Mar 29, 2026 12:46pm PT

BTS’ ‘Arirang’ Debuts at No. 1 on Albums Chart With Biggest Sales Week for a Group in Over a Decade

Steven J. Horowitz

Plus Icon

Steven J. Horowitz

Senior Music Writer

speriod

Latest

BTS’ ‘Arirang’ Debuts at No. 1 on Albums Chart With Biggest Sales Week for a Group in Over a Decade

5 hours ago

Charlie Puth on Baring It All With His Dynamic Fourth Album ‘Whatever’s Clever!’: ‘I Didn’t Want to Remove the Emotion’

2 days ago

Taylor Swift Takes Home Seven Awards at iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026, Extending Her Record for Most Wins

3 days ago

See All

Bighit Music/Netflix

BTS has earned its seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “Arirang,” scoring the biggest sales week for an album by a group in over a decade.

“Arirang” opens on the chart with 641,000 equivalent album units, 532,000 of which are pure album sales. It’s the biggest first week for an album by units since Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” bowed at No. 1 with over four million units last year.

BTS' 'Arirang' Debuts at No. 1 on Albums Chart With Biggest Sales Week for a Group in Over a Decade