K-pop superstars BTS win global album award

K-pop superstars BTS scored the biggest album in the world last year with Map Of The Soul: 7 (Tom Haines/PA)

K-pop superstars BTS scored the biggest album in the world last year with Map Of The Soul: 7, according to a leading music industry body.

The wildly popular group topped the first-ever Global Album All Format Chart from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide.