BTS - Map Of The Soul 7 - The Journey - / Virgin Music Audio CD 2020 / UICV-1111

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Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey (stylized as Map of the Soul: 7 ~ The Journey ~) is the fourth Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band BTS. The band's first full-length Japanese offering in two years since 2018's Face Yourself, the album was released on July 14, 2020 and contains Japanese versions of songs from Love Yourself: Answer (2018), Map of the Soul: Persona (2019), and Map of the Soul: 7 (2020), as well as four new tracks: two instrumentals, "Intro: Calling" and "Outro: The Journey", and two original songs, lead single "Stay Gold", and "Your Eyes Tell" which was written by Jungkook. Previously released 2019 single "Lights" was also included.

The album is BTS' sixth to debut at number one in Japan, and their second of 2020 after Map of the Soul: 7. It sold 500,000 copies in its first two days of release and broke the record for highest first week sales of 2020 with 564,000 copies to become the most sold album of the year at the time. It also set a new all-time record for first week sales by a male foreign artist, surpassing DBSK's ten-year record of 413,000 copies sold. The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) certified the album triple platinum in its fourth week of release for surpassing sales of 750,000 physical copies.

The album achieved top-20 chart placements in six territories, top-10 in four, and top-five in six. It is BTS' first Japanese release to debut at number one in Portugal, and became the band's tenth chart-topper on Billboard's World Albums Chart when it peaked at number one in August after the physical release became available in the United States.