BTS' 'Arirang' sells record 4.17 million copies in debut week

K-pop megastars BTS' latest album, "Arirang," sold about 4.17 million copies in its first week, data from music sales tracker Hanteo Chart showed Friday. Released last Friday, the album broke the group's own record for first-week sales, exceeding its previous mark of 3.37 million copies set by "Map of the Soul: 7" in 2020. In the K-pop industry, first-week sales are considered an important measure of an artist's popularity and fandom size. "Arirang" sold 1 million copies within about 10 minutes of its release and 3.98 million on the first day alone, the highest first-day sales of any album released in 2026, according to the group's agency BigHit Music. On Apple Music, "Arirang" has topped album charts in 115 countries and regions around the world. The album also recorded the highest first-day streaming numbers of any BTS release, making the group the most-streamed artist on Apple Music last Friday. The lead track "Swim" has stayed at No. 1 on Spotify's Daily Top Songs Global chart for six consecutive days, from March 20 to 25. In Japan, "Arirang" debuted atop Oricon's weekly combined album

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