Mike Jackson

This week's top 10 on the #Hot100 (chart dated April 4, 2026). Details: billboard.com/lists/bts-swim…

This week's top 10 on the #Billboard200 (chart dated April 4, 2026). Details: billboard.com/music/chart-be…

Highest first week sales of albums globally of all time:

Highest first week of albums on Billboard 200 in the 2020s:

Every BTS album that reached #1 on Billboard 200:

BTS joins Taylor Swift, Adele and Drake as the only artists to have an album sell over 600K units in the first week on Billboard 200 this decade.

Biggest debuts by male albums on Billboard 200 this decade:

[NEWS] #BTS_ARIRANG debuts at #1 on this week's Billboard 200 with 641k units! 🇺🇸 99.10 million on-demand streams 532,000 pure sales CONGRATULATIONS BTS

.@BTS_twt officially earn their 7th #1 album on Billboard 200 with "ARIRANG", debuting with 641,000 album units! This is the largest week for an album by a group since the chart began measuring by units (Dec 2014), and biggest sales week for an album by a group in more than a decade! (532,000 pure album sales)

BTS' 'ARIRANG' breaks the record for biggest vinyl sales week for any album by any male artist in Nielsen history with 208K sold. It surpasses Harry Styles' 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.'

Billboard 200: #1(new) BTS (@BTS_twt), ARIRANG 641,000 [99.10 million on-demand streams | 532,000 pure sales].

TWICE is rumoured to release something by the end of April.

Biggest 1st Week Album Debuts by K-pop Acts on Spotify of all time:

TWICE is rumored to release new music in April.

BTS has now earned 7 songs with 1 billion streams each on Spotify.

🇺🇸 #BTS_SWIM on iTunes US Charts ! #1. Swim [Album] (=)❤️‍🔥 #2. Swim Alternate Cover #JUNGKOOK🔼❤️‍🔥 #3. Swim [Instrumental]❤️‍🔥 #4. Swim Alternate Cover #JIMIN🔼❤️‍🔥 #5. Swim Alternate Cover #SUGA🔼❤️‍🔥 #6. Swim Alternate Cover #RM🔼❤️‍🔥 #7. Swim Alternate Cover #V🔼❤️‍🔥 #8. Swim Alternate Cover #JIN🔼❤️‍🔥 #9. Swim Alternate Cover #JHOPE🔼❤️‍🔥 🚨US ARMYS ! KEEP BUYING

The weekly charts are live 🏆 Who earned their spot?

Biggest streaming days for 2026 albums on Spotify:

Once again, BTS continues to be the biggest artist on music platforms worldwide currently:

BTS' 'ARIRANG' now aiming for #1 debut on the Billboard 200 with further increased 635K units first week (via @HITSDD). It will mark the group's biggest debut ever and seventh #1 album.