BTS’ comeback album ‘Arirang’ sells 3.98 million copies on first day

March 23, 2026 - 2:13 PM
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Kpop group BTS pose for photographs upon their arrival for ‘BTS The Comeback Live Arirang’ concert in central Seoul, South Korea, March 21, 2026. (BIGHIT MUSIC/Netflix/Handout via Reuters)

 Big Hit Music, the music label run by BTS’ management agency HYBE 352820.KS, said on Saturday the South Korean boy band’s new comeback album “Arirang” sold 3.98 million copies on its first day of release.

—Reporting by Minwoo Park and Heekyong Yang; Editing by Tom Hogue