Global sensation BTS has made historic achievements with their 5th full-length album, ‘Arirang,’ securing the No. 1 spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart for two consecutive weeks – an unprecedented feat for any Korean artist. The groundbreaking album impressively garnered 187,000 album units on this week’s chart. Its monumental debut saw 641,000 album units in its first week, setting a new record for the highest weekly performance by a group album since the inception of Billboard’s album unit tracking system. Beyond the Billboard 200, BTS continues to dominate global music charts, demonstrating their enduring worldwide popularity as ‘Arirang’ also clinched the No. 1 position across three categories on the Spotify Global Chart for two consecutive weeks and topped Australia’s prestigious ARIA ‘Top 50 Albums’ chart, cementing its status as a global phenomenon.
