Top idol group BTS (RM, Jin, Jimin, J-Hope, Suga, V, Jungkook) has claimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart for three consecutive weeks with their highly anticipated album, ‘ARIRANG’. This remarkable achievement further solidifies BTS’s global dominance in the music industry.
According to a chart preview article published by Billboard on its official website on the 13th, BTS’s 5th full-length album ‘ARIRANG’ topped the Billboard 200 chart dated April 18, 2026. This consistent performance underscores the album’s immense popularity and the group’s enduring influence.
This marks the first time a group album has ranked No. 1 on this prestigious chart for three consecutive weeks since Mumford & Sons’ ‘Babel,’ which was released in 2012. ‘Babel’ notably held the top spot for a total of five weeks during its run. Furthermore, BTS stands as the sole Korean artist to maintain the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 for a third straight week, setting a new benchmark for K-Pop artists.
Billboard reported that ‘ARIRANG’ recorded an impressive 124,000 album units on this week’s chart. Of these, 71,000 units were pure album sales, encompassing both physical and digital purchases. Streaming Equivalent Album (SEA) units contributed 50,000, while the remainder came from Track Equivalent Album (TEA) units, converted from individual digital song downloads. These figures highlight the album’s robust sales across various formats.
After shattering numerous records on Billboard in its debut week, ‘ARIRANG’ continues to hold the coveted top position. This sustained success indicates a transition beyond temporary hype into a phase of significant long-term commercial triumph. Previously, ‘ARIRANG’ debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 two weeks prior with the best performance for a group album since the introduction of Billboard’s unit counting system in December 2014. Its first-week pure album sales (physical and digital purchases) tallied an astounding 532,000 units, marking the highest weekly sales for a group album in over a decade.
In its third week of release, ‘ARIRANG’ remains at the pinnacle of global music charts. It secured the No. 1 spot on Spotify’s latest weekly chart, ‘Weekly Top Albums’ (for the period April 3-9), for the third consecutive week and remarkably reclaimed the top position on Germany’s Official Music Chart ‘Top 100 Albums’ (dated April 10). In Japan, the album achieved the 2nd position on Oricon’s ‘Weekly Digital Album Ranking’ and ‘Weekly Combined Album Ranking,’ and 3rd on the ‘Weekly Album Ranking.’ The album also landed at No. 2 on both France’s SNEP ‘Top Albums’ and Australia’s ARIA ‘Top 50 Albums,’ unequivocally solidifying its global prowess and widespread appeal.
This impressive commercial success is seamlessly fueling their ongoing, highly anticipated world tour. BTS held the ‘BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ IN GOYANG’ at the Goyang Sports Complex Main Stadium on April 9th and from April 11-12th, engaging with an incredible 132,000 enthusiastic fans. The group is now set to continue meeting their massive audience in Tokyo, North America, Europe, South America, and various other parts of Asia. This monumental world tour spans 85 shows across a total of 34 cities. This staggering number represents the highest number of performances for a single tour by a Korean artist, raising immense anticipation for the new historical milestones BTS is poised to achieve in the global concert industry.
