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'SWIM' Ties 'Butter' for BTS's Longest-Ever Hot 100 Run at 20 Weeks

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August 12, 2026 — 'SWIM' logs its 20th week on the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 91, chart dated Aug 15), tying 'Butter' (2021) for BTS's longest-charting Hot 100 song ever. The single also holds No. 4 on Billboard Global (Excl. US) and No. 12 on the Billboard Global 200. Parent album 'ARIRANG' marks its own 20th consecutive week on the Billboard 200, currently at No. 14 — a record run for a K-pop album.

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'SWIM' ties 'Butter' for BTS's longest-ever Hot 100 run, at 20 consecutive weeks.
'SWIM' ties 'Butter' for BTS's longest-ever Hot 100 run, at 20 consecutive weeks. — The Korea Herald

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