BTS's 'ARIRANG' debuts atop Billboard 200 with 641,000 units
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BTS is back and breaking records with their new album, ARIRANG, which just landed at number one on the Billboard 200.
This is their seventh US chart-topper and comes after nearly four years, with a massive 641,000 equivalent album units in the first week.
'ARIRANG' sets 1st-week record since 2014
ARIRANG scored 532,000 pure album sales and racked up 99.10 million on-demand official streams, with 95,000 streaming-equivalent album units attributed to Southeast Asia.
The album also set a new record for first-week sales by any group since 2014, thanks to huge demand for physical copies (including an impressive 208,000 vinyl records).
Their comeback was boosted by a Netflix special and live appearances ahead of their world tour.