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BTS stays on top 100 album, singles charts in Britain for 5th week

Members of boy band BTS pose for a photograph during their performance titled, ″BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang,″ in central Seoul on March 21. [NETFLIX/BIGHIT MUSIC]


BTS remained in the top 100 on both the British album and singles charts for the fifth consecutive week with its latest full-length release, “Arirang.”

“Swim,” the lead track from the album, dropped nine spots from the previous week to land on No. 34 on Britain’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. “Arirang,” released on March 20, ranked No. 13 on the Official Albums Chart Top 100.


Katseye’s latest single “Pinky Up” fell to No. 24 on the singles chart after debuting at 14th place the previous week. The girl group’s “Touch” (2024) ranked No. 88.

“Golden” (2025), the standout track from Netflix’s animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” (2025), remained on the singles chart for the 44th consecutive week, landing at No. 36.

BTS's “Arirang” also topped Spotify’s Weekly Top Albums Global chart for the fifth consecutive week in the week of April 17 to 23. On the Weekly Top Songs Global, “Swim” ranked No. 3, while all 14 tracks from the album stayed on the chart for a fifth week.

BY SHIN HA-NEE [shin.hanee@joongang.co.kr]