BTS holds chart crowns
BTS’s album ARIRANG spent a third straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while the group’s SWIM remained No. 1 on the Billboard Global charts for its third week. ( ). Social buzz around the chart reveals has been intense, with the top-10 chart posts drawing tens of thousands of likes and fan engagement. (x.com).
BTS is holding the top of two major Billboard races at once, with *ARIRANG* and “SWIM” each extending their No. 1 runs to three weeks. (billboard.com; billboard.com) On the Billboard 200 dated April 18, *ARIRANG* logged a third straight week at No. 1. Billboard said that gives BTS the most weeks at No. 1 for an album by a group in more than a decade. (billboard.com) The album opened at No. 1 on the April 4 chart with 641,000 equivalent album units, including 532,000 in pure sales. Billboard said that was the biggest week for an album by a group since the chart switched to units in December 2014. (billboard.com) “SWIM” is also in its third week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. Billboard said the song is BTS’ eighth No. 1 on each ranking. (billboard.com) Those global charts measure streaming and sales across more than 200 territories, with the Excl. U.S. version removing American activity from the formula. Billboard and Billboard Canada both say the rankings are compiled by Luminate from official streams and download sales. (billboard.com; ca.billboard.com) The current chart run follows BTS’ first studio album of new material since 2020. BIGHIT MUSIC says *ARIRANG* was released March 20 and marked the group’s first album in three years and nine months. (ibighit.com; weverse.io) Billboard said songs from *ARIRANG* flooded the global rankings when “SWIM” debuted, with BTS taking the top nine spots on the Global 200 in the same week. That tied Taylor Swift’s record for the most top 10s in a single week on that chart. (billboard.com) The album also pushed BTS deeper into Billboard’s own record books. Billboard said *ARIRANG* became the group’s seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending a streak that now includes both a new album chart leader and a global song leader in the same release cycle. (billboard.com; billboard.com) For now, the simplest takeaway is the chart picture has not changed for three straight weeks: *ARIRANG* is still the top album in the United States, and “SWIM” is still the top song worldwide on Billboard’s two global lists. (billboard.com; billboard.com)
