BTS' 'ARIRANG' returns to top 10 on Billboard 200
K-pop group BTS / Courtesy of BigHit Music "ARIRANG," the fifth studio album of K-pop megaband BTS, has returned to the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard's main albums chart.The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart.Elsewhere on the chart, American singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams clinched her first No.
- ▪K-pop group BTS / Courtesy of BigHit Music "ARIRANG," the fifth studio album of K-pop megaband BTS, has returned to the top 10 of the U.S.
- ▪Billboard's main albums chart.The album reached No.
- ▪1 on the Billboard chart.Elsewhere on the chart, American singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams clinched her first No.
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- ▪ BTS' 'Arirang' returns to top 10 on Billboard 200 — Yonhap News Agency
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K-pop group BTS / Courtesy of BigHit Music "ARIRANG," the fifth studio album of K-pop megaband BTS, has returned to the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard's main albums chart.The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard 200 in the latest tracking period, up from 26th in the previous week, according to a chart preview by Billboard on Sunday (U.S. time).The on-week climb was attributed to an increase in album sales following the group's release of a special vinyl edition of "ARIRANG," which includes two bonus tracks: "Voice Message: Love Song" and "Normal."The Billboard also cited BTS' recent co-headlining of the first-ever halftime show at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, where the group performed its 2020 megahit "Dynamite."Released in March, "ARIRANG" became the first album by a K-pop act to spend…
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