Proof (album)

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This article is about the BTS album. For other albums titled Proof, see Proof (disambiguation).
Proof
File:BTS Proof album cover art.jpg
Compilation album by BTS
Released June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10)
Recorded 2013–2022
Length 168:34
Label Big Hit
BTS chronology
BTS, the Best
(2021)		 Proof
(2022)
Singles from Proof (album)

Proof is the first anthology album released by South Korean boy band BTS, on June 10, 2022, through Big Hit Music. The album's lead single, "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)", was released on the same day.

Background and release

At the end of BTS' final Permission to Dance on Stage concert at Allegiant Stadium on April 16, 2022, a video featuring excerpts of music videos from previous eras in the band's discography was played. The clip ended with the phrase "We are bulletproof" and the date "2022.06.10".[1] The following day, Big Hit Music confirmed the release of an unnamed album on June 10, with further details to be provided in the near future.[2] The album's title, Proof, was revealed through a video trailer that premiered on YouTube on May 4. The preorder period began later that same day through Weverse Shop.[3] Per a subsequent notice posted on Weverse and shared via Twitter, the three-disc album comprises tracks spanning the past nine years of the band's discography, as well as three new songs.[4][5] Two editions of the album, "Standard" and "Compact", were made available for purchase. The schedule for the album's rollout was published on May 5. The lead single—one of the previously mentioned new songs, titled "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"—and its accompanying music video were released alongside the album on June 10.[6][7]

The track listing for the album's first disc was revealed on May 9 (KST).[6][8] The 19-track disc contains all of BTS' lead singles from "No More Dream" (2013) to "Butter" (2021), as well as the new single "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)". A remastered version of the band's 2013 song "Born Singer" is also included.[9] Originally released for free by the band shortly after their debut, the song samples "Born Sinner" by American rapper J. Cole from his album of the same name.[10] It has never been included on any of the band's album releases.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 89/100[11]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[12]
Clash 7/10[13]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, Proof received an average score of 89 based on four reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[15] Natalie Morin of Rolling Stone praised the album, describing its lead single as "a classic BTS blend of sparkling pop and old-school hip-hop that offers a hopeful promise of an even brighter future."[14]

Commercial performance

On the album's release day alone, the album had sold over two million copies worldwide.[16][17] It debuted at number one in South Korea, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Proof also reached the top ten in Italy, Norway, and Lithuania.[28][29][30] In the United Kingdom it peaked at number eight, becoming the group's fifth top-10 album there.[31]

In the United States, Proof debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 314,000 album-equivalent units, including 266,000 pure album sales, earning the second-largest first week for an album released in the US in 2022, and the largest first week for a group. It is BTS' sixth US number-one album.[32]

Track listing

The digital version of the album does not include Disc 3.

Disc 1
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Born Singer"     3:59
2. "No More Dream" (from 2 Cool 4 Skool, 2013) Pdogg 3:42
3. "N.O" (from O!RUL8,2?, 2013) Pdogg 3:30
4. "Boy in Luv" (상남자; from Skool Luv Affair, 2014) Pdogg 3:50
5. "Danger" (from Dark & Wild, 2014) Pdogg 4:05
6. "I Need U" (from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1, 2015) Pdogg 3:31
7. "Run" (from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2, 2015) Pdogg 3:57
8. "Fire" (불타오르네; from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever, 2016) Pdogg 3:23
9. "Blood Sweat & Tears" (피 땀 눈물; from Wings, 2016) Pdogg 3:37
10. "Spring Day" (봄날; from You Never Walk Alone, 2017) Pdogg 4:34
11. "DNA" (from Love Yourself: Her, 2017) Pdogg 3:43
12. "Fake Love" (from Love Yourself: Tear, 2018) Pdogg 4:02
13. "Idol" (from Love Yourself: Answer, 2018) Pdogg 3:43
14. "Boy with Luv" (작은 것들을 위한 시; featuring Halsey; from Map of the Soul: Persona, 2019) Pdogg 3:49
15. "On" (from Map of the Soul: 7, 2020) Pdogg 4:06
16. "Dynamite" (from Be, 2020) Stewart 3:19
17. "Life Goes On" (from Be, 2020) Pdogg 3:27
18. "Butter" (non-album single, 2021)
  • Grimaldi
  • Kirk
  • Perry
 2:44
19. "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"   Pdogg 3:19
Total length:
 70:20
Disc 2
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Run BTS" (달려라 방탄)
3:25
2. "Intro: Persona" (solo by RM; from Map of the Soul: Persona, 2019) Hiss Noise 2:54
3. "Stay" (performed by RM, Jin and Jungkook; from Be, 2020) Arston 3:25
4. "Moon" (solo by Jin; from Map of the Soul: 7, 2020) Slow Rabbit 3:29
5. "Jamais Vu" (performed by Jin, J-Hope and Jungkook; from Map of the Soul: 7, 2020)
  • Arcades
  • Bad Milk
  • McCoan
 3:46
6. "Trivia 轉: Seesaw" (solo by Suga; from Love Yourself: Answer, 2018)
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Suga
 4:06
7. "BTS Cypher Pt. 3: Killer" (featuring Supreme Boi; performed by RM, Suga and J-Hope; from Dark & Wild, 2014) Supreme Boi 4:28
8. "Outro: Ego" (solo by J-Hope; from Map of the Soul: 7, 2020) Hiss Noise 3:16
9. "Her" (performed by RM, Suga and J-Hope; from Love Yourself: Answer, 2018)
  • Suga
  • Slow Rabbit
 3:49
10. "Filter" (solo by Jimin; from Map of the Soul: 7, 2020) Wiklund 3:00
11. "Friends" (친구; performed by Jimin and V; from Map of the Soul: 7, 2020)
  • Pdogg
  • Jimin
 3:19
12. "Singularity" (solo by V; from Love Yourself: Tear, 2018) Charlie 3:17
13. "00:00 (Zero O'Clock)" (performed by Jin, Jimin, V and Jungkook; from Map of the Soul: 7, 2020) Pdogg 4:10
14. "Euphoria" (solo by Jungkook; from Love Yourself: Answer, 2018) Young 3:49
15. "Dimple" (보조개; performed by Jin, Jimin, V and Jungkook; from Love Yourself: Her, 2017)
  • Tishler
  • Crash Cove
 3:16
Total length:
 53:29
Disc 3
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Jump" (demo version)
  • Suga
  • Pdogg
  • Supreme Boi
 2:26
2. "Young Love" (애매한 사이) Pdogg 2:38
3. "Boy in Luv" (demo version) Pdogg 3:39
4. "Quotation Mark" (따옴표) Pdogg 2:59
5. "I Need U" (demo version) Pdogg 2:42
6. "Boyz with Fun" (흥탄소년단; demo version)
  • Suga
  • Pdogg
 4:08
7. "Tony Montana" (performed by Agust D with Jimin)
  • Agust D
  • Pdogg
  • Supreme Boi
 3:20
8. "Young Forever" (RM demo version)
  • RM
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Pdogg
 2:17
9. "Spring Day" (V demo version) Pdogg 2:13
10. "DNA" (J-Hope demo version) Pdogg 1:51
11. "Epiphany" (Jin demo version; performed by Jin) Slow Rabbit 3:46
12. "Seesaw" (demo version) Suga 3:09
13. "Still with You" (a cappella; performed by Jungkook) Jungkook 4:00
14. "For Youth"  
  • Chahayed
  • Royal
 4:25
Total length:
 42:33

Notes

Charts

Chart performance for Proof
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[33] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[34] 83
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[26] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[35] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 1
28
Italian Albums (FIMI)[36] 2
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[37] 1
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[25] 3
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[38] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[27] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[39] 9
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[18] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[41] 8
US Billboard 200[42] 1
US World Albums (Billboard)[43] 1

Release history

Proof release history
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various June 10, 2022 CD
  • Standard
  • Compact
 Big Hit [6][7]

References

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