BTS's fifth studio album "Arirang" (ARIRANG) extended its own record by charting for 22 consecutive weeks on the U.K. Official Charts.
BTS's fifth studio album "Arirang" ranked 68th on the Official Albums Top 100 (Aug. 21–27), marking its 22nd week on the chart. While the group continues to set a new personal record for longest chart run each week, among albums released this year Harry Styles' "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally." holds the longest run with 24 weeks, and "Arirang" is hot on its heels.
It also showed a steady presence on subcharts. It reached 32 on the Official Physical Albums chart, 30 on the Official Scottish Albums chart, 34 on the Official Album Sales chart and 95 on the Official Album Streaming chart.
On global streaming platform Spotify, it showed comeback momentum even five months after release. "Arirang" rose one spot from the previous week to rank No. 2 on the Weekly Top Albums Global chart (Aug. 14–20). It has remained in the top three for 22 weeks, maintaining steady popularity.
The title track "SWIM" also rebounded to No. 9, keeping within the top 10 for five months since release. Album track "NORMAL" rose after its Korean audio and music video were newly released on July 17 and charted at 61, marking five consecutive weeks on the chart.
In this way, "Arirang" has proven BTS's powerful global influence once again by sustaining long-term success on the U.K. Official Charts and Spotify global charts, rather than fading after initial buzz.
Meanwhile, BTS will continue its North American tour with "BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN Toronto" at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Canada, on Aug. 22–23 (local time).
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