{"id":548088,"date":"2026-03-27T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/548088\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:19:09","slug":"bts-achieves-their-highest-1st-week-sales-yet-with-arirang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/548088\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Achieves Their Highest 1st-Week Sales Yet With &#8220;ARIRANG&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/celebrities\/22048pr-bts?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=bts-achieves-their-highest-1st-week-sales-yet-with-arirang&amp;utm_content_id=1828209wpp\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.viki.com&#039;]);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BTS<\/a> has set a new personal record with their latest album!<\/p>\n<p>Last week, BTS made their long-awaited comeback with their fourth full-length album \u201cARIRANG\u201d on March 20. By the end of the day, \u201cARIRANG\u201d had already sold over 3.9 million copies, smashing BTS\u2019s previous first-week sales record of 3,378,633 (set by their 2020 album \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soompi.com\/article\/1385437wpp\/watch-bts-unveils-cinematic-mv-for-chart-topping-hit-on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Map of the Soul: 7<\/a>\u201d) within just one day.<\/p>\n<p>Hanteo Chart has now reported that \u201cARIRANG\u201d went on to sell an impressive total of 4,169,464 copies in the first week of its release (March 20 to 26), marking a new career high for BTS.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as of March 27 KST, \u201cARIRANG\u201d has reached No. 1 on Apple Music Top Albums charts in at least 115 different regions. The album\u2019s title track, \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\">SWIM<\/a>,\u201d has also held onto the No. 1 spot on Spotify\u2019s daily Global Top Songs chart for six consecutive days since its release.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to BTS on their successful comeback!<\/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=bts-achieves-their-highest-1st-week-sales-yet-with-arirang&amp;utm_content_id=1828209wpp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BREAK THE SILENCE<\/a>\u201d 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=bts-achieves-their-highest-1st-week-sales-yet-with-arirang&amp;utm_content_id=1828209wpp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Now<\/a>\n             <\/p>\n<p>Source (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hanteochart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1<\/a>) (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/m.entertain.naver.com\/home\/article\/015\/0005267761\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/tv\/41436c?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=bts-achieves-their-highest-1st-week-sales-yet-with-arirang&amp;utm_content_id=1828209wpp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1409760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/March-2026-Soompi-Banner-Climax.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"130\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS has set a new personal record with their latest album! 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