BTS's "Arirang" and U.S.' Billboard 200...It's the 7th "normal" in my career

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BTS (BTS·RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, Jungkook) once again topped the U.S. Billboard 200 with "Arirang."

According to a chart preview article published on the official website by the U.S. music media Billboard on the 30th, BTS's fifth studio album "ARIRANG" topped the main album chart "Billboard 200" (April 4). The media said, "Arirang entered the chart with 641,000 album units. This is the best weekly performance among the group albums since the introduction of the unit tally in December 2014. "Out of these, 532,000 copies are pure album sales (real and digital purchases). In this category, BTS also recorded the highest weekly sales by the group's record in more than a decade. "The SEA unit (sales converted by the number of streams) was 95,000, the highest weekly streaming performance among their all-time works."

The first week of the release of "Arirang" was driven by the actual album. Actual sales reached 516,000. Of these, the vinyl sold 208,000 copies, setting a new record for the team's highest weekly sales. This is the largest weekly vinyl sales of any group since the 1991 luminate count. In addition, "Arirang" went straight to No. 1 in "Top Album Sales" and "Top Streaming Album."

As a result, BTS has achieved its seventh career No. 1 ranking in the Billboard 200. They became the first Korean singer to top the chart with the 2018 LOVE YOURSELF 轉 "Tear," followed by the LOVE YOURSELF 結 "Answer" (2018), "MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA" (2019), "MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 (2020), "BE" (2020) and "Proof" (2022).

The power of "Arirang," released on the 20th, is spreading around the world. In Oricon, Japan, it dominated the weekly charts (March 30) of "Joint Album Ranking", "Album Ranking", "Digital Album Ranking", and "Western Music Album Ranking", and also entered the top of the UK's official chart "Official Album Top 100" (March 27 to April 3). It topped the French Music Association's "Top Album" (March 20-26), Australia's ARIA "Top 50 Album" and "Vinil Chart." On the official German music charts (Offizielle Deutsche Charts/March 27), it topped the album and singles charts, respectively. BTS is the first group in chart history to dominate both categories at the same time.

The title song "SWIM" topped Spotify's "Daily Top Song Global" for nine consecutive days (March 20-28). It also broke the team's highest ranking by ranking second in the UK's 'Official Single Top 100'. Without appearing on TV in Korea, MBC M's "Show"! He swept the top spots of "Champion," Mnet's "M Countdown," KBS2's "Music Bank," and SBS's "Inkigayo" to win four music shows.

Meanwhile, Arirang, which was produced by Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, is an album that contains the identity of BTS and the universal emotions they face. "SWIM" sings about the posture of continuing to swim without stopping in the waves of life. RM is in charge of the overall lyrics and tells what they want to say now.

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