The group BTS made a record by occupying the top spot on the Billboard main chart ‘Hot 100’ for 7 weeks in a row with their English single ‘Butter’. With this, BTS entered the first place in the first week of the release of ‘Butter’ and maintained the top of the ‘Hot 100’ for 7 consecutive weeks. As for the group’s songs, they have maintained the top spot for the second longest time after Mariah Carey and Boys to Men’s ‘One Sweet Day’, which took the number one spot for 16 weeks in a row. The song that took the top spot on the ‘Hot 100’ for the longest period of time this year is Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Driver’s License’, which took the top spot for eight weeks in a row. According to Billboard, BTS’ ‘Butter’ recorded 108,800 downloads, 10.8 million streams, and 29.1 million radio listeners in the United States by July 8. The number of downloads fell 29% from the previous week, but it was a high figure that surpassed Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘good 4 u’, which took 2nd place, by more than 13 times. The number of radio broadcast listeners increased by 6% compared to the previous week, and the ‘Radio Songs’ chart ranking jumped two steps to 21st. On the official SNS, BTS said, “We sincerely thank ARMYs for always giving us infinite interest and love so that we can achieve 1st place for 7 weeks in a row. We sincerely thank you”.
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