BTS's Song Reaches A New All-Time High As The Band Reunites

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BTS's 'Home' reenters the U.K. Singles Downloads and Sales charts, rising to new highs as fans ... More celebrate the group's return after the members' military service. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 03: BTS perform onstage during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by)
For years, BTS reigned as the biggest name in K-pop, and perhaps the most successful pop group on the planet. The South Korean troupe had to take a break as all seven of its members needed to fulfill mandatory military enlistment, and that hiatus lasted years.
Recently, all of the singers in the band finished their tours of duty, and now the musicians that make up the Grammy-nominated act are free to pursue music once again. BTS recently announced that new music is set to drop in 2026 and that the group will tour once more. But fans aren't waiting to show their love to the septet.
In the United Kingdom, ARMYs — the name BTS followers go by — have sent one track back to multiple charts, turning it into a bestseller years after its release.
BTS Returns with 'Home'
"Home" reappears on several U.K.-based rankings this week. The track, which was chosen by BTS fans en masse thanks largely to its name, reenters the Official Singles Downloads chart at No. 46 and the Official Singles Sales list at No. 49.
'Home' Appears for Only the Second Time
"Home" has only appeared on both of these rankings twice, including this frame. As it returns, the cut reaches a new high point on both tallies.
The tune debuted on the Official Singles Sales and Official Singles Downloads charts in April 2019 when it was brand new. At the time, it failed to reach the upper half of either ranking, and then quickly disappeared. Now, it approaches the top 40 and demonstrates that there's pent-up demand for BTS music, even if it's not new material.
BTS's Return to Music
Longtime supporters of BTS didn't flock to the group's biggest singles or highest-charting tracks to celebrate the return of the band, but rather focused their buying efforts, at least for the moment, on "Home," which was never selected as a single. The tune is featured on the group's EP Map of the Soul: Persona, which dropped in April 2019. By that point, the K-pop act was emerging as a true force on the charts outside of South Korea. That release went on to become the first BTS collection to hit No. 1 in the U.K., and as the EP reached the summit, the group became the first from South Korea to score a chart-topper in the country.