Overview
- BTS remains No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as Arirang posts 124,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week.
- The album started at No. 1 with 641,000 units and held the top spot in week two with 187,000, showing durable fan demand.
- Arirang also ranks No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales and Vinyl Albums charts, though it places No. 4 on Top Streaming Albums.
- The three-week run is the first by a group since Mumford & Sons’ Babel notched multiple weeks at No. 1 starting in 2012.
- Arirang now ties BTS’s longest U.S. reign set by Be, underscoring how direct purchases and collectible editions can outweigh softer streaming for album rankings.