BTS’s record-busting comeback album ARIRANG, and its lead single “Swim,” create a mighty splash on YouTube weekly charts.
The K-pop superstars crash the streaming giant’s Global Top Songs chart with 11 titles impacting the top 100, including the No. 1 with “Swim,” which racked up more than 83 million global views.
The single also leads the way on the U.S. Top Songs tally for the week ending March 31, one of five BTS numbers. ARMY in the United States watched “Swim” more than 6.2 million times during the cycle, almost two million more views than the next-best, “Golden” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, the first K-pop recording to win the best original song Oscar.
It’s not just the new ARIRANG cuts that are making an impact on YouTube’s charts. BTS’ 2020 hit “Dynamite” detonates on the Global chart at No. 81, well ahead of the group’s fresh tune “Please” at No. 90.
As previously reported, BTS is smashing charts around the globe right now. Led by “Swim,” BTS opens at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, their seventh leader, and dominates the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts as the reunited South Korean septet’s record-extending eighth No. 1 on each ranking.
The group claims the top nine spots on the Global 200, tying Taylor Swift for both the most top 10s in a single week and the most titles from No. 1 on down.
Meanwhile, ARIRANG, BTS’ first studio album of new material since 2020, fired to No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 albums chart, for their seventh leader. The collection also leads the Official U.K. Albums Chart, and the ARIA Albums Chart.
Following its releases on Friday, March 20, Spotify announced that ARIRANG had become the platform’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2026 so far, and established a new record as the most-streamed K-pop album in Spotify history.
YouTube no longer supplies streaming data to Billboard’s charts, including the U.S. and global charts, with effect from Jan. 16 (for the charts dated Jan. 31).
