[22] 45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[24] 6
Irish Albums (OCC)[25] 45
Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 43
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 30
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[29] 29
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[30] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 71
US Billboard 200[33] 19
US World Albums (Billboard)[34] 1

Certifications[]

Certifications for BTS, the Best
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[35] Million 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Release formats for BTS, the Best
Region Date Format(s) Label Edition Ref.
Various June 16, 2021
Regular [36]
Japan 2CD + Blu-ray Limited A [17]
2CD + 2DVD Limited B
2CD Limited C
2CD Regular
Various August 6, 2021 See above See above [37]

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