BTS Wins 6 Circle Charts in March

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BTS (BTS) gained popularity by winning six titles in March on the circle chart.

The Korea Popular Music Industry Association (formerly the Korea Music Contents Association), a corporation that operates the circle chart, announced, "BTS won six awards in the monthly circle chart in March."

BTS topped the album chart (4,175,303 album sales), the retail album chart (984,070 retail sales) with its fifth full-length album "ARIRANG" released on the 20th, topped the V-coloring, ringtone, call-connected sound chart with its title song "SWIM," and topped the social chart 3.0 with "BTS."

"ARIRANG" is an album that deals with the identity of BTS and various and universal emotions encountered in life, and the total sales of all albums (CD+Weverse+LP) in the album chart TOP100 released as "ARIRANG" recorded 4,753,755 copies, and the total sales of all albums (CD+Weverse+LP) in the retail album chart TOP50 recorded 1,309,189 copies.

Hearts2Hearts won two awards with "RUDE!" ranking at the top of the digital chart (67,177,989) and streaming chart. Released in February, "RUDE!" is a song that contains the cute rebellion of tomboys outside the set rules, and you can feel the bold charm of Hearts2Hearts.

HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, and KPop Demon Hunters Cast have been running for nine consecutive months, continuing to top the global K-pop chart with "Golden." "Golden," the OST of Netflix's "K-Pop Demon Hunters," has become a global trend, creating a cover craze for various artists shortly after its release.

ONEW downloaded "TOUGH LOVE" and topped the BGM chart and won two awards. "TOUGH LOVE" is the title song of ONEW's fifth mini-album, which contains the message "Because it's love, it endures pain and awakens potential."

On the social chart 3.0, which intuitively confirms K-pop's global popularity, the artist who recorded the biggest rise in March was "Crayon Pop."

In the 14th week of 2026 (2026.03.29.-2026.04.04) circle chart, which was released together, it topped the global K-pop, BGM, and V-coloring charts with the BTS "SWIM," and topped the social chart 3.0 with "BTS." Hearts2Hearts topped digital and streaming charts with "RUDE!" Irene topped the album chart with "Biggest Fan - The 1st Album," and Wonpil (DAY6) topped the retail album chart with "Unfiltered."

Meanwhile, the category of circled certified albums to be announced on April 9 is ▲3Million: Stray Kids (Stray Kids) 'ATE' ▲1Million: BLACKPINK 'DEADLINE' ▲3Platinum: ATEEZ 'GOLDEN HOUR: PART.4', IVE (IVE) 'REVIVE+' ▲2Platinum: NewJean 'OMG' ▲1Platinum: ATEEZ 'GOLDEN HOUR: PART.4' ▲1 Platinum: AKMU (Akmu) "Love Lee" and Hwang Garam "I Am Firefly" will be certified in the streaming category.

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