Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. BTS scores a new No. 1 hit on a Billboard chart as “Anpanman” ...

BTS' "SWIM" tops the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. for a third week each. Two weeks ago, the song debuted as the South Korean superstars' record-extending eighth No. 1 on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BTS does even better on Global Excl. U.S., becoming the first act to monopolize the entire top 10 — and top 13 — thanks to ARIRANG ...

BTS performs at its comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on March 21, 2026. (Pool photo) (Yonhap) SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS is aiming for the top of major music ...

The global music streaming landscape faced a validation controversy on 17 May 2026 after a prominent digital platform admitted to publishing inaccurate daily performance data. Fans and industry ...

As BTS's Arirang earns another stay on the U.K.'s Official Albums chart — and climbs thanks to the band's tour — it becomes the group's second longest-charting release.

This week, no album can unseat last week's champion: BTS's Arirang, which holds on to the top spot thanks to another flood of sales. This week, Arirang's continued chart dominance seemed like less of ...

The milestone undoubtedly highlights the rookie group's rapid commercial growth just months after the album's release.

"Swim," the lead track of boy group BTS' latest studio album, topped the Top 100 main songs chart on Melon, a leading music streaming platform in South Korea, shortly after its release on Friday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Swim" rules the Global 200 with 106.3 million streams (down 3%) and 114,000 downloads sold (down 49%) worldwide March 27-April 2.