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BTS' 'Arirang' Becomes First K‑Pop Album With Four Weeks in Billboard 200 Top 3

Collectible editions with Netflix exposure helped keep buyers engaged despite steep weekly drops.

Overview

  • BTS' album Arirang sits at No. 3 in its fourth week on the Billboard 200, becoming the first K‑pop release to spend four weeks inside the chart’s top three as it earned 78,000 equivalent units.
  • The album previously logged three straight weeks at No. 1, the first time a group has done so in more than a decade since Mumford & Sons’ Babel.
  • Arirang opened with 641,000 equivalent units in the U.S., then posted 187,000 in week two, 124,000 in week three, and 78,000 in week four, according to Luminate.
  • Sales were driven by physical formats as it led Top Album Sales and Vinyl Albums, while it ranked No. 4 on Top Streaming Albums.
  • The surge followed BTS’s return from military service and a global rollout that featured a Netflix‑streamed Seoul concert and a planned world tour.