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'1 Singer' trends as BTS's Jin calls himself 'Billboard No. 1 Singer' to mark band's return to Artist 100 chart

After hitting their first-ever number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with their latest single 'Dynamite', the boy band has returned to the No. 1 position on the Billboard Artist 100 chart

South Korean K-pop superstars BTS have added another feather to their cap. After hitting their first-ever number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with their latest single 'Dynamite', the boy band returned to the number one position on the Billboard Artist 100 chart.

BTS celebrated the historic occasion with their fans on Twitter. The band sent out the following tweet accompanied by a picture of BTS member Jin, which could be translated "Billboard No. 1 Singer Seokjinie."

Billboard officially declared the news on their official Twitter handle and wrote, "This week, #BTS achieves its biggest streaming week for a song and its highest career rank on the #StreamingSongs chart with the arrival of 'Dynamite'."

The fans of the K-pop group, known as the BTS Army, were more than just excited to see their beloved band clinch another top position in the United States. The band started to trend at number one on Twitter with a flurry of tweets about their Billboard Artist 100 number one position. One fan of the boy band wrote, "The fact that im thinking about seokjin and missing him then he tweeted yas my billboard #1 singer."

Pointing out that BTS started trending worldwide almost immediately, one fan tweeted, "1 SINGER is trendibg #14 worldwide 13 minutes after #JIN's tweet."

Celebrating this crowning moment, a member of the BTS army tweeted, "Bts 2 weeks ago: oh we broke another record? k bts now: EXCUSE US!!! BILLBOARD #1 SINGER COMING THROUGH WE ARE BILLBOARD #1 SINGERS!!"

Jin's fans were the happiest, as expressed by this user who wrote, "Seokjinnie posted on twitter and called himself billboard no. 1 singer and i could never been prouder."

Another fan of the band praised BTS and expressed joy at the band's latest feat by tweeting, "Seokjin really went on twitter, posted a selca he only took once, captioned it with Billboard #1 artist Seokjinnie and then left AND WE LIVING FOR YES BABY @BTS_twt."

More fans, overjoyed by Jin's simple tweet, called the moment memorable. One user said, "Now I’m imagining Seokjinnie always saying "Do you know Billboard #1 Singers BTS?" #BTS_Dynamite."

Most fans, like this one below, simply expressed their love for the k-pop superstars. A fan wrote, "Billboard no.1 singer worldwide handsome seokjinnie i love you."

As reported earlier, BTS gave a sneak preview of their upcoming tour documentary 'Break the Silence: The Movie' with a one-minute trailer.