BTS logs fifth week on Hot 100

BTS kept two songs from “Arirang” on the Billboard Hot 100 for a fifth consecutive week, extending the album’s U.S. chart run into late April. (en.yna.co.kr) Billboard’s latest chart showed “Swim” at No. 22 and “Body To Body” at No. 95 on the Hot 100 dated for this week. (en.yna.co.kr) That matters because the Hot 100 blends U.S. streams, radio airplay and sales, making a five-week stay a test of more than opening-week fandom. (billboard.com) “Swim” started this run at No. 1 when BTS debuted 13 songs from “Arirang” on the Hot 100 in the chart dated April 4. “Body To Body” entered at No. 25 that same week. (billboard.com) The album itself opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 641,000 equivalent album units, giving BTS its seventh leader on that chart. (billboard.com) A week later, “Arirang” stayed at No. 1 for a second week, which Yonhap reported made BTS the first K-pop act to lead the Billboard 200 for two straight weeks. (en.yna.co.kr) The release arrived with unusually large first-week demand even before the U.S. chart results settled in. BigHit Music said “Arirang” sold 3.98 million copies in its first 24 hours and more than 5.03 million in its first week. (en.yna.co.kr) BTS also returned to No. 1 on Billboard’s Artist 100 when the album launched, for a 22nd total week atop that ranking. (billboard.com) Five weeks in, the picture is narrower but steadier: 13 Hot 100 entries have been reduced to two holdovers, with “Swim” still in the top 25. (billboard.com) (en.yna.co.kr) That leaves BTS with the kind of U.S. chart durability that outlasts release-week spikes, and keeps “Arirang” visible a month after its debut. (en.yna.co.kr)