{
  "id": 18076062,
  "title": "BTS album 'ARIRANG' certified 'platinum' in Italy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/bts-album-arirang-certified-platinum-in-italy-18076062",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-04T06:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20261104/bts-album-arirang-certified-platinum-in-italy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BTS, the globally renowned K-pop group, has achieved a significant milestone with their fifth studio album, ARIRANG, which has been certified platinum by Italy's Federation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI). This marks the first time a K-pop act has received this certification from FIMI, with the album achieving 50,000 sales units across physical copies, downloads, and streams. ARIRANG has already made history by spending three weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, propelled by its lead single, \"Swim.\" The album, BTS's first release after a four-year hiatus due to the members' mandatory military service, has solidified the group's global presence and influence in the music industry.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "BTS album 'Arirang' certified 'platinum' in Italy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/bts-album-arirang-certified-platinum-in-italy",
        "published": "2026-11-04T05:38:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}