BTS’ ‘Arirang’ Debuts at No. 1 on Albums Chart With Biggest Sales Week for a Group in Over a Decade

By Steven J. Horowitz

Steven J. Horowitz

Senior Music Writer

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BTS has earned its seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “Arirang,” scoring the biggest sales week for an album by a group in over a decade.

“Arirang” opens on the chart with 641,000 equivalent album units, 532,000 of which are pure album sales. It’s the biggest first week for an album by units since Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” bowed at No. 1 with over four million units last year.

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