RM Expresses ‘Luv and Gratitude’ as BTS Tops the Billboard 200 & Hot 100 Charts

ARMY aren’t the only ones celebrating BTS topping multiple Billboard charts with their newest album. RM took to Instagram Stories on Monday (March 30) to thank fans for helping the K-pop group reach No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts. “SWIM” is BTS’ seventh Hot 100 chart topper, and their first since 2021 — the year before they announced a hiatus.

Seven must be BTS’ lucky number right now: ARIRANG is also the seven-piece’s seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Released on March 20, ARIRANG is BTS’ comeback album after a four-year hiatus. The album debuted with 641,000 equivalent album units earned, marking the largest week for an album by a group since the chart began measuring by units in December 2014.

532,000 of these units were in pure sales, giving BTS the biggest sales week for an album by a group in more than a decade.⁠ With these new chart-toppers, BTS continues its lead as the group with the most No. 1s since it made the achievement in October 2020. The K-pop act...