BTS’ 'SWIM' Hits 100M
BTS’s 'SWIM' music video surpassed 100 million views while the track stayed atop the Billboard Global charts for a third consecutive week ( ). Social posts from Billboard and BIGHIT Music marked both the view milestone and the ongoing chart run, underlining continued global traction for the release ( ).
BTS’ “SWIM” crossed 100 million YouTube views on April 15, less than four weeks after its March 20 release. (soompi.com) BigHit Music and Billboard both marked the milestone in social posts on April 15, while Billboard had already reported that “SWIM” was spending a third straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. (x.com) (billboard.com) Billboard said “SWIM” is BTS’ eighth No. 1 on each global chart, extending the group’s own record on both rankings. The chart company said the song led both lists again in the tracking week ending April 10. (billboard.com) Those two Billboard charts measure worldwide song performance using streaming and sales data from more than 200 territories, with one chart including the United States and the other excluding it. Luminate compiles the data for Billboard each week. (billboard.com) “SWIM” arrived as the lead single from *ARIRANG*, BTS’ first studio album of new material since 2020, according to Billboard. The album has also stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for three straight weeks dated April 18. (billboard.com 1) (billboard.com 2) At debut, Billboard said “SWIM” opened with 108.8 million official streams and 221,000 sold worldwide in the week ending March 26. In its second week, the song remained No. 1 on both global charts as BTS kept multiple *ARIRANG* tracks near the top. (billboard.com 1) (billboard.com 2) The video’s pace has been fast even by BTS standards. Soompi reported that the 100 million mark came at about 1 p.m. Korea Standard Time on April 15, roughly 26 days after the music video premiered at 1 p.m. Korea Standard Time on March 20. (soompi.com) Billboard also reported earlier this month that BTS flooded YouTube’s weekly charts after *ARIRANG* arrived, with “SWIM” posting more than 83 million global views in the week ending March 31. That put the song at No. 1 on YouTube’s Global Top Songs chart. (billboard.com) Taken together, the 100 million-view mark and the third week atop Billboard’s global charts show that “SWIM” is still pulling large audiences across video, streaming, and sales at the same time. (billboard.com) (soompi.com)
