BTS’s Arirang Claims 3 Consecutive Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200

BTS’s fifth album, Arirang, has held the top spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart for three consecutive weeks. This marks the first time a K-pop artist’s album has remained at the summit of this chart for three straight weeks.

Billboard announced this update on the 12th (local time). During the latest tracking period, Arirang recorded 124,000 album units, a figure that represents a 34% decline from the previous week. Specifically, physical album sales totaled 71,000 units, streaming-equivalent units (SEA) amounted to 50,000 units, and digital download-equivalent units (TEA) were 3,000 units.

Arirang is an album that reflects BTS’s identity and contains a total of 14 tracks. Its Title Track, “SWIM,” ranked second on Billboard’s main singles chart, the Hot 100, last week.

Looking at previous K-pop album performance on this chart, the highest record previously held was by the OST album for Netflix’s animated film KPop Demon Hunters, which topped the Billboard 200 for two weeks. However, that was only two consecutive weeks at the top, with no record of staying at No. 1 for three or more weeks.

Arirang is currently dominating music charts worldwide. It has held the first place in Spotify’s weekly “Top Albums” chart for three consecutive weeks and has also returned to the top of Germany’s official music chart, the Top 100 Albums.