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BTS land all but one track on Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Swim’ starting on top
This file picture shows K-pop group BTS perform during ‘BTS The Comeback Live Arirang’ concert in central Seoul, South Korea, March 21, 2026. — Reuters pic

NEW YORK, April 2 — BTS has landed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, with “Swim” debuting at No. 1 on the chart dated April 4.

Seven of the new entries sit in the top 50, with “Body To Body” (No. 25), “Hooligan” (No. 35), “FYA” (No. 36), “Normal” (No. 41), “Aliens” (No. 47) and “2.0” (No. 50) joining the title track in the chart’s upper half.

In total, 13 of the 14 tracks from the group’s fifth studio album Arirang made the main songs ranking, with only the interlude “No. 29” — built around the toll of King Seongdeok’s bell, a registered Korean national treasure — missing out.

The latest haul lifts BTS’ career tally on the Hot 100 to 39 songs, nine years after “DNA” first sent the group onto the chart.

BTS is also extending the album’s reach visually.

Yesterday, the group posted a teaser for the music video of “2.0,” a B‑side from Arirang, showing a dim hallway packed with men falling silent as an elevator dings and opens to reveal RM stepping out in long hair and aviator sunglasses, a pointed nod to Park Chan‑wook’s cult film Oldboy.

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