{"id":571520,"date":"2026-03-30T21:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/571520\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:28:10","slug":"bts-swim-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-global-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/571520\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS’ ‘Swim’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLed by \u201cSwim,\u201d BTS swarms the Billboard Global 200<\/a> and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.<\/a> charts as the song starts as the reunited<\/a> South Korean septet\u2019s record-extending eighth No. 1 on each ranking.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSwim\u201d leads a historic haul from ARIRANG, BTS\u2019 first studio album of new material since 2020, which bounds in at No. 1<\/a> on the United States-based Billboard 200<\/a> albums chart. The group claims the top nine spots on the Global 200, tying Taylor Swift for both the most top 10s in a single week and the most titles from No. 1 on down, after songs from her The Tortured Poets Department launched at Nos. 1-9 on the May 4, 2024, chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS does even better on Global Excl. U.S., becoming the first act to monopolize the entire top 10 \u2014 and top 13 \u2014 thanks to ARIRANG songs. Swift scored nine of the top 10 when her The Life of a Showgirl made its chart start (Oct. 18, 2025), while Bad Bunny was the only act before this week to hold as many as the top three simultaneously, for two weeks this February.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s a recap of BTS\u2019 songs at Nos. 1 through 9 on the latest Global 200 and their worldwide streaming and sales totals in the week ending March 26, following ARIRANG\u2019s March 20 release, according to Luminate:<\/p>\n

No. 1, \u201cSwim,\u201d 108.8 million official streams \/ 221,000 sold<\/p>\n

No. 2, \u201cBody to Body,\u201d 65 million streams \/ 35,000 sold<\/p>\n

No. 3, \u201cHooligan,\u201d 50.2 million streams \/ 21,000 sold<\/p>\n

No. 4, \u201cFYA,\u201d 48.2 million streams \/ 20,000 sold<\/p>\n

No. 5, \u201cNormal,\u201d 45.8 million streams \/ 21,000 sold<\/p>\n

No. 6, \u201cAliens,\u201d 44.2 million streams \/ 19,000 sold<\/p>\n

No. 7, \u201cLike Animals,\u201d 43.3 million streams \/ 20,000 sold<\/p>\n

No. 8, \u201c2.0,\u201d 42.8 million streams \/ 18,000 sold<\/p>\n

No. 9, \u201cMerry Go Round,\u201d 40.7 million streams \/ 17,000 sold<\/p>\n

\n\tThe next-highest song in the Global 200 top 10: PinkPantheress\u2019 \u201cStateside,\u201d with Zara Larsson, a week after the collab hit No. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe top nine lines up identically on Global Excl. U.S., followed by four more ARIRANG songs at Nos. 10-13: \u201cThey Don\u2019t Know \u2018bout Us,\u201d \u201cOne More Night,\u201d \u201cPlease\u201d and \u201cInto the Sun,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to upping its No. 1 totals, BTS nearly doubles its sums to 20 top 10s on the Global 200 and 21 on Global Excl. U.S., both the most among groups.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, the highest entry not by BTS on Global Excl. U.S. is Dominic Fike\u2019s \u201cBabydoll\u201d at No. 14, a week after reaching the top 10 at No. 7.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, 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 charts, dated April 4, 2026, will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, March 31. 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 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


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