{"id":379432,"date":"2026-04-03T04:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/379432\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:53:15","slug":"bts-swim-becomes-bands-top-charting-streaming-songs-chart-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/379432\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS’ ‘SWIM’ Becomes Band’s Top-Charting Streaming Songs Chart Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBTS<\/a>\u2019 \u201cSWIM\u201d isn\u2019t just No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> dated April 4 \u00ad\u2014 the song also represents the band\u2019s top-charting song yet on Billboard\u2019s Streaming Songs<\/a> tally, as well as its best debut on Radio Songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAs previously reported,<\/a> \u201cSWIM\u201d accrued 25.8 million radio airplay impressions, drew 15.3 million official U.S. streams and sold 154,000 in the week ending March 26, according to Luminate, begetting its No. 1 bow on the multimetric Hot 100, BTS\u2019 seventh ruler.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith 95,000 of those sales via digital downloads, \u201cSWIM\u201d starts at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales<\/a> chart, BTS\u2019 13th to do so. But that stream count also puts the track at No. 2 on Streaming Songs, higher than any of the group\u2019s singles had been previously.<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS\u2019 previous best on Streaming Songs, \u201cDynamite,\u201d debuted and peaked at No. 3 in 2020. It\u2019s also the band\u2019s longest charting song on the survey to date, logging 15 weeks, with two of those spent in the top 10.<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS first appeared on Streaming Songs in 2017 via the one-week appearance of \u201cDNA\u201d at No. 38.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for Radio Songs, \u201cSWIM\u201d starts at No. 18, well ahead of its previous top bow, \u201cButter,\u201d which began at No. 39 in 2021. The group\u2019s top peak remains \u201cDynamite,\u201d which roses as high as No. 10.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat Radio Songs debut is thanks to bows of No. 16 on Pop Airplay<\/a> and Adult Contemporary,<\/a> No. 19 on Adult Pop Airplay<\/a> and No. 35 on Rhythmic Airplay<\/a>. It even earned a No. 27 debut on Latin Airplay<\/a> thanks to spins from predominantly Spanish-language stations that report to the panel, BTS\u2019 first appearance on the list.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSWIM\u201d is the lead single from ARIRANG, BTS\u2019 10th studio album, which concurrently<\/a> bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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