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BTS' 'Swim' Ties Own Record With Eighth Week at No. 1 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S., but Holds at No. 44 on Hot 100
The track from the album Arirang matches the group's prior mark set by 'Dynamite' and blocks Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' from the top spot.
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BTS's song "Swim" remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. S. " "Swim" is the lead single from BTS's comeback album Arirang. U.S. chart and has left the top position only twice.
U.S. chart in September 2020. BTS now holds eight No. 1 songs on that ranking, twice the total achieved by Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, and Blackpink. Only three BTS songs have spent more than one week at No.
U.S. chart. "Butter" spent five weeks in the top spot, while both "Dynamite" and "Swim" have each reached eight weeks. The full list of BTS's No.
U.S. " Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" held at No. U.S. chart. Its position follows the release of the biopic Michael. U.S. Consumption, "Swim" rose from No. 10 to No. 4. The track has spent four weeks at No. " BTS also holds eight No. 1 songs on the Billboard Global 200 chart. Most of those tracks spent only a single week at the top position.
"Swim" is currently at No. 25 on the Radio Songs chart, No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 13 on the Pop Airplay chart, No. 17 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and No. 18 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart.
Last week a surge of Drake tracks pushed "Swim" and other songs down on multiple Billboard charts. BTS members Jimin, Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, V, Jin, and SUGA visited the "Today" Show at Rockefeller Plaza on February 21, 2020.
U.S. chart was introduced a little more than half a decade before June 2026.
