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BTS make history again with Butter, becoming the first group to have 3 singles debut at No 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart

  • Butter took over the top spot from Olivia Rodrigo’s Good 4 U with 32.2 million US streams and 242,800 downloads in the week ending May 27
  • It’s also the quickest a group has accumulated three No 1 hits since Justin Timberlake in 2006-07

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BTS, who will celebrate their eighth anniversary on June 13, are the first group ever to have their first three singles hot three No 1 hits debut on the Hot 100 singles chart. Photo: Big Hit Music

BTS have made history again with their latest single Butter topping Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart this week.

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This is the fourth song from the K-pop band to hit No 1 on the US-based music chart. It joins their 2020 hit singles Dynamite and Life Goes On, as well as their 2020 collaboration on the Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) remix with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo.

BTS are currently in the midst of their annual “Festa” anniversary celebration, releasing new content that includes a variety of family portraits featuring all seven members. They will celebrate their eighth anniversary on June 13.
The South Korean band are the first group to have three singles debut at No 1 on the chart, and have accumulated the most amount of No 1 hits over a period of nine months since Justin Timberlake did a similar feat in under eight months over 2006-07. For a group, it’s the fastest that any group has achieved four chart-topping hits since the Jackson Five achieved the same in 1970.
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According to Billboard on June 2, only a handful of acts – The Beatles, The Supremes, The Jackson 5, Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, Timberlake and now BTS – have ever done this.
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