BTS Butter Holds No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
The BTS single stays at the top of the chart for a third straight week, ahead of Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U."
Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Pop
BTS's "Butter" held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a third consecutive week on the chart released Monday, covering the second week of June. Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U" held second place for the same stretch.
Why it matters
The three-week run makes "Butter" the first BTS song to hold No. 1 on the Hot 100 for three weeks in a row, extending the group's total of eight weeks at the top of the chart. The result reflects how the chart's blend of streaming, downloads and radio airplay can favor a song even as competing tracks lead in individual metrics.
"Butter" recorded 138,400 downloads against 11,100 for "Good 4 U" in the chart week, while "Good 4 U" led on streams with 42.1 million to "Butter's" 15.4 million. The extraction does not provide radio airplay totals, which the chart also factors into its ranking.
The players
BTS
BTS is a South Korean boy band whose catalog has produced multiple chart-topping singles in the United States.
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo is an American singer-songwriter whose debut album and singles drew wide attention on streaming and radio charts.
Billboard
Billboard is an American music publication that publishes the Hot 100 chart, which ranks songs weekly by streaming, downloads and radio airplay.
The details
"Butter" was released May 21 and has spent three weeks at No. 1 on the chart. BTS previously spent three weeks at the top with "Dynamite" last year, and the group's eight total weeks at No. 1 include three with "Dynamite," one as featured on a remix of "Savage Love," one with "Life Goes On" and three with "Butter."
Timeline
May 21: "Butter" is released.
Last year: "Dynamite" reaches No. 1 for three weeks.
Monday: Billboard releases the Hot 100 chart.
Second week of June: The chart shows "Butter" at No. 1 for a third week.
Season Trajectory
BTS's three-week run with "Butter" matches the three-week No. 1 stay of "Dynamite" in 2020 and sets a new mark for the group on the Hot 100. The result places the group among the chart's most consistent recent No. 1 acts.
Listeners can stream "Butter" and "Good 4 U" on major platforms, and the chart position reflects streams, downloads and radio plays that count toward the weekly ranking. Fans can track weekly placements on the Billboard Hot 100 chart each Monday.
The takeaway
Chart positions reflect a mix of streaming, downloads and radio, so a song can hold No. 1 even when a rival leads on streams. Readers following the Hot 100 can compare those metrics week to week to see what is driving a song's place.
Further reading
For more on the charts behind this result, see Pop coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by 한겨레신문.
