With BTS’ ARIRANG, the K-pop cornerstone act’s first studio album of new music since 2020, the group further imprinted its stamp in Billboard’s chart record books.
The set stormed the Billboard 200 dated April 4, becoming BTS’ seventh No. 1, with the largest week for an album by equivalent album units earned among duos or groups: 641,000 in the United States March 20-26, according to Luminate. (The chart began ranking titles by equivalent album units in December 2014.) Vinyl sales of ARIRANG accounted for 208,000 — the largest sales week for an album by a duo or group since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991.
The LP’s lead focus track, “Swim,” concurrently lapped the competition on the Billboard Hot 100, launching at No. 1. It likewise became BTS’ seventh leader on the chart and sixth to debut on top, the most such entrances among duos or groups.
Thanks to those starts, BTS became the first group to debut an album and song atop the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously multiple times, with ARIRANG and “Swim” joining Be and “Life Goes On” in 2020.
On the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, BTS became the first act to claim the entire top 10 (and top 13) simultaneously, thanks to ARIRANG’s songs, led by “Swim.”
Plus, “Swim” extended BTS’ mark for the most No. 1s, 13, on the Digital Song Sales Chart among duos or groups. On World Digital Song Sales, “Aliens” invaded the top spot, becoming the group’s record-extending 43rd No. 1; no other act has a double-digit total. The septet adds three entries on the survey, upping its total to a leading 161 appearances overall.
In honor of BTS’ chart-topping return, below is a rundown of each of OT7’s career No. 1s on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100.
Love Yourself: Tear
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated June 2, 2018
Love Yourself: Answer
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Sept. 8, 2018
Map of the Soul: Persona
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated April 27, 2019
Map of the Soul : 7
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated March 7, 2020
“Dynamite”
Debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Sept. 5, 2020, and led for three weeks
“Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),” with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo
Hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Oct. 17, 2020
Be
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Dec. 5, 2020
“Life Goes On”
Debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 5, 2020
“Butter”
Debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated June 5, 2021, and led for 10 weeks
“Permission To Dance”
Debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated July 24, 2021
“My Universe,” with Coldplay
Debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Oct. 9, 2021
Proof
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated June 25, 2022
ARIRANG
Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated April 4, 2026
“Swim”
Debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated April 4, 2026
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