BTS logs fifth week on Hot 100

BTS is still on the U.S. singles chart in a way that actually means something. Five weeks after *Arirang* arrived, two songs from the album are still on the Billboard Hot 100 — “Swim” at No. 22 and “Body to Body” at No. 95 on the chart dated May 2. That is the news. But the real story is durability. A huge debut is one thing. Hanging around after the first blast of fan buying fades is the harder trick. ### Why is week five the interesting part? Week one tells you how big the launch was. Week five tells you whether the release had legs. “Swim” opened at No. 1, then slid to No. 2, No. 5, No. 10, and now No. 22. That is a decline, obviously, but it is a controlled one — not the kind of collapse you get when a song is running only on opening-week hype. “Body to Body” has stayed on the chart for the same full five-week stretch, which matters because second tracks usually fall off faster. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) ### What does the Hot 100 actually measure? Basically, it is Billboard’s main U.S. song chart, and it blends streaming, radio airplay, and sales. That mix is why staying on it is harder than simply po(koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)raction. That is why a fifth week is more revealing than a first. (sbsstar.net) ### Why does “Swim” matter more than “Body to Body”? Because “Swim” is carrying the center of the era. It was the lead single, it debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100, and it is still the track anchoring BTS’s U.S. chart presence. The ranking has f(sbsstar.net) keeps drawing people in afterward — the weekly gross falls, but the hold tells you the audience did not vanish. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) ### So what is “Body to Body” proving? It is proving depth. When an album has one smash and everything else disappears, the release can look narrower than the headlines suggest. “Body to Body” staying(koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)rdier. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) ### Is the album still holding too? Yes — and that is a big part of why this story matters. *Arirang* is still No. 4 on the Billboard 200 in the same May 2 chart cycle. On Billboard’s global song char(koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)ly surviving. The whole release is still exerting pressure across charts. (alphabiz.co.kr) ### What changed from the debut moment? The frenzy has cooled, but the floor is still high. Early coverage focused on the historic opening — No. 1 song, No. 1 album, and a global chart sweep. Now the shape is different. BTS is no longer in pure launch mode. The group is in the “can this era keep breathing?” phase, and (alphabiz.co.kr) separate into quick spikes and lasting runs. (billboard.com) ### Why does this matter for BTS specifically? Because *Arirang* is not just another release. It is being treated as BTS’s first studio album of new material since 2020, so every chart move gets read as a test of how strong the group still is in the U.S. market after the comeba(billboard.com)still there after the first-week explosion. (billboard.com) ### Bottom line? The headline is not that BTS charted again. The headline is that *Arirang* is still behaving like a live commercial force in the U.S. five weeks in — with one clear hit, one durable support track, and an album that has not dropped out of the top tier. (koreajo([billboard.com)-for-on-Billboard-Hot-100-fifth-week-with-Swim-Body-to-Body/2580849))