{"id":376835,"date":"2026-04-05T21:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376835\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:10:11","slug":"bts-arirang-spends-second-week-atop-billboard-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376835\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 \u2018ARIRANG\u2019 Spends Second Week Atop Billboard 200"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBTS<\/a>\u2019 ARIRANG rules the Billboard 200<\/a> albums chart (dated April 11) for a second week, earning 187,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending April 2, according to Luminate. That\u2019s down 71% compared the album\u2019s opening week of 641,000, the biggest week of 2026 thus far. With a second week at No. 1, ARIRANG now has the most weeks atop the chart among BTS\u2019 seven leaders \u2014 the other six each spent one week at No. 1.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200<\/a> chart, the latest albums from Ye (formerly Kanye West<\/a>), Melanie Martinez<\/a> and Yeat<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid\/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new April 11, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0Billboard\u2018s website on April 7. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\tOf ARIRANG\u2019s 187,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, album sales comprise 114,000 (down 79%; it\u2019s No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a second week), SEA units comprise 65,000 (down 31%, equaling 68.49 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it falls 1-3 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 8,000 (down 49%).<\/p>\n

\n\tYe scores his 14th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 \u2014 all of which have reached the top two \u2014 as BULLY debuts at No. 2 with 152,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Thursday, April 2. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 96,000 (equaling 98.43 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 56,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise the remainder.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe album arrived<\/a> at physical retail on March 27 (on CD, vinyl and cassette), and at digital retail and streaming services on March 28. Also on March 28, Ye dropped<\/a> the music video for the album\u2019s \u201cFATHER,\u201d featuring Travis Scott and directed by Bianca Censori.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring BULLY\u2019s release week, Ye staged his first major U.S. concert in nearly five years, playing<\/a> SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., on April 1. A second SoFi show took place on Friday (April 3), one day after BULLY\u2019s first chart tracking week closed.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst-week sales of BULLY were aided by its availability across multiple color vinyl variants, deluxe boxed sets containing branded merch and a copy of the CD, as well as signed vinyl and CD editions.<\/p>\n

\n\tMelanie Martinez notches her fourth top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200 as HADES bows at No. 3 with 84,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 63,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 21,000 (equaling 22.85 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it debuts at No. 28 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n

\n\tMartinez previously hit the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with PORTALS (No. 2 in 2023), K-12 (No. 3, 2019) and Cry Baby (No. 6, 2015).<\/p>\n

\n\tHADES\u2019 first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across multiple vinyl and CD variants, deluxe boxed set editions containing branded merch and a copy of the physical album, and signed vinyl and CD editions.<\/p>\n

\n\tMorgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping I\u2019m the Problem falls 3-4 on the Billboard 200 with 76,000 equivalent album units earned (down less than 1%).<\/p>\n

\n\tYeat collects his seventh top 10-charted effort on the Billboard 200 as ADL arrives at No. 5 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 26,000 (it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 31,000 (equaling 32.53 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it debuts at No. 12 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n

\n\tADL\u2019s opening-week sales were aided by its availability across multiple vinyl and CD variants, deluxe boxed set editions containing branded merch and a copy of the physical album, and signed editions.<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke Combs\u2019 The Way I Am dips 2-6 in its second week on the Billboard 200 with 55,000 equivalent album units earned (down 45%), while Olivia Dean\u2019s The Art of Loving shifts 6-7 (54,000 units, up 1%). The rest of the top 10 comprises former No. 1s, as Don Toliver\u2019s OCTANE moves 5-8 (53,000 units, down 3%), Bad Bunny\u2019s DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS drops 7-9 (50,000 units, down 7%) and Harry Styles\u2019 Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. falls 4-10 (48,000 units, down 25%).<\/p>\n

\n\tLuminate, the independent data provider to the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0charts<\/a>, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with\u00a0Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.<\/p>\n


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