"With all your heart's music," BTS debuts a total BTS Billboard "Hot Shot Debut." [synthesis]

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• 'Arirang' Billboard 200 → 'SWIM' Billboard Hot 100 #1 'Great feat'

Top idol group BTS (BTS, RM Jin Jimin, J-Hope, Sugar V Jung Goo) achieved the feat of making its 15th Billboard Hot Shot debut (the top of the chart upon the release of an album or sound source).

Billboard announced on the 31st that "SWIM", the title song of BTS's fifth studio album "ARIRANG", topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart on April 4, 2026.

With this, BTS made its seventh career No. 1 and Hotshot debut since "Dynamite," "Savage Love (Laxed - Sien Beat) (BTS Remix), "Life Goes On," "Butter," "Permission to Dance," and "My Universe (Coldplay X BTS)."

Including the Billboard 200 chart, it is the 14th and 15th achievements of "Arirang" after the LOVE YOURSELF 轉 "Tear," LOVE YOURSELF 結 "Answer," MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA, MAP OF THE SOUL: 7, "BE," and "Proof."

It is the first time in about six years that BTS has occupied the top of the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 at the same time since its 7th mini-album "BE" and title song "Life Goes On" in 2020. Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, and Drake have dominated both charts in the same week so far.

Billboard introduced "SWIM" as the 1190th No. 1 song in the Hot 100 and the 89th song to win the top spot upon entry. This is only 7% of the No. 1 song ever.

In particular, Billboard said, "We have set the team's highest number one record in almost half a century since Bee Gees, which recorded nine No. 1 songs from 1971 to 1979. In addition, BTS has the fifth-highest number of No. 1 songs among the group since the start of the "Hot 100" chart in August 1958. According to the media, the group's most No. 1 record is held by The Beatles (20 songs), followed by Supremes (12 songs), Biggs, The Rolling Stones (8 songs), and BTS.

According to Billboard, since its announcement on the 20th, "SWIM" has reached 15.3 million streams, 25.8 million radio listeners, and 154,000 digital and physical single sales. It entered the Billboard "Streaming Song Chart" at No. 2, breaking the team's own highest ranking. It debuted at No. 18 on the "Radio Song Chart," which is also the highest entry ranking of the team's all-time performance. It topped the "Digital Song Sales Chart," becoming BTS's 13th No. 1 song. They were ranked as the group with the most No. 1 songs on the chart.

In response, BTS said through its agency Big Hit Music, "The album released after a long wait of three years and nine months has earned the great honor of being the 'No. 1 Billboard.' We deeply thank ARMY for their generous love and support, as well as everyone who listened to our music and shared their hearts," he said. "While preparing for the report, I struggled to contain universal emotions that many people could sympathize with. The title song 'SWIM', which represents this, is a song that tells us to go all the way even in difficulties. I hope this song has been a small courage and consolation to many people across the border. Thank you for your constant faith and support for a long time, and we will continue to repay you with sincere music," he added.

Meanwhile, "Arirang" is an album produced by Chairman Bang Si-hyuk. It is widely loved by melting universal emotions that many people can sympathize with into music. The title song "SWIM" sings about the will to keep swimming in the waves of life without stopping. RM took charge of the overall lyrics and melted the most honest story of "Now BTS."

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