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BTS topped the Billboard chart for 5 weeks in a row with 'Butter'.
Last week, when he took the top spot for four weeks in a row, he set a new record of being the first Asian singer, and he keeps changing the record.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York.
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first Asian singer to top the Billboard chart for 4 weeks in a row, BTS surpassed this record again in one week.
It's been at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week for five weeks in a row.
A total of 1,125 songs have been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at least once, and of these, only 190 songs, including Butter, have been #1 for more than five weeks.
In particular, only 11 songs, such as Butter, that entered the rankings at number one, were number one for more than five weeks.
As a group, it's been over 20 years since Mariah Carey and Boys to Men's 'One Sweet Day' in 1995.
The members thanked the fan club ARMY, saying, 'I'm scared and happy'.
The number of music downloads played a decisive role in BTS's Butter maintaining the top spot on the Billboard chart.
The number of downloads this week reached 130,000, a 15% increase from the previous week, which is nearly 14 times more than the song of 2nd place Olivia Rodrigo, who is called 'Rookie Monster'.
In addition, sales of physical albums such as LPs and cassette tapes containing 'butter' are scheduled to be counted from next week, so it is predicted that BTS can stay on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a while.