Which top artists have used concert ticket or merch bundles for their latest albums, thereby inflating their chart positions?

Justin Bieber
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Harry Styles
The Weeknd

@BTS_twt

The Billboard charts are gonna CHANGE.

As exciting as this is (especially for BTS!), the sad reality is that Western labels will do whatever it takes to find loopholes. Don't expect this to mark the end of shady practices meant to artificially inflate album sales.

But if this change actually does what it's designed to do (i.e. reflect consumer behavior more fairly), then the charts will finally show what #ARMY has known for ages—that NOBODY sells actual records like the boys do.

I mean, just LOOK at this.

As someone a lot funnier than me said, the boys clearly practice social distancing

Yes, the gap is there. But it's about to get bigger.