ARIRANG, the new album from BTS, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.
Fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 20) on Billboard, choosing the seven-piece’s return LP as their favorite new release of the week.
ARIRANG is the poll leader in a week that also saw new music releases from Niall Horan, Lizzo, Paris Paloma and more. As the poll came to a close on Sunday, the K-pop superstars finished with an overwhelming 94% of the vote.
The album, a collection of 14 tracks via BigHit, was long-awaited by ARMY while the group formation of J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jung Kook, RM, Suga and V took a hiatus; the members were fulfilling mandatory military service in South Korea. BTS last released music in 2022 — the compilation project Proof, which launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart — but hadn’t actually released a full-length album of new songs in six years, since the 2020 release of Billboard 200 chart-topper BE.
ARIRANG features production from Diplo, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Mike WiLL Made-It and Ryan Tedder.
Besides unveiling the album this week, BTS also released a music video for the song “SWIM” co-starring actress Lili Reinhart. The cinematic visual was directed by Tanu Muiño.
Now that it’s all finally here, there’s still plenty to look forward to — like a globe-trekking stadium tour that kicks off in April.
Among the new releases trailing behind ARIRANG are a number of new singles, including Niall Horan’s “Dinner Party,” Lizzo’s “Don’t Make Me Love U,” Paris Paloma’s “Miyazaki” and Dermot Kennedy’s “Honest.”
See the final results of this week’s poll below.