BTS Conquers Japan's Oricon Chart with 'Butter'

Oricon All-Time Record for First Week Playback Count

Group BTS.

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The group BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan) has made a strong impact on the Japanese Oricon charts with their new song "Butter."

According to Big Hit Music on the 26th, BTS took first place on both the latest Oricon charts (May 17?23) for the "Weekly Digital Single Ranking" and the "Weekly Streaming Ranking" with their digital single "Butter," released on the 21st.

"Butter" secured the top spot on the "Weekly Digital Single Ranking" with just three days of downloads (52,821) starting from the 21st. This marks their second overall number one following the pre-release of "Film out" on the 2nd of last month. "Film out" is the title track of their upcoming Japanese best album "BTS, THE BEST," scheduled for release next month.

"Butter" also maintained first place on the "Daily Digital Single Ranking" for three consecutive days from its release day.

Additionally, "Butter" recorded 16,607,136 streams in just three days including the release date, topping the "Weekly Streaming Ranking" in its first week. The 16.6 million streams set a new Oricon record for the highest number of streams in the first week of a song's release.

BTS previously topped the "Weekly Streaming Ranking" with "Dynamite" on September 7 last year and "Film out" on the 19th of last month, achieving the remarkable feat of three consecutive songs surpassing 10 million weekly streams. Considering both consecutive and non-consecutive counts, BTS is the only artist in Oricon history to have more than three songs exceed 10 million weekly streams.

BTS's summer song "Butter" is gaining tremendous popularity worldwide. On Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, it achieved a total of 20.9 million global streams on its first day, setting a new record for the highest number of daily global streams in Spotify history.

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