BTS keeps Arirang at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart for a third consecutive week, tying the band's previously-set run. Be also led the way for three frames. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: (L-R) J-Hope, SUGA, Jungkook, Jimin, RM, V, and Jin of the K-pop boy band BTS visit the "Today" Show at Rockefeller Plaza on February 21, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
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When BTS first began regularly reaching the No. 1 spot on some of Billboard’s most competitive albums charts, such as the Billboard 200 and the Top Album Sales list, the South Korean septet made history. With each additional champion, the group continued to further distance itself when compared to all other K-pop acts.
More than half a decade after BTS first conquered a number of rankings, the outfit is no longer the only musical act from the Asian nation to land a No. 1 album in America, nor the only one to score multiple leaders. What sets BTS apart when it comes to EPs and full-lengths on the charts is how long the septet’s projects hold in first place.
BTS recently returned with Arirang, its first studio LP in several years and one of the most highly-anticipated releases of 2026. Three weeks into its time on a number of Billboard rankings, Arirang is in charge once more, and this time around, the boy band even manages to tie its own greatest run at the summit.
Arirang is steady at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart, once again ranking as the bestselling release in the United States. The title sold another 71,000 copies between CDs, vinyl, and digital downloads. While that figure is down more than 30% from the period prior (according to Billboard), that still turned out to be a large enough number to keep Arirang at No. 1 for a third consecutive frame.
Arirang is now the second project by BTS to rule the Top Album Sales chart for three weeks. The band’s latest ties with Be, which had solely held the honor of being the longest-running No. 1 from the group for more than half a decade. Be launched in first place in December 2020 and beat several other fan favorites with a third frame ruling.
BTS claims an incredible seven No. 1s on the Top Album Sales chart. That’s more than many of the most successful pop singers, rappers, country stars, and rock bands in the business, and it is also one of the greatest accumulations among K-pop acts. Three of those sets – Love Yourself: Tear, Love Yourself: Answer, and Map of the Soul: 7 – only held on for one stint. Map of the Soul: Persona and Proof doubled down and lived at No. 1 for two weeks during their runs.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 07: MONSTA X visits SiriusXM Studios on April 07, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)2
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This week, one K-pop boy band blocks another from No. 1 on the Top Album Sales roster. As Arirang refuses to move, Monsta X is denied a leader. That South Korean troupe’s latest, Unfold, arrives at No. 2.
Last frame, BTS blocked alternative singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez from debuting her new set, Hades, at No. 1. When Arirang launched, Luke Combs started his new effort The Way I Am at No. 2.
Arirang currently appears on four Billboard charts, and it rules three of them. The title is stationary at the summit on both the Top Album Sales list and the Billboard 200, and it has not moved from the throne since debuting in that spot. Arirang returns to No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart, vaulting from No. 3 to the peak. At the same time, it declines one peg to No. 4 on the Top Streaming Albums ranking.
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