milestone
ARIRANG Leads Billboard 200 for Second Week — First K-pop Album to Do So
Billboard confirms ARIRANG held #1 on the Billboard 200 (chart dated April 11) for a second consecutive week, earning 187,000 equivalent album units (week ending April 2) — 114,000 pure sales, 65,000 SEA, 8,000 TEA. This makes ARIRANG the first K-pop album in history to spend two consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, surpassing all prior BTS titles which each peaked for a single week. Kanye West's 'Bully' debuted at #2.
Sources
- T2 Billboard Major western
- T2 UPI Major western
- T2 Variety Major western