Another milestone! BTS became the first Korean singer to top Billboard 200 for 2 consecutive weeks.

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BTS (BTS·RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, Jungkook) set another unrivaled record by keeping the No. 1 spot in the U.S. Billboard 200 for two consecutive weeks with "Arirang."

According to a chart preview article published on the official website by the U.S. music media Billboard on the 6th, BTS's fifth studio album "ARIRANG" topped the main album chart "Billboard 200" (April 11). As a result, BTS became the first Korean singer to win the top spot on the chart for two consecutive weeks.

"Arirang" hit 187,000 album units on the charts this week, Billboard said. Of these, 114,000 copies were counted as pure album sales (real and digital purchases). "The SEA unit (sales volume converted by the number of streams) is 65,000, and the rest is 8,000 TEA units (sales volume converted by the number of digital sound source downloads)," he explained.

"Arirang" topped the Billboard 200 on April 4, becoming the seventh album to top the chart. In the first week of its release, it recorded 641,000 album units, the highest weekly record for a group album since Billboard introduced the unit count in December 2014. It also sold 532,000 pure albums, the highest weekly sales among group albums in more than a decade.

"Arirang," which was released on the 20th of last month, swept music charts around the world in the second week of its release and began to gain full-fledged long-run popularity. BTS topped the latest weekly chart of Spotify, a global audio and sound source streaming platform updated on the 4th (counting period: March 27 to April 2) "Weekly Top Album," "Weekly Top Song," and "Weekly Top Artist" global charts, maintaining its top spot in three categories for the second consecutive week.

According to Australia's ARIA, which was released on the 3rd, Shinbo was at the top of the "Top 50 Album" chart following last week. It ranked second on the official German music chart (Offizielle Deutsch Charts/April 3) and the French Music Association (SNEP) "Top Album" (counting period: March 27 to April 2) and ranked fourth on the UK's official chart (April 3-April 9).

Meanwhile, BTS continues to be strong in domestic music broadcasts with its new song 'SWIM'. Without appearing on the show, they can watch SBS's "Inkigayo," MBC's "Music Core," KBS2's "Music Bank," Mnet's "M Countdown," MBC's "Show!" He has won nine titles in the 'Champion' category.

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