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BTS Returns to Top of Billboard 200 with Comeback Album ‘Arirang’
ARIRANG earned 641,000 equivalent album units with 532,000 pure sales, marking BTS's strongest sales week and seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200, driven by vinyl and streaming.
- On Sunday, Billboard announced K-pop boy band BTS's 'Arirang' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking the group's seventh chart-topping album.
- Following mandatory military service, the seven-member group made its long-awaited comeback. Produced under Hybe Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, 'Arirang' explores the members' identities and universal experiences since their debut.
- Driven by 17 vinyl variants and nine CD editions, 'Arirang' achieved 641,000 equivalent album units with 532,000 in pure sales. Lead single 'SWIM' premiered alongside the album.
- The BTS WORLD TOUR: ARIRANG launches April 9 in Goyang, South Korea, arriving in the United States on April 25 before continuing through Mexico and North America through May 28.
- Achieving the biggest sales week for a group in over a decade, 'Arirang' surpasses records by Taylor Swift and One Direction. The album generated nearly 100 million streams globally.
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The album returned from the iconic K-pop band BTS, Arirang, debuted at the top of the Billboard list, achieving the best performance of a band in more than a decade and positioning itself as the biggest commercial success since Taylor Swift's record.
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.
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