BTS’ ‘Swim’ Is No. 1 As Songs From ‘ARIRANG’ Make Historic Start on Billboard Global Charts - Billboard

Led by “Swim,” BTS swarms the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts as the song starts as the reunited South Korean septet’s record-extending eighth No. 1 on each ranking. “Swim” leads a historic haul from ARIRANG, BTS’ first studio album of new material since 2020, which bounds in at No. 1 on the United States-based Billboard 200 albums chart. The group claims the top nine spots on the Global 200, tying Taylor Swift for both the most top 10s in a single week and the most titles from No. 1 on down, after songs from her The Tortured Poets Department launched at Nos. 1-9 on the May 4, 2024, chart. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrecnativemini', 'gpt-dsk-tab-ros-midarticle1-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article") .addSize(,,,]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); BTS does even better on Global Excl. U.S., becoming the first act to monopolize the entire top 10 — and top 13 — thanks to ARIRANG songs. Swift scored nine of the top 10 when her The Life of a Showgirl made its chart start (Oct. 18, 2025), while Bad Bunny was the only act before this week to hold as many as the top three simultaneously, for two weeks this February. Here’s a recap of BTS’ songs at Nos. 1 through 9 on the latest Global 200 and their worldwide streaming and sales totals in the week ending March 26, following ARIRANG’s March 20 release, according to Luminate: The next-highest song in the Global 200 top 10: PinkPantheress’ “Stateside,” with Zara Larsson, a week after the collab hit No. 1. The top nine lines up identically on Global Excl. U.S., followed by four more ARIRANG songs at Nos. 10-13: “They Don’t Know ‘bout Us,” “One More Night,” “Please” and “Into the Sun,” respectively. In addition to upping its No. 1 totals, BTS nearly doubles its sums to 20 top 10s on the Global 200 and 21 on Global Excl. U.S., both the most among groups. Meanwhile, the highest entry not by BTS on Global Excl. U.S. is Dominic Fike’s “Babydoll” at No. 14, a week after reaching the top 10 at No. 7. The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States. Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-ros-midarticleX-uid1' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-articleX") .addSize(,]) .setLazyLoadMultiplier(2) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); The charts, dated April 4, 2026, will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, March 31. For both tallies, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram. Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox