{"id":388570,"date":"2026-04-20T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/388570\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:33:12","slug":"btss-arirang-makes-billboard-200-history-as-1st-album-by-korean-artist-to-spend-4-weeks-in-top-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/388570\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217;s &#8220;ARIRANG&#8221; Makes Billboard 200 History As 1st Album By Korean Artist To Spend 4 Weeks In Top 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/celebrities\/22048pr-bts?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=btss-arirang-makes-billboard-200-history-as-1st-album-by-korean-artist-to-spend-4-weeks-in-top-3&amp;utm_content_id=1834365wpp\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.viki.com&#039;]);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BTS<\/a>\u2019s latest album continues to make history on the Billboard 200!<\/p>\n<p>On April 19 local time, Billboard announced that after three weeks at No. 1, BTS\u2019s album \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soompi.com\/article\/1826585wpp\/watch-bts-embarks-on-their-new-voyage-in-long-awaited-swim-comeback-mv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ARIRANG<\/a>\u201d had ranked No. 3 in its fourth consecutive week on the Top 200 Albums chart, which ranks the most popular albums in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cARIRANG,\u201d which was already the first album by a Korean artist ever to spend more than one week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, is now also the first album by a Korean artist to chart in the top 3 for four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>According to Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), \u201cARIRANG\u201d earned a total of 78,000 equivalent album units during the week ending on April 16.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to BTS on their historic feat!<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Watch BTS\u2019s docu-series \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/tv\/40614c-bts-break-the-silence-docu-series?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=btss-arirang-makes-billboard-200-history-as-1st-album-by-korean-artist-to-spend-4-weeks-in-top-3&amp;utm_content_id=1834365wpp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BREAK THE SILENCE<\/a>\u201d with subtitles on Viki below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">   <a class=\"btn-watch-now\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/tv\/40614c-bts-break-the-silence-docu-series?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=btss-arirang-makes-billboard-200-history-as-1st-album-by-korean-artist-to-spend-4-weeks-in-top-3&amp;utm_content_id=1834365wpp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Now<\/a>\n             <\/p>\n<p>Source (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/ella-langley-dandelion-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1236226543\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/tv\/41461c?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=btss-arirang-makes-billboard-200-history-as-1st-album-by-korean-artist-to-spend-4-weeks-in-top-3&amp;utm_content_id=1834365wpp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1409760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AprilSoompiBanners-YumisCells3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"130\"\/>                           <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019s latest album continues to make history on the Billboard 200! 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