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The Number Ones: BTS’ “Butter”

stereogum.com·Tom Breihan·22 days ago
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June 5, 2021 STAYED AT #1: 10 Weeks In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. The column is now biweekly, alternating with The Alternative Number Ones on Mondays. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music . I was mad. I was too mad. I wanted to pop off, and I didn't think about the consequences. Those consequences were real. I should've anticipated them. I did not. Here's why I was mad: "Butter," the second English-language single from the South Korean boy band BTS, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. This seemed wrong to me. It was the kind of thing that kept happening — forgettable songs going straight to #1 because of the rabid fanbases who work as coordinated units to improve those songs' chart fortunes.…

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