BTS Stays No.1
- BTS's single "SWIM" held the number one spot on Billboard's global charts for a fourth consecutive week. (x.com) - The social post celebrating the run received heavy engagement, recording around 58.8K likes on X. (x.com) - Fans and industry observers are highlighting continued K-pop streaming strength and chart dominance in recent discussions. (x.com)
BTS’ “SWIM” stayed at No. 1 on both Billboard’s Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts for a fourth straight week on the chart dated April 25. (billboard.com) Billboard said the song drew 73 million streams and 22,000 downloads worldwide from April 10-16, according to Luminate. Outside the United States, it posted 63.4 million streams and 10,000 downloads sold in the same week. (billboard.com) “SWIM” opened at No. 1 three weeks earlier and became BTS’ record-extending eighth leader on both global charts. Billboard’s current Global Excl. U.S. listing still shows “SWIM” at No. 1, with BTS’ “Body To Body” at No. 5. (billboard.com; billboard.com) The run comes during BTS’ first full-group album cycle in years. BigHit Music says “ARIRANG,” released March 20, is the group’s first studio album of new material since 2020 and their first full-group comeback in about three years and nine months. (bts.ibighit.com; ibighit.com) The album arrived with unusually broad chart impact. On its debut week, Billboard said BTS claimed the top nine spots on the Global 200 and became the first act to hold the entire top 10, and top 13, on Global Excl. U.S. at the same time. (billboard.com) In the United States, “SWIM” also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 before sliding to No. 10 in its fourth week. Billboard separately said “ARIRANG” opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 641,000 equivalent album units, the biggest week for an album by a duo or group in that chart’s modern units era. (billboard.com; yna.co.kr) The comeback has also expanded beyond charts into live events and fan activations. Weverse listed a free March 21 “BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG” event at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, and BigHit’s tour page now includes a BTS World Tour titled “ARIRANG.” (weverse.io; bts.ibighit.com) BigHit and HYBE have tied the release to citywide promotions as well. A Weverse notice detailed “BTS THE CITY ARIRANG - SEOUL” reservations, and Korea JoongAng Daily reported parallel festival plans in Las Vegas and Busan. (weverse.io; koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) Four weeks at No. 1 keeps “SWIM” at the center of BTS’ reunion cycle, with the group holding the top global slot a month after release and still placing multiple album tracks near the top of Billboard’s worldwide rankings. (billboard.com; billboard.com)
