BTS’s ‘Butter’ hits historic milestone; Tops Billboard Hot 100 for 9th week

BTS’s “Butter” has officially beat out Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Drivers License”, passing the eight-week reign of in January-March.

In addition to being No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song is No. 21 on the Radio Songs chat but drops 40-44 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 112,900 sold.

Both “Butter” and newly released “Permission to Dance” are currently present inside the top 10 on the all-encompassing songs ranking, with the former returning to the summit.

🎉Billboard #Hot100 No.1 & No.9🎉

매주 역사를 만들어가고 있는 #방탄소년단 과 #BTSARMY
핫백은 10주 내내 방탄소년단 노래로 가득 💜

We're making history together, #BTSARMY !
HOT 100 brimming with BTS music for 10 straight weeks💜#BTS_Butter #PermissiontoDance #Got_ARMY_Behind_Us https://t.co/3neZUt6uDm

— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) August 2, 2021

This week's top-selling songs:

1. @BTS_twt Butter
2. @BTS_twt Permission to Dance
3. @Jason_Aldean & @carrieunderwood If I Didn't Love You
4. @walkerhayes Fancy Like
5. @edsheeran Bad Habits

— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) August 2, 2021

Congratulations, @bts_bighit @bts_twt !
Topping the HOT 100 chart with both #BTS_Butter and #PermissiontoDance! #BTS hasn't stepped down from the top for 10 weeks!#방탄소년단 의 음악에 보내주시는 무한한 관심과 사랑에 진심으로 감사드립니다! #ThankYouARMY https://t.co/ORCpFX4G39

— BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) August 2, 2021

The K-pop band released the song on 21 May, and the music video broke their own record of the most views on YouTube in 24 hours. The record for the fastest 10 million views was held by BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ which was premiered back in August 2020.

"Dynamite" was the BTS' first song released entirely in English and it had managed 10 million views in 21 minutes. It became the most viewed video in 24 hours in YouTube history with over 101.1 million views.

The song was shared 5.4 million YouTube users in the first 24 hours.