BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ Reigns on Billboard 200 for Third Consecutive Week
BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ continues its impressive run on the Billboard 200, securing the No. 1 spot for the third consecutive week. The album earned 124,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 9, according to Luminate.
‘ARIRANG’ Achievements
Since debuting atop the chart on April 4, ‘ARIRANG’ has marked a significant milestone. It is now the first album to spend its first three weeks at No. 1 since Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ achieved this feat in 2025.
Historical Context
- ‘ARIRANG’ is the first group album to maintain the No. 1 position for three consecutive weeks since Mumford & Sons’ ‘Babel’ in 2012-13.
- ‘Babel’ spent five nonconsecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200.
- ‘ARIRANG’ is the first album to achieve initial three-week reign since the aforementioned Taylor Swift album.
Sales Breakdown
In its latest tracking week, ‘ARIRANG’ saw a decline of 34% in overall equivalent album units. The sales distribution for the album is as follows:
| Category | Units (in thousands) | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Album Sales | 71 | -34% |
| Streaming Equivalent Albums (SEA) | 50 | -24% |
| Track Equivalent Albums (TEA) | 3 | -65% |
Billboard 200 Rankings
This week’s top 10 featured no new debuts, marking the first time in three months that all spots remained unchanged. The top positions on the Billboard 200 are as follows:
- 1. BTS – ‘ARIRANG’ – 124,000 units
- 2. Morgan Wallen – ‘I’m the Problem’ – 80,000 units
- 3. Ye – ‘BULLY’ – 69,000 units
- 4. Don Toliver – ‘OCTANE’ – 57,000 units
- 5. Olivia Dean – ‘The Art of Loving’ – 50,000 units
- 6. Luke Combs – ‘The Way I Am’ – 46,000 units
- 7. Bad Bunny – ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ – 45,000 units
- 8. Morgan Wallen – ‘One Thing at a Time’ – 39,000 units
- 9. Harry Styles – ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.’ – 37,000 units
- 10. Bruno Mars – ‘The Romantic’ – nearly 37,000 units
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