{"id":110128,"date":"2026-06-26T15:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bts-tops-japans-oricon-chart-with-arirang-album\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:15:32","slug":"bts-tops-japans-oricon-chart-with-arirang-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bts-tops-japans-oricon-chart-with-arirang-album\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS tops Japan\u2019s Oricon chart with \u201cARIRANG\u201d album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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K-pop supergroup BTS has secured two top positions on Japan\u2019s Oricon music chart in the first half of the year with its fifth studio album \u201cARIRANG,\u201d according to data released on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The album ranked No. 1 on both the physical album chart, which tracks physical sales, and the combined album chart, which includes physical sales, digital downloads, and streaming performance, covering the period from December 8 to June 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cARIRANG\u201d also placed No. 3 on the digital album chart during the same timeframe.<\/p>\n

Read More: BTS expands \u2018ARIRANG\u2019 world tour to 88 shows with new dates added<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The album has received strong international recognition, being listed among the best releases of the year\u2019s first half by major global publications, including U.S. outlet Complex, Rolling Stone, the UK\u2019s The Telegraph, and NME.<\/p>\n

In the same Oricon first-half combined album rankings, K-pop groups ENHYPEN and TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) also performed strongly, securing the No. 4 and No. 9 positions respectively.<\/p>\n

On the physical album chart, ENHYPEN ranked No. 4 while TXT followed at No. 7, further highlighting the global impact of K-pop artists.<\/p>\n

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K-pop supergroup BTS has secured two top positions on Japan\u2019s Oricon music chart in the first half of the year with its fifth studio album \u201cARIRANG,\u201d according to data released on Thursday. The album ranked No. 1 on both the physical album chart, which tracks physical sales, and the combined album chart, which includes physical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BTS-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t