Led by “Swim,” BTS storms the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. The US charts as the song debuts as a South Korean joint record which also adds to the eighth number on each chart.
“Swim” leads to a historical journey from ARRIANGBTS’ first studio album of new material from 2020, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States. The group claims nine top spots on the Global 200, tying Taylor Swift for the most top 10s in a single week and multiple titles from No. 1 down, after songs from him. Department of Nursing Needed identified as No. 1-9 on May 4, 2024, chart.
BTS performs even better in Global Excl. In the US, being the first act to dominate the entire top 10 – and top 13 – due to ARRIANG songs. Swift scored nine of the top 10 hits when she was on The Life of a Show made its chart debut (Oct. 18, 2025), while Bad Bunny was the only act before this week to hold the top three simultaneously, for two weeks this February.
Here’s a rundown of BTS’ songs at No. 1 through 9 on the latest Global 200 and their total worldwide sales and sales for the week ending March 26, according to ARRIANGReleased on March 20, according to Luminate:
- No. 1, “Swim,” 108.8 million / 221,000 official streams sold
- No. 2, “Body to Body,” 65 million / 35,000 streams sold
- No. 3, “Hooligan,” 50.2 million / 21,000 streams sold
- No. 4, “FYA,” 48.2 million / 20,000 streams sold
- No. 5, “Normal,” 45.8 million / 21,000 streams sold
- No. 6, “Aliens,” 44.2 million / 19,000 streams sold
- No. 7, “Like Animals,” 43.3 million / 20,000 streams sold
- No. 8, “2.0,” 42.8 million / 18,000 streams sold
- No. 9, “Merry Go Round,” 40.7 million / 17,000 streams sold
The next highest song in the Global 200 top 10: PinkPanthers’ “Stateside,” featuring Zara Larsson, a week after the collaboration reached No. 1.
The top nine lines grow equally in Global Excl. In the US, it was followed by four more ARRIANG songs at No. 10-13: “They Don’t Know About Us,” “One More Night,” “Please” and “Into the Sun,” respectively.
Besides raising its No. 1, BTS almost doubles its number to 20 top 10s in Global 200 and 21 in Global Excl. In the US, the second highest among groups.
Meanwhile, the highest entry not by BTS in Global Excl. In the US, “Babydoll” by Dominic Fike is at No. 14, a week after reaching the top 10 at No. 7.
Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. The US charts, launched in September 2020, rank songs based on sales performance and sales from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. Global 200 includes global data and Global Excl. The US chart includes data for regions outside the United States.
Charts are based on a weighted model that includes official streams in both registered and ad-supported music and video services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflects purchases from fully operational digital music retailers worldwide, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) websites included. in chart numbers.
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