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Chris Willman
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HYBE BTS‘ “Arirang” is at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the third frame in a row, with little competition coming along to usurp it in a slow week for new releases. Prior to this album, BTS had never spent more than one week at No. 1 the U.S. album rankings, so a high-water mark was already set for the K-pop group last week, with this third time at the top just extends the ARMY-pleasing streak.
“Arirang” scored 124,000 equivalent album units for the week ending April 9, as reported by Luminate and Billboard. That’s down just 34% from the previous week, when the album racked up 187,000 units. Two weeks ago, in its debut, BTS’ album earned 641,000. That was the highest debut this year, and the best opening figure since Taylor Swift released a new album last October.
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