BTS’ ARIRANG, the South Korean group’s return album after their nearly four-year hiatus, ended up at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 11) for a second consecutive week, marking the group’s seventh No. 1 on the chart and its longest-running ever. It wasn’t the only record set. The LP’s lead focus track, “Swim,” also launched at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making BTS the first group to debut an album and song atop the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously multiple times (the group achieved the feat in 2020 with Be and “Life Goes On”).
In fact, all 13 tracks on ARIRANG…
