BTS' 'Butter' tops Billboard Hot 100 and breaks 400 mln views on YouTube

▲ This photo provided by BigHit Music on June 29, 2021, marks 400 million YouTube views for K-pop act BTS' music video "Butter." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- K-pop dynamo BTS has done it again. The superband's music video for its hit summer number "Butter" recorded a total of 400 million views on YouTube, along with topping the U.S. Billboard's main singles chart for the fifth straight week.

The music video for "Butter" released on May 21, exceeded 400 million views at 11:01 p.m. on Monday and became BTS' thirteenth music video with more than 400 million views on YouTube.

The septet's 2021 hit racked up 3.9 million viewers at the time of its release, setting the highest record for the first screening of a YouTube music video. The video was also recorded 182 million views, making it the most watched YouTube music video in history within a span of 24 hours. The "Butter" music video also has four different Guinness World Records.

According to a Billboard article published on June 28, "Butter" continued to top the Billboard main single chart "Hot 100" for five consecutive weeks, breaking BTS' longest-running No. 1 record.

""Butter" has spent its first five weeks on the Hot 100 at No.1. Of the 54 titles that have launched at No.1, "Butter" is just the 11th to spend at least its first five weeks on the chart at the summit," Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) on its website.

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