BTS’ “SWIM” isn’t just No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated April 4 — the song also represents the band’s top-charting song yet on Billboard’s Streaming Songs tally, as well as its best debut on Radio Songs.
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As previously reported, “SWIM” accrued 25.8 million radio airplay impressions, drew 15.3 million official U.S. streams and sold 154,000 in the week ending March 26, according to Luminate, begetting its No. 1 bow on the multimetric Hot 100, BTS’ seventh ruler.
With 95,000 of those sales via digital downloads, “SWIM” starts at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, BTS’ 13th to do so. But that stream count also puts the track at No. 2 on Streaming Songs, higher than any of the group’s singles had been previously.
BTS’ previous best on Streaming Songs, “Dynamite,” debuted and peaked at No. 3 in 2020. It’s also the band’s longest charting song on the survey to date, logging 15 weeks, with two of those spent in the top 10.
BTS first appeared on Streaming Songs in 2017 via the one-week appearance of “DNA” at No. 38.
As for Radio Songs, “SWIM” starts at No. 18, well ahead of its previous top bow, “Butter,” which began at No. 39 in 2021. The group’s top peak remains “Dynamite,” which roses as high as No. 10.
That Radio Songs debut is thanks to bows of No. 16 on Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary, No. 19 on Adult Pop Airplay and No. 35 on Rhythmic Airplay. It even earned a No. 27 debut on Latin Airplay thanks to spins from predominantly Spanish-language stations that report to the panel, BTS’ first appearance on the list.
“SWIM” is the lead single from ARIRANG, BTS’ 10th studio album, which concurrently bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
