BTS make history again as songs Butter and Permission to Dance take turns at No 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart

BTS are the first act to replace a No 1 single with a previous chart-topping song of their own, without any other group or singer, holding top spot in between

First Butter reached No 1, but it was soon replaced by Permission to Dance, only for Butter to bounce back this week and top the charts once more

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K-pop superstars BTS made history again as their songs Butter and Permission to Dance dominated No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Photo: @bts.bighitofficial/Instagram

Published: 9:30pm, 28 Jul 2021

Hardly a day goes by without BTS making history, and the K-pop superstars have done it yet again.

A few weeks ago, the seven-member Korean boy band hit No 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with Butter. It was knocked off top spot by another of their songs, Permission to Dance, before Butter bounced back to replace it at No 1 again this week.

It was another landmark for BTS: Billboard reported that the return of Butter to the top of the charts made the K-pop group the first act to replace a No 1 song with a previous No 1 song of their own, without any other group or singer holding top spot in between.

On Monday, Billboard, the United States’ primary music chart tracking outlet, also announced that Butter’s return meant it topped the singles chart for an eighth week.

This tied with Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License as the longest charting No. 1 in the US in 2021 so far. Permission to Dance fell to the seventh spot this week, a lucky number for the seven-member team.

So far, BTS have had five No. 1s on the US chart, eight top 10 hits and 22 singles in total to break into the Hot 100 since 2017. The band was formed in June 2013, and grew over the years to become one of this generation’s most impactful musical acts.