I have known of this for some time now but I came across this news today..... again. And was kinda stargazing the number for a while.
I mean I know it's BTS and I know they can do anything. But just think about it. Imagine selling 2.465m tickets in 3 days. That is extraordinary stuff. Unbelievable.
Let's look at the context here. BTS had hold 3 concert dates at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul 2 months ago. They weren't allowed full capacity venue so they couldn't hold concerts in front of big audience but they made either online live stream or theater viewing available for all 3 days of the concert. And that resulted in them getting 2.465m viewers across 191 countries and regions around the world.
45k stadium ticket sales.
1.02m ticket sales from 2 days of live stream.
1.4m ticket sales from 1 day of global theater viewing.
1.4m theater ticket sales is a record of most ticket sales for non film event in theater history. No filter needed.
No Korean artist has sold 2.465m albums in 21st century let alone tickets. That's how big that number is.
BTS are truly once in a lifetime. Legends. Greatest of all time.