SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) – South Korean K-pop superband BTS has topped Billboard’s top singles chart for the 10th week in a row, with “Butter” taking the top spot on the latest “Hot” chart. 100 “.
Billboard said Monday (US time), on its Twitter account, that “Butter” has been positioned at 1st. place on this week’s “Hot 100” list, for the ninth non-consecutive week.
The song had topped the singles chart for seven consecutive weeks, before giving way to the septet’s latest single, entitled “Permission to Dance,” and returned to the throne last week.
After taking first place for nine non-consecutive weeks, “Butter” is now the single to top the chart for the longest time in 2021, according to Billboard.
For its part, “Permission to Dance” came in at 9th place, after ranking 7th last week.
With the latest achievement, BTS has now topped Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart 15 times, including three times with “Dynamite”, once with “Life Goes On” and once with ” Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) “.
The group, which set the records in 10 months and two weeks, is the artist to top the chart five times in the fastest time in three decades since Michael Jackson, according to Billboard. Jackson was ranked 1st. place on the “Hot 100” list five times in just nine months and two weeks, from 1987 to 1988.
With nine weeks at No. 1, “Butter” also set a new milestone as the song to top the “Hot 100” chart for the longest time this year, breaking the eight-week streak of American debutant Olivia Rodrigo, with “Drivers License “, in the period January-March.
BTS thanked the fans for the new achievement on the list.
RM wrote, in Korean, on the Weverse fan community platform that he is indebted for the overly generous titles the group gets, adding that such titles are absolutely from the fans.
He added, in English, that all his fans are really very sweet.
Suga also posted a message, saying that he misses his worldwide fan group, known as Army, and wants to meet them soon at a concert.
“Butter,” a summery disco pop song released in late May, has gone from strength to strength since its release, sweeping online music charts and streaming platforms around the world, including iTunes and Spotify.
“Butter” remained at the top of the chart for the longest amount of time for a group song, since the 1995 song “One Sweet Day” by American pop singers Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. it topped the list for 16 weeks.
The septet also became the first Asian artist to remain at No. 1 on Billboard’s top singles chart for more than four consecutive weeks. Previously, the Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto enjoyed the title, with his song “Sukiyaki”, in 1963.
Meanwhile, “Permission to Dance,” released on July 9, is the group’s second collaboration with British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. The subject was included in the physical album of “Butter”, along with the instrumental versions for both songs.
“Permission to Dance” caused a sensation immediately upon its release, reaching No. 2 on Spotify and No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 92 countries and regions. The song recently debuted at 16th place on the “Top 100” singles chart of the UK Official Charts music chart.
BTS released an R&B remix of the summer song in July, which the group’s agency Big Hit Music described as a 1990s-style music track. The remake is a gesture of gratitude to fans around the world who helped BTS reach the top spot on the Billboard main chart with five songs, the agency said.
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