BTS’ ‘Swim’ soars to No. 1 on domestic music chart

“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.

“Swim,” which was unveiled at 1 p.m., debuted straight at No. 1 on the Top 100 chart an hour later.

In 2022, the group made history as the first act to reach No. 1 on the chart within an hour of release with “Yet to Come,” following the chart’s launch in 2021.

As of 2 p.m., all 14 tracks from the new album had entered the chart, including “Body to Body” at No. 3, “Hooligan” at No. 6, “Aliens” at No. 9, and “Fya” at No. 11.

The album “Arirang” also sold over 1.11 million physical copies as of 3 p.m. on Hanteo Chart, a leading local album sales tracker. The record surpassed 4 million preorders in January.