BTS's ARIRANG charts for ten weeks

BTS was credited in a June 1 post on X with a rare Billboard chart run tied to the group’s 2026 album *ARIRANG*. The post said every song from the album had charted for 10 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. ranking and drew 95 likes as of June 1, according to the social post linked in the source briefing. Billboard reporting confirms the underlying chart dominance that made the claim plausible, including a debut week in which songs from *ARIRANG* occupied the entire top 10 — and top 13 — of the Global Excl. U.S. chart. ### What exactly was the milestone fans were pointing to? The June 1 X post said *ARIRANG* became the only album with every song charting for 10 consecutive weeks on Billboard Global Excl. U.S., according to the source briefing. That claim refers to the album’s songs maintaining chart presence week after week on Billboard’s ranking of tracks outside the United States, rather than to the album itself appearing on an album chart. (billboard.com) Billboard’s Global Excl. U.S. chart tracks songs, not albums, and ranks titles using streaming and sales activity from more than 200 territories outside the United States, as compiled by Luminate. Billboard says the formula uses official streams from subscription and ad-supported audio and video services, plus download sales from full-service digital retailers. (ca.billboard.com) ### How did ARIRANG start on that chart? On March 30, Billboard reported that BTS became the first act to monopolize the entire top 10 — and top 13 — of the Global Excl. U.S. chart with songs from *ARIRANG*. “Swim” opened at No. 1, followed by “Body to Body,” “Hooligan,” “FYA,” “Normal,” “Aliens,” “Like Animals,” “2.0” and “Merry Go Round,” while four more album tracks landed at Nos. 10 through 13. (ca.billboard.com) Billboard identified those four additional tracks as “They Don’t Know ’bout Us,” “One More Night,” “Please” and “Into the Sun.” A separate Billboard tracklist report published on March 3 said *ARIRANG* had 14 tracks in total, including the interlude “No. 29.” Billboard later noted that 13 tracks from the album made the Hot 100, while “No. 29” did not. (billboard.com) ### Does Billboard reporting verify the “10 weeks” claim directly? Billboard’s June 1 Chart Beat report directly verified that “Swim” had reached an eighth week at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. in the chart dated June 6. Billboard’s chart page for the week of May 30 listed “Swim” with nine weeks on chart. (billboard.com) Those two pieces do not, by themselves, list the week counts for every *ARIRANG* song. The fan claim therefore goes beyond what is shown in the Billboard excerpts available here. But Billboard’s March 30 report established that 13 *ARIRANG* songs entered the Global Excl. U.S. chart together in the same debut frame, which is consistent with a later claim that those same charting songs could have reached a 10-week run together if none fell off in the intervening weeks. (billboard.com) That is an inference from Billboard’s reported debut sweep and later week counts, not a direct Billboard statement in the material reviewed here. ### Why is the Global Excl. U.S. chart the one fans focused on? Billboard said in March that BTS set a chart first on Global Excl. U.S. by taking the entire top 10 and top 13 simultaneously. That made the ranking the clearest measure of the album’s breadth outside the United States, because it showed not just one hit single but nearly the full project landing at once. (billboard.com) Billboard’s June 1 report also showed the album’s lead single still driving the run deep into its release cycle. “Swim” logged 41.8 million streams and 2,000 sales outside the United States in the May 22-28 tracking week, according to Billboard. ### What comes next if readers want to follow the run? (billboard.com) Billboard publishes the Global Excl. U.S. chart weekly on its chart page, and Chart Beat reports continue to track BTS’ performance song by song. The next updates to watch are the weekly Billboard Global Excl. U.S. rankings following the June 6-dated chart and any further Gary Trust Chart Beat reports on “Swim” and other *ARIRANG* tracks. (billboard.com)