Overview
- BTS, which returned to the Billboard 200’s top spot in Sunday’s chart preview, opened with 641,000 equivalent album units for Arirang in what Billboard calls the biggest week for a group since the chart began using units in 2014.
- Pure album sales reached 532,000 in the U.S., including about 208,000 vinyl copies, with Luminate data showing a heavy lift from 17 vinyl variants and nine CD editions packed with collectibles.
- Streaming also surged as the set logged 95,000 streaming-equivalent units, equal to about 99.10 million on‑demand plays, marking BTS’s biggest U.S. streaming week for an album.
- Lead single Swim notched rapid milestones on Spotify, including passing 100 million streams faster than any 2026 release reported, while the album topped the U.K. Official Albums Chart and Swim opened at No. 2 on the U.K. singles list.
- The rollout featured a free comeback concert at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square livestreamed on Netflix and a documentary, BTS: The Return, that shows members debating the mellower direction of Swim, as the group readies a world tour starting April 9 in Goyang.