K-pop superstars BTS' "SWIM" has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. "SWIM" becomes the band's seventh No. 1 and first since 2021.
"SWIM" is from ARIRANG, BTS' first studio album of new material since 2020. The album bowed atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, earning BTS their seventh No. 1.
"SWIM" drew 15.3 million official streams and 25.8 million radio airplay audience impressions and sold 154,000 (digital and physical singles combined) in the United States in the week ending March 26.
BTS first led the Billboard Hot 100 with "Dynamite" in September 2020.
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