BTS and TXT Simultaneously Dominate Music Charts in the United States and Japan
BTS and TXT are making great global successes with their latest releases!
On music charts, Big Hit Music's boy groups have been claiming the top spots together, particularly on Billboard and Oricon.
BTS and TXT Grab High Ranks on Billboard Charts
On June 15 local time, Billboard unveiled the charts for the week ending on June 19. BTS and TXT proved their popularity in the United States and worldwide as their new releases secured high ranks on the main charts.
BTS's "Butter" took the No. 1 place on Billboard Hot 100, marking the song's third week on the chart. The digital single becomes the group's first song to spend three consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100.
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BTS's 2020 hit "Dynamite" scored the first position on Billboard Hot 100 for three non-consecutive weeks. This means "Butter" has tied with "Dynamite" as the longest-charting song by a Korean act at No. 1 on the said chart.
Billboard stated that BTS's "Butter" accumulated 15.4 million streams and 138,400 downloads in the US in the week ending on June 10. The single also had 24.6 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending on June 13.
"Butter" also grabbed first place on Billboard Global Exc. U.S for the third time and landed on the second spot on the Global 200 chart.
Meanwhile, BTS's junior boy group TXT is dominating several album charts with their new release "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE."
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TOMORROW X TOGETHER ranked first not only on Billboard World Albums Chart but also on the Top Album Sales and Top Current Album Sales.
Moreover, TXT's "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE" peaked at No. 5 on Billboard 200, another main chart in the United States.
BTS and TXT Enter Oricon Charts Simultaneously
BTS and TXT also didn't fail to take the top spots on Japan's largest music site Oricon Chart. On June 16, Oricon released the rankings for the week of June 7 to 13 (dated June 21).
BTS's "Butter" sits at No. 1 on the Weekly Streaming Chart with a total of 13,664,924 streams. Over on the Weekly Digital Single, the song took the No. 3 position with 12,502 downloads.
In addition to "Butter," BTS's new Japanese album "BTS, THE BEST" has debuted atop the Oricon Daily Album Chart on June 16.
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"BTS, THE BEST" sold 571,589 copies, setting a new record for not only the 2021 highest first-day sales but also the 2021 highest first-week sales.
The previous highest album sales in the first week achieved this 2021 was SixTONES's "1st" with 467,000 copies in January.
Additionally BTS surpassed their initial first-week sales record attained by their Japanese album "MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~THE JOURNEY~ with 564,000 copies sold in July 2020.
As for TXT, their new album "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE" took first place on the Weekly Album Ranking with 76,806 estimated sales. It also claimed the top spot on the Weekly Total Album with 78,321 sales points.
Congratulations to BTS and TXT on their global success with their new releases!
Watch the music video for BTS's "Butter" and TXT's "0X1=LOVESONG" below to celebrate!
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
