[breaking news] Korea's First New History! BTS 'Arirang' topped Billboard for 3 consecutive weeks.

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"ARIRANG" of top idol group BTS (BTS, RM Jin Jimin, J-Hope, Sugar V, Jungkook) topped the Billboard 200 chart for three consecutive weeks.

According to a chart preview article posted on Billboard's official website on the 13th, BTS's fifth regular album "Arirang" topped the Billboard 200 chart on April 18, 2026.

It is the first time a group album has reached the top of the chart for three consecutive weeks since "Babel" by Mumford & Sons, which was released in 2012. At that time, "Babel" ranked first for a total of five weeks. In addition, BTS is the only Korean singer who has topped the Billboard 200 for three weeks.

According to Billboard, "Arirang" hit 124,000 album units on the chart this week. Of these, 71,000 copies are pure album sales (real and digital purchases). SEA units (sales volume converting the number of streams) are 50,000, and the rest are TEA units (sales volume converting the number of digital sound source downloads).

"Arirang" is still on top after pouring out various new records on Billboard in the first week of its release. This shows that it has entered a long-term box office beyond temporary enthusiasm. Earlier, "Arirang" topped the Billboard 200 chart two weeks ago with the best performance among the group albums since the introduction of the Billboard unit tally in December 2014. In the first week of its release, pure album sales (real and digital purchases) were counted as 532,000, which is the highest weekly sales of the group's album in more than a decade.

"Arirang" remains at the top of the charts around the world in its third week of release. Spotify's latest weekly chart (counting period: April 3-April 9) topped the "Weekly Top Album" for three consecutive weeks and regained the top spot on the official German music chart "Top 100 Album" (April 10). It ranked second in Japan's Oricon "Weekly Digital Album Rankings" and "Weekly Summing Album Rankings," respectively, and third in the "Weekly Album Rankings." The French Music Association (SNEP) "Top Album" and Australia's ARIA "Top 50 Album" both ranked second, proving their global potential.

This popularity is leading to the world tour. BTS held "BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN GOYANG" at Goyang Stadium's main stadium on the 9th and 11th and 12th and met with 132,000 audiences. They then meet with audiences in Tokyo, North America, Europe, South America, and Asia. The world tour will be held 85 times in a total of 34 cities. This is the largest single tour of a Korean singer, and expectations are high for a new history that BTS will write in the performance world.

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