{"id":709067,"date":"2026-06-01T21:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/709067\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:45:10","slug":"bts-swim-no-1-on-global-excl-u-s-for-8th-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/709067\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 \u2018Swim\u2019 No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. for 8th Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBTS<\/a>\u2019 \u201cSwim\u201d splashes into an eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.<\/a> chart. With its continued coronation, it matches \u201cDynamite,\u201d in 2020, for the group\u2019s longest domination among its eight leaders since the list launched that year.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSwim\u201d debuted atop Global Excl. U.S. in April, with BTS\u2019 eight No. 1s double the total of its closest competitors; Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK and Taylor Swift each have four.<\/p>\n

\n\tPlus, Drake\u2019s \u201cJanice STFU\u201d spends a second week at No. 1 on Billboard Global 200<\/a>, a week after it debuted at the summit. It becomes the first of his four leaders on the ranking to rule for multiple weeks (since the global charts began in 2020).<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cThe Cure\u201d enters the top five of both charts.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSwim\u201d drew 41.8 million streams (down 8%) and sold 2,000 (up 8%) outside the U.S. May 22-28, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s a rundown of BTS\u2019 Global Excl. U.S. No. 1s and how long they\u2019ve led:<\/p>\n

8 weeks, \u201cSwim,\u201d 2026<\/p>\n

8 weeks, \u201cDynamite, 2020<\/p>\n

5 weeks, \u201cButter,\u201d 2021<\/p>\n

1 week, \u201cTake Two,\u201d 2023<\/p>\n

1 week, \u201cYet To Come,\u201d 2022<\/p>\n

1 week, \u201cMy Universe,\u201d with Coldplay, 2021<\/p>\n

1 week, \u201cPermission To Dance,\u201d 2021<\/p>\n

1 week, \u201cLife Goes On,\u201d 2020<\/p>\n

\n\tThe next three songs on Global Excl. U.S. remain in place: Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBillie Jean,\u201d at its No. 2 best; Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cBeauty and a Beat,\u201d featuring Nicki Minaj, at No. 3 after two weeks at No. 1 in May; and Tame Impala and JENNIE\u2019s \u201cDracula,\u201d at No. 4 after reaching No. 2.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJanice STFU\u201d totaled 55.7 million streams (down 20%) and 2,000 sold (down 33%) worldwide in the tracking week.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Drake songs drop, a week after he claimed the top seven<\/a> spots on the Global 200, \u201cBillie Jean\u201d bumps 8-3 after a week at No. 1 in May; \u201cSwim\u201d rises 10-4 following four weeks on top in April; and \u201cDracula\u201d climbs 13-5 after hitting No. 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, \u201cThe Cure\u201d debuts at No. 2 on the Global 200 and No. 5 on Global Excl. U.S., with 50 million streams and 5,000 sold worldwide following its May 22 release<\/a>. It\u2019s Rodrigo\u2019s 10th top 10 on the former and seventh on the latter.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.<\/p>\n

\n\tChart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts\u2019 calculations.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe latest charts, dated June 6, 2026, will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, June 2. For both tallies, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard\u2019s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\tLuminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 \u201cSwim\u201d splashes into an eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. With…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,14589,134,3387,136,9057],"class_list":["post-709067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-breaking","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-kpop","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}