BTS, 'Arirang' also exploded properly.3rd place on the daily Oricon weekly chart

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Boy group BTS (BTS) has won three gold medals on Japan's Oricon chart.

According to Oricon on the 25th, BTS's fifth full-length album "ARIRANG" topped the "Weekly Sum Album Ranking," "Weekly Album Ranking," and "Weekly Digital Album Ranking" on March 30 at the same time, dominating the main Oricon rankings.

"Arirang" recorded 11,851 downloads in the first week of the "Weekly Digital Album Rankings." It broke its own record of 11,396 (November 30, 2020) set by its seventh mini album "BE," released in 2020. This is the highest ever for any foreign artist. In addition, BTS will hold the 10th career No. 1 record on the chart.

The momentum on the global platform is also fierce. BTS lined up from No. 1 to No. 5 on Apple Music's 'Global Top 100' chart on the 24th. Starting with the title song "SWIM," which won the top spot, "Body to Body" (2nd place), "Hooligan" (3rd place), "FYA" (4th place) and "NORMAL" (5th place) filled the top ranks. It then ranked in the top 20 with a total of 12 songs, including "Alien" (7th), "2.0" (8th), "Like Animals" (11th), "Merry Go Round" (12th), "they don't know "about us" (14th), "Please" (17th) and "One More Night" (20th). 'SWIM' kept its No. 1 ranking in 'Daily Top Song Global' on Spotify, a global audio and sound source streaming platform, for three consecutive days (March 20-22). As such, the new report "Arirang," produced by Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, has achieved significant records on major charts upon its release.

Meanwhile, "BTS Comeback Live: ARIRANG" (BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG) held in Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul on the 21st recorded 18.4 million real-time viewers on Netflix. At the same time, the number of social media comments related to the comeback was 2.62 billion.

BTS, which successfully completed the event "Spotify X BTS: SWIMSIDE" in collaboration with Spotify on the 24th, will appear as a full group on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" from the 26th to the 27th.

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