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BTS album ARIRANG climbs to 41st on Billboard chart

BTS's album ARIRANG has reached 41st on the Billboard 200 chart six months after its release, as the group continues their global world tour.

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South Korean boy band BTS has seen their studio album ARIRANG climb to number 41 on the United States Billboard 200 chart, according to reports from Chosun Ilbo, Star News, Howl.link, and Chosunbiz on October 20, 2026. The album climbed back up the chart six months after its initial release. [1][2][3][6]

Chosun Ilbo reported that the album originally debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and has remained on the chart for 30 weeks. Howl.link added that the band's accompanying world tour has maintained the top spot in global concert rankings for seven weeks. Additionally, TicketNews reported that BTS has added a third Melbourne date to their ARIRANG World Tour. [1][3][4]

ARIRANG is the sixth Korean-language and tenth overall studio album by BTS, released on March 20, 2026, through BigHit Music. The record is the group's first release following a hiatus during which all members completed their mandatory military service. It serves as their first studio album in nearly six years, following the release of Be in 2020. [8]

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In short

  • BTS's album ARIRANG climbed to number 41 on the Billboard 200 chart six months after its release.
  • The album debuted at number one and has spent 30 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
  • ARIRANG was released on March 20, 2026, by BigHit Music as the group's first studio album in six years.
  • BTS added a third Melbourne date to their ongoing ARIRANG World Tour.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]BTS's 'ARIRANG' Reaches 41st on Billboard 200 Six Months After Release조선일보, 3h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]BTS 'Arirang' Rises in U.S. 'Billboard 200' Rankings스타뉴스, 4h ago
  3. [3]BTS' ARIRANG climbs Billboard 200 as world tour stays No. 1 for 7 weeks | KStarTrendHowl.link, 3h ago
  4. [4]BTS Add Third Melbourne Date to ARIRANG World TourTicketNews, 7h ago
  5. [5]REPUBLIC Rules the Billboard 200 Top 10 With 8 Albums, Led by Taylor SwiftBillboard, 1d ago
  6. [6]BTS album Arirang climbs Billboard 200 to No. 41 six months after release - CHOSUNBIZChosunbiz, 3h ago

Background

  1. [7]James Autry on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Arirang (album) on Wikipedia
  3. [9]Frank Rogers (music producer) on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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