Top idol group BTS took the top spot in the Japanese Oricon weekly album ranking with the single CD 'Butter'.
According to the latest chart released by Oricon on the 20th (July 26th / counting period July 12-18), the single CD 'Butter' released on the 9th recorded a weekly sales of 195,000 copies, which is number 1 on the Weekly Album Ranking.
With this, BTS reached the top of the 'Weekly Album Ranking' for the ninth time in five consecutive works following Japan's best album 'BTS, THE BEST' released on June 16th. 
The boy group became the foreign artist with the most number-one albums and up to 'BTS, THE BEST', BTS is leading the category with 8 albums with other artists, but with the single CD 'Butter', they became the sole lead.
The single CD 'Butter' contains 'Butter', which was released in May and swept the world, and 'Permission to Dance', a dance pop with a light and exciting atmosphere. 
The single 'Butter' went straight to No. 1 in the first week of its release on Oricon's 'Weekly Streaming Ranking', maintaining the top for 8 consecutive weeks, and 'Exceeding 10 million weekly views' (May 31 - July 19) record It also set a record for the most weekly views (31.13 million views/June 7th) in streaming rankings history.
Written by Yoon Sang GeunTranslated by Lee So Yun