
BTS achieved remarkable results on major global music charts with their fifth regular album, "Arirang." On Spotify's latest weekly charts (March 27–April 2), they maintained the number one position for two consecutive weeks on the "Weekly Top Albums," "Weekly Top Songs," and "Weekly Top Artists" global charts. All 14 tracks from the album entered the "Weekly Top Songs Global" top 50 for two consecutive weeks.
On YouTube Music, the title track "SWIM" ranked first on the global and U.S. "Weekly Top Songs" charts (March 20–26), with approximately 83 million and 6.2 million weekly streams, respectively. A total of five songs, including "Body to Body" (7th), "Hooligan" (26th), "FYA" (32nd), and "Like Animals" (39th), ranked high on the global "Weekly Top Songs" chart, with 11 songs in total making the chart. On the global "Weekly Top Artists" chart, BTS rose 52 spots from before the release to rank third. This marks BTS's 527th week on the chart, tying the record with Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift.
On the UK Official Charts, "Arirang" ranked 4th on the "Official Albums Top 100" (April 3–9), while "SWIM" placed 5th on the "Official Singles Top 100," with "Body to Body" (49th) and "NORMAL" (74th) also entering the chart. "SWIM" held the number one spot for two consecutive weeks on the "Official Singles Sales" and "Official Singles Downloads" charts.
On the Australian ARIA charts (announced April 3), the album topped the "Top 50 Albums" chart for two consecutive weeks, while "SWIM" (19th) and "Body to Body" (46th) appeared on the "Top 50 Singles" chart. On the German Official Music Charts (April 3), the album and title track ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively. The French National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (SNEP) "Top Albums" chart (March 27–April 2) saw the album reach 2nd place.
Domestically, without any broadcast appearances, BTS achieved seven consecutive wins on SBS's "Inkigayo," KBS2's "Music Bank," Mnet's "M Countdown," and MBC M's "Show! Champion." They simultaneously topped the U.S. Billboard main album chart "Billboard 200" and the main song chart "Hot 100" with "Arirang." Meanwhile, the music video for the track "2.0" ranked first for two consecutive days on YouTube Global's "Daily Top Music Videos" (April 1–2).



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