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BTS top Billboard 200 again as "ARIRANG" becomes seventh No.1 album
3 hours ago•Rich Park
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BTS has returned to the top of the Billboard 200 with their fifth studio album, ARIRANG, marking their seventh No. 1 and their first full-group release since completing military service [1][2]. The album set multiple industry records for a group upon debut [1][3].
Summary
| Event | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release Title | ARIRANG (5th Regular Album) [1] |
| Chart Debut | No. 1 on Billboard 200 (Reported local time March 29) [2] |
| Total Units | 641,000 equivalent album units in the first week [1] |
| Record Set | Highest weekly performance by a group since Dec 2014 [1] |
Key Facts
- ARIRANG surpassed Luke Combs' The Way I Am and Morgan Wallen's I’m The Problem to secure the top spot [1].
- The album's 641,000 units mark the highest for a group since Billboard began counting units in 2014 [1].
- Pure sales reached 532,000 copies, with physical sales accounting for 516,000 [1][3].
- LP records reached 208,000 copies, the highest for a group since electronic tracking began in 1991 [3].
- The release achieved 95,000 SEA units, totaling 99.1 million on-demand streams—the highest streaming week in BTS history [3].
- This is the group's seventh No. 1 album, following Love Yourself: Tear, Love Yourself: Answer, Persona, Map of the Soul: 7, BE, and Proof [3].
Key Terms
- Billboard 200: The main U.S. music chart ranking the most popular albums based on unit sales [2].
- SEA Units: Streaming Equivalent Albums, a metric converting a specific number of on-demand streams into one album sale [3].
- Equivalent Album Units: A composite figure combining pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA) [1].
Key Quote
"BTS recorded the most album units since Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl', which debuted with about 4 million album units last year." — Billboard, 중앙일보 [1]