BTS Tops US Billboard 'Hot 100' for 10 Consecutive Weeks

Group Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS).

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dong-hyun] The group BTS has held the No. 1 spot on the US Billboard main singles chart, the 'Hot 100,' for 10 consecutive weeks.

On the 2nd (local time), Billboard officially announced on its website that BTS's digital single "Butter" claimed its ninth No. 1 on the latest chart (dated August 7). With this, "Butter" surpassed Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License," which held the No. 1 spot for eight weeks from January to March, becoming the song with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart this year.

BTS debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart dated June 5 with "Butter." After maintaining the top position for seven consecutive weeks, they passed the baton to their new song "Permission to Dance" on the chart dated July 24. Last week (chart dated July 31), "Butter" reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100, and it has continued to hold the top position on the latest chart.

By holding the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 chart for 10 weeks with two songs, BTS has proven their immense popularity and solid influence in the US. In particular, "Butter" also reached No. 1 for the ninth time on the Digital Song Sales chart.

According to MRC data cited by Billboard, as of the weekly tally ending on the 29th of last month, "Butter" recorded 112,900 downloads and 8.1 million streams in the US. The number of radio listeners was counted at 30.5 million.

Since BTS first topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "Dynamite" (3 times) last year, they have reached No. 1 a total of 15 times on the Hot 100, including the remix version of "Savage Love" featuring them (1 time), the title track "Life Goes On" from the album "BE" (1 time), "Butter" (9 times), and "Permission to Dance" (1 time).

Writing new history on Billboard, BTS has placed five songs at No. 1 on the Hot 100 within 10 months and 2 weeks. This is the shortest period since Michael Jackson (9 months and 2 weeks) in 1987-1988. As a group, BTS is the only one in Billboard's 62-year history to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 ("hot shot debut") and maintain the top spot for more than seven weeks, then pass the No. 1 position to another of their own songs.

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