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It's BTS' first number one single since 2021.
Stephen Thompson, NPR News.
BTS recently returned after a hiatus of nearly four years.
In that time, the boy band's members released solo projects and completed mandatory military service in South Korea.
Four Years is a long break for any K-pop group, but BTS picks up where it left off on this week's Billboard charts.
The group's new album Arirang debuts at number one, thanks in part to sales of more than 500,000 copies.
Ari Rung's first single, Swim, also debuts atop the Billboard Hot 100.
It's BTS' first number one single since 2021.
At the top of this week's Billboard Albums chart, at number one, the new album by rapper J. Cole.
The fall-off is his seventh record, and his seventh to top the albums chart.
At number two, Bad Bunny, whose album DebΓ Tirar MΓ‘s Fotos is doing colossal business in the aftermath of his Super Bowl halftime show.
Bad Bunny's success really shows up on the Hot 100 singles chart, where he's got four songs in the top ten, led by DTMF at number one.
At the top of this week's Billboard albums chart, at number one, the new album by rapper J. Cole.
The fall-off is his seventh record and his seventh to top the albums chart.
Fell off and fell on my face, but I knew I'd find a way.
At number two, Bad Bunny, whose album DebΓ Tirar MΓ‘s Fotos, is doing colossal business in the aftermath of his Super Bowl halftime show.
Bad Bunny's success really shows up on the Hot 100 singles chart, where he's got four songs in the top ten, led by DTMF at number one.