The Korean boy band BTS
The Korean boy band BTS maintained the top spot on the US Billboard Singles Chart for the fourth consecutive week with “Butter”, the band’s second English-language single after “Dynamite”.
Billboard said on 21 June that “Butter” topped the “Hot 100” chart that week, a weekly US single ranking.
Thus, the “Butter” released by the band on 21 May, kept the lead for the fourth consecutive week. This marked the first time the band topped the Hot 100 chart for the fourth consecutive week. The band’s other single “Dynamite” has peaked at number one on the list three times.
The song topped the chart in its first two weeks, fell to number two in its third and fourth weeks, and rose to number one again in its fifth week.
The band reached number one on “Hot 100” nine times with “Dynamite” (3 times) and “Savage Love” (1 time), “Life Goes On” (1 time), and “Butter” (4 times).
Only 54 songs topped the Hot 100 chart immediately after release. Among them, 13 songs kept their fourth consecutive release, including “Butter”.
The band initially formed as teenagers under Big Heat Entertainment and released their debut album 2 Cool 4 Skool (2013).
The Korean band BTS’s reputation as a socially conscious band was helped by their later achievements as their first US Billboard 200 entry on The Most Beautiful, Moment In Life, Part 2 (2015), The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever (2016), and Wings (2016).
Wings became the first PTS album to receive one million copies sold in South Korea.
By 2017, they had crossed the BTS into the world music market, led the Korean wave to the United States, and broke several record sales, becoming the first Korean band to receive an RIAA.
Certification for their song “Mic Drop”.
They are considered to be the first Korean artist to occupy the Billboard 200 chart with their album Love Yourself:
Tear (2018) and have since topped the U.S. charts with their albums Love Yourself: Answer (2018), Map Of The Soul, Persona (2019), and Map Of the Soul: 7 (2020), making them the fastest group to reach the number one number in less than two years since the Beatles’ debut.
