BTS album Arirang certified platinum in Italy

BTS's fifth full-length album, Arirang, has been certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI), according to the label BigHit Music. The certification covers 50,000 sales units across physical copies, downloads and streams. It is the first album by a K-pop act to receive platinum certification from FIMI. The 14-track album, released after a four-year hiatus linked to mandatory military service, spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, Yonhap reports.