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BTS's 'Arirang' Lands Seventh Billboard 200 No. 1, Breaking Decade-Long Group Record

BTS has earned its seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with 'Arirang,' scoring the biggest sales week for an album by a group in over a decade, moving 641,000 equivalent album units, including 532,000 pure album sales, in its first week and breaking a decade-long group record.

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varietyMostly Factual1d ago

BTS’ ‘Arirang’ Debuts at No. 1 on Albums Chart With Biggest Sales Week for a Group in Over a Decade

BTS has earned its seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “Arirang,” scoring the biggest sales week for an album by a group in over a decade. “Arirang” opens on the chart with 641,000 equivalent album units, 532,000 of which are pure album sales. It’s the biggest first week for an album by […]

By Steven J. Horowitz

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hollywood-reporterMostly Factual10h ago

BTS Scores Seventh No. 1 on Billboard 200 — Biggest Sales Week For a Group in Over a Decade

‘Arirang,’ the group’s fifth studio album, opened with 641,000 equivalent album units — 532,000 of those being pure album sales — giving them the biggest sales week by a group in over a decade.

By Nicole Fell

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Korea HeraldMostly Factual3h ago

BTS earns 7th No. 1 song on the Billboard singles chart with 'Swim'

K-pop supergroup BTS has secured its seventh No. 1 hit on the US Billboard's main singles chart, debuting atop the chart with its latest single, "Swim." The upbeat alternative pop track, which leads the band's fifth studio album, "Arirang," topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of April 4. It outpaced Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" to claim the highest ranking, according to a Billboard preview released Monday (US time). The milestone adds "Swim" to the act's impressive roster of Billboard t

By The Korea Herald

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rolling-stoneMostly Factual1d ago

BTS Are Back on Top With Record-Breaking First-Week ‘Arirang’ Sales

The supergroup's comeback album Arirang, their first full-length LP in six years, moved 641,000 total copies, including 532,000 in pure album sales

By Larisha Paul

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billboardMostly Factual2h ago

RM Expresses ‘Luv and Gratitude’ as BTS Tops the Billboard 200 & Hot 100 Charts

The band's new album ARIRANG and lead single "SWIM" debuted at No. 1 on the respective charts.

By Annie Harrigan

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