New Music Friday Roundup
This week’s New Music Friday spotlighted BTS’ ARIRANG album and the single “Swim,” with big-name releases from Niall Horan, Lizzo and FLO also landing. ( ). On the album chart front, Harry Styles sits at No. 1 this cycle with 98k sales — SNL‑boosted weeks still move units. (x.com)
BTS’s new single “Swim” shot to No. 1 on Melon’s Top 100 within hours of its Friday release on March 20, 2026, signaling immediate domestic streaming dominance. (upi.com) The “Swim” music video, which premiered alongside the ARIRANG album, features actress Lili Reinhart and arrived the same day as BTS’s first full‑length studio album in more than five years. (lofficielusa.com) Niall Horan released the single “Dinner Party” on March 20 as the lead track from his fourth solo album Dinner Party, which he has scheduled for release on June 5, 2026. (nme.com) GRAMMY‑nominated trio FLO returned on March 20 with the single and video “Leak It,” released via Island Records/Universal Music and billed as the group’s next chapter after their recent GRAMMY recognition. (universalmusic.ca) Lizzo dropped the single and surreal music video “Don’t Make Me Love U” on March 20, 2026, positioning it as the lead for her forthcoming fifth studio album Love in Real Life. (aol.com) Harry Styles debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated March 21 with Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., moving 430,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., including roughly 291,000 in pure album sales, per Luminate/Billboard. (billboard.com) That opening week followed Styles’s March 14 SNL hosting/performance and coincided with a massive UK debut of 183,045 units and reports of extraordinarily high vinyl sales contributing to the surge. (musicweek.com)
