The group BTS topped the Billboard 200 with their fifth studio album 'Arirang' (ARIRANG).
Billboard in the United States said in a chart preview article on the 30th that 'Arirang' surpassed Luke Combs' 'The Way I Am' and Morgan Wallen's 'I'm The Problem' to reach No. 1 on the main album chart, the 'Billboard 200'.
This is the seventh time BTS has reached No. 1 on the 'Billboard 200' with 'Arirang'.
BTS first reached No. 1 on the 'Billboard 200' in K-pop history in 2018 with 'Love Yourself 轉 Tear' (LOVE YOURSELF 轉 Tear). After that, 'Love Yourself 結 Answer' (LOVE YOURSELF 結 ANSWER·2018), 'Map of the Soul: Persona' (MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA·2019), 'Map of the Soul: 7' (MAP OF THE SOUL : 7·2020), 'Be' (BE·2020), and 'Proof' (Proof·2022) all reached the top of the chart.
The fifth album 'Arirang' followed topping the U.K. Official Albums Chart 'top 100' by also recording No. 1 on the U.S. 'Billboard 200'.
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