BTS's 'Arirang' enters the UK Official Albums Top 100 for 25 consecutive weeks... 'SWIM' selected as Billboard Summer Song

BTS(BTS·RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, Jungkook) has entered the UK Official Albums Top 100 chart for 25 consecutive weeks with their 5th full-length album ’Arirang’ (ARIRANG). This week, it ranked 99th. ’Arirang’ maintained its position on the Official Albums Top 100 chart for the week of September 11-17 and also appeared on detailed charts such as the Official Physical Albums at 77th, Official Scottish Albums at 90th, and Official Album Sales at 79th. The album also ranked 2nd for four consecutive weeks on Spotify’s latest Weekly Top Albums Global chart. The tracking period was from the 4th to the 10th of last month, and since its release in March, ’Arirang’ has remained in the Top 3. The title track ″SWIM″ and the included song ″NORMAL″ ranked 11th and 80th respectively on Spotify’s Weekly Top Songs Global chart. Both songs rose by one and two positions compared to the previous week. Meanwhile, ″SWIM″ was selected as one of Billboard’s 2026 Global Songs of the Summer. Billboard ranked the chart based on streaming and sales data collected from over 200 regions worldwide from June 6 to September 12. ″SWIM″ ranked 2nd on the Global (excluding U.S.) chart and 6th on the Global 200 chart. During the tracking period, it held the number 1 spot eight times on the Global (excluding U.S.) chart and four times on the Global 200 chart.