Love Yourself: Answer

Love Yourself: Answer
Digital cover
Compilation album by
BTS
ReleasedAugust 24, 2018 (2018-08-24)[1]
Recorded2016–18[2]
Genre
Length1:39:51 (physical)
1:44:11 (digital)
LanguageKorean
Label
ProducerPdogg
BTS chronology
Love Yourself: Tear
(2018) 		Love Yourself: Answer
(2018) 		Map of the Soul: Persona
(2019)
Physical album covers
(Left to right) S, E, L, and F version covers
Singles from Love Yourself: Answer
  1. "Idol"
    Released: August 24, 2018

Love Yourself: Answer (stylized as LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer') is the third Korean-language[A] compilation album[6] by South Korean boy band BTS. The album was released on August 24, 2018, by Big Hit Entertainment and is available in four different versions: S, E, L, and F. The album contains twenty-five tracks (twenty-six for the digital version), including seven new songs, with the track "Idol" serving as the lead single. Most tracks are from Love Yourself: Her and Love Yourself: Tear, including some remixes. The album debuted at number one in South Korea, Canada, Japan, and the United States, becoming BTS' second chart-topping album in the US market.

On November 7, 2019, Love Yourself: Answer became the first Korean album to spend one year on the Billboard 200 chart.[7] Two days later, it became the first Korean album to receive gold certification in the United States.[8] It sold 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom, making BTS the first Asian artist to have a Silver-certified album in the country.

By June 2021, the album had spent 100 non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, making it the only Korean album to do so.[9]

  1. ^ Rolli, Bryan (July 16, 2018). "BTS Announce New Album 'Love Yourself: Answer' For August Release". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Herman, Tamar (December 22, 2018). "Western Songwriters Discuss Working on BTS' 'Love Yourself: Answer' Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Glasby, Taylor (August 27, 2018). "Love Yourself: How BTS Are Re-Writing The History Books". Clash. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  4. ^ Herman, Tamar (August 24, 2018). "BTS Reflect on Life & Love on Uplifting 'Love Yourself: Answer'". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  5. ^ 防弾少年団、初ベスト盤が2作品同時発売 [BTS, the first best album is two works released simultaneously] (in Japanese). Tower Records Japan, Inc. November 26, 2016. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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  7. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (November 6, 2019). "BTS Has the Very First K-Pop Album to Spend 1 Year on the Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 7, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  8. ^ Herman, Tamar (November 21, 2018). "BTS Recognized by RIAA for First Platinum Single & First Gold Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  9. ^ McIntyre, Hugh (June 1, 2021). "BTS's 'Love Yourself: Answer' Makes History On Billboard's Albums Chart". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 1, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.


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