BTS hot streak on the top ofthe Hot 100 continues as “Permission to Dance” replaces “Butter” at the top of the chart! BTS itself becomes 1st group to replace its own debut as ‘Permission to Dance’ takes over ‘Butter’s streak.
Billboard announced that BTS’s newsong, “Permission to Dance,” had debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Billboard’s famous weekly ranking of the most popular songs in the United States on July 19. “Permission to Dance” takes over the No. 1 spot previouslyheldby BTS’s own“Butter,” which heldthattop spot for a record-breakingseven straight weeks.
After “Dynamite,” “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo, “Life Goes On,” and “Butter”, “Permission to Dance” is BTS’s fifth song to hit No 1 on the Hot 100. It took just over 10 months for BTS to accomplishfiveNo. 1 hits,which is the fastest time since Michael Jackson did so within nine months in 1987-88.
BTS is the firstact to dethrone them at No. 1 on the Hot 100 since Drake last did so in 2018. BTS is thefifth group in Billboard history to have replaced itself at the top of the Hot 100, and the first group tohave replaced their own No. 1 debut with another No. 1 debut.
According to Billboard, BTS is the fourth act with at least four No. 1debuts on the Hot 100, after Ariana Grande (five), Justin Bieber (four), and Drake (four).