BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ Tops Billboard 200 for Third Consecutive Week

BTS’ album “ARIRANG” has achieved a significant milestone by holding the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 for the third consecutive week. This achievement is documented in the chart dated April 18, following the week ending April 9. During this week, “ARIRANG” garnered a total of 124,000 equivalent album units in the United States, despite experiencing a 34% decrease in sales.

BTS’ “ARIRANG” and Chart History

“ARIRANG” debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart on April 4. This makes it the first album by a group to secure three consecutive weeks at No. 1 since Mumford & Sons’ “Babel,” which accomplished this feat in 2012-2013. Notably, “Babel” had five nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart, and it also marked the last album by a group to achieve three weeks at No. 1 upon its debut.

Interestingly, “ARIRANG” is compared to Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl,” which previously spent seven weeks at No. 1. “ARIRANG” is also the first album since then to capture the top spot for its initial three weeks on the chart.

Current Billboard 200 Rankings

The latest week on the Billboard 200 saw minimal changes within the top ten, with no new entries for the first time in three months. Here are the highlights:

• BTS – ARIRANG: 124,000 equivalent album units
• Morgan Wallen – I’m the Problem: 80,000 (up 5%)
• Ye – BULLY: 69,000 (down 54%)
• Don Toliver – OCTANE: 57,000 (up 7%)
• Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving: 50,000 (down 7%)
• Luke Combs – The Way I Am: 46,000 (down 16%)
• Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS: 45,000 (down 9%)
• Wallen – One Thing at a Time: 39,000 (up 1%)
• Harry Styles – Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally: 37,000 (down 22%)
• Bruno Mars – The Romantic: nearly 37,000 (down 7%)

Sales Breakdown

In the latest tracking week, “ARIRANG” displayed the following sales composition:

• Album Sales: 71,000 (down 34%) – Ranked No. 1 on Top Album Sales
• Streaming Equivalent Album (SEA) Units: 50,000 (down 24%) – Approximately 52.44 million on-demand streams
• Track Equivalent Album (TEA) Units: 3,000 (down 65%)

Luminate, the organization providing data for the Billboard charts, conducts rigorous checks and validation of the data used in the weekly rankings. Any suspicious or unverifiable data is excluded before the final results are published.