BTS Scores New No. 1s On Multiple Charts With A Months-Old Song

BTS returns the way "Normal," now a azygous from the band's medium Arirang, to aggregate charts successful the U.K. The trim reappears astatine No. 1 connected respective income rankings. A female poses for a photograph successful beforehand of a motortruck promoting the comeback performance of K-pop boy group BTS successful Seoul connected March 19, 2026. BTS, the world's biggest boy band, reunites connected shape connected March 21, successful a K-pop extravaganza watched by hundreds of thousands of fans successful downtown Seoul and by millions astir the satellite online. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images)

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A small much than 4 months ago, BTS yet returned pursuing a years-long hiatus. The group spent months building anticipation for Arirang, though the K-pop boy set did not merchandise immoderate euphony from the task – not moreover 1 opus – earlier the medium became disposable successful full.

For overmuch of its promotional campaign, Arirang has been buoyed by lead azygous “Swim.” More recently, BTS selected “Normal” arsenic the 2nd charismatic trim from the full-length. The way was formally pushed arsenic a azygous successful mid-July and received its ain euphony video.

Fittingly, ARMY — the postulation of BTS fans astir the world — has turned it into a deed each complete again and a bestseller successful the United Kingdom. “Normal” returns to aggregate rosters successful that federation this week, reaching caller peaks everyplace it appears and bringing the Grammy-nominated troupe backmost to the acme connected respective lists.

BTS Returns to No. 1 connected the U.K. Sales Chart

“Normal” reenters the Official Singles Sales chart astatine No. 1, meaning it is presently the bestselling way successful the U.K. astatine the infinitesimal crossed integer and beingness formats. The opus primitively debuted astatine No. 35 successful early April earlier disappearing. This framework marks only the 2nd clip it’s landed connected the competitory roster.

“Normal” gives BTS its eighteenth apical 10 deed and seventh No. 1 connected the list.

Here are each of BTS’s No. 1 hits connected the Official Singles Sales chart.

• “Butter”
• “Dynamite”
• “Life Goes On”
• “My Universe” pinch Coldplay
• “Normal”
• “On”
• “Swim”

BTS Also Leads the U.K. Downloads Chart

The aforesaid smash returns astatine No. 1 connected the Official Singles Downloads chart. It is communal for 1 title to lead some of the U.K.’s purchase-focused songs rankings – though not needfully ever the lawsuit – particularly erstwhile an particularly motivated instrumentality guidelines supports a peculiar song.

“Normal” has besides spent only 2 weeks connected the database of the most-downloaded tracks successful the country. It debuted successful a somewhat loftier position connected the roster than connected the broader income tally, arsenic it opened astatine No. 33 backmost successful April.

BTS has racked up 8 No. 1s and 19 full apical 10s connected the Official Singles Downloads tally passim the years.

Here are each of BTS’s No. 1 hits connected the Official Singles Downloads chart.

• “Butter”
• “Come Over”
• “Dynamite”
• “Life Goes On”
• “My Universe” pinch Coldplay
• “Normal”
• “On”
• “Swim”

BTS Reaches the Main Songs Tally’s Top 40 With “Normal”

Thanks to a monolithic summation successful sales, “Normal” besides finds its measurement backmost to the Official Singles chart. The U.K.’s main songs ranking incorporates some purchases and streams, and the tune’s resurgence crossed the sales-focused lists helps it return astatine No. 36.

That position marks a caller precocious for “Normal” and brings it into the apical 40 for the first time. The opus debuted astatine No. 74 successful April, 1 week aft it first appeared connected some the Official Singles Sales and Official Singles Downloads charts, and past quickly disappeared.

BTS Scores a Third Top 40 Win From Arirang

“Normal” is the 3rd opus from Arirang to scope the apical 40 connected the Official Singles chart. “Swim” remains the album’s highest-charting way by a wide margin. The lead azygous peaked astatine No. 2, astir giving BTS its first champion connected the country’s main songs ranking. As it arrived, the trim brought the set to a caller profession high, arsenic some “Dynamite” and “Butter” antecedently stalled astatine No. 3.

Fan favourite “Body to Body” besides reached the apical 40 for a short time. That way surged to No. 28.

BTS’s Arirang Declines connected Four Charts

Somewhat surprisingly, moreover arsenic “Normal” becomes a bigger deed than ever, Arirang loses crushed connected each albums ranking connected which it appears this week. The full-length lives connected 4 U.K. charts and declines connected each of them. It remains wrong the apical 40 connected half of those registers – the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts.

BTS’s “Swim” Remains a Strong Seller arsenic Well

“Swim” besides continues to execute good successful the U.K. The Arirang lead smash climbs 10 spaces from No. 62 to No. 52 connected the Official Physical Singles chart. The way antecedently reached No. 1 connected the format-specific ranking.