BTS has monopolized the music world during the month of June. The group’s latest hit “Butter” has set a new record. The song is topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the fifth consecutive week. “Butter” racked up 12.4 million U.S. streams, 27.6 million radio airplay impressions and 128,400 downloads over the past week. As per Billboard, these stats are used to decide the Hot 100. BTS has set the world record for the longest stretch ever held for a No. 1 by a single group.
The last band to hold this record was Aerosmith with their 1998 hit song, ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’. The song featured in the Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis starrer ‘Armourgeddon’. As far as their music video is concerned, it surpassed 400 million views on YouTube. Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Doja Cat also retained their hold over the top spots for a long time.
The K-Pop band also equalled Ed Sheeran’s record. ‘Butter’ is now the first song since Sheeran’s 2017 hit ‘Shape of You’ to achieve over 100,000 sales in each of its first 5 weeks of release.
BTS is currently gearing up to drop their ‘Butter’ CD. Ahead of the big launch next month, the BTS boys have been sharing images. Last night the boys posted their mugshots, they are seen standing in line against a wall with different levels of heart rates. The concept of the shoot is derived from the band’s hit ‘Butter’ music video.
