K - pop megastar BTS has achieved another milestone with its new song " Life Goes On , " becoming the first Korean song to land at No . 1 on the Billboard ' s main singles chart . "' Life Goes On ' officially debuts at No . 1 on this week ' s Hot 100 , " Billboard said in a Twitter post Monday ( U . S . time ) , one day before the weekly chart will be refreshed . "' Life Goes On ' is also the first Hot 100 No . 1 in the chart ' s 62 - year history sung predominantly in Korean , " the U . S . music publication said , adding that the song " drew 14 . 9 million U . S . streams and sold 150 , 000 in the week ending Nov . 26 . " Apart from being the first single predominantly sung in Korean to top the main singles chart , BTS set a spate of new milestones with the achievement . It marks the second BTS song to debut at No . 1 on the Billboard ' s main single chart after its pop - disco track " Dynamite " debuted at the top of the chart earlier in the year . " BTS is now the first and only group in history with multiple No . 1 debuts on the Hot 100 , " Billboard tweeted . " Dynamite " is still ranked at No . 3 on this week ' s Hot 100 , according to the Billboard . With its latest song , BTS now has three top - charted songs that include BTS remix version of " Savage Love " by U . S . singer Jason Derulo and New Zealand producer Jawsh 685 . All three songs reached the summit of the Billboard singles chart within a span of just three months , Billboard said , noting how BTS became the first act to earn " the fastest accumulation of three Hot 100 No . 1 s in 42 years , since the BeeGees earned three No . 1 s in two months and three weeks . "" Life Goes On " is also the first song " sung mostly in a non - English language " since " Despacito " by Luis Fonsi in 2017 to reach No . 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 , it added . The previous record before the two hits came two decades ago with Los Del Rio ' s " Macarena ( Bayside Boys Mix ) " in 1996 . BTS thanked its fans , also known as ARMY , for their unwavering support in the group ' s record - breaking musical journey . " Thank you so , so much . We are grateful for No . 1 and to have two of our songs in the top three , " the band tweeted in Korean . " We sincerely thank all ARMY who love us . We will do our best to give you a better album going forward . "" Life Goes On , " a relaxed ballad in which members RM , Suga and J - Hope took part in songwriting , is the lead track for the septet ' s latest album " BE . " It recently became their fifth album to top the Billboard ' s main albums chart , the Billboard 200 . The song is about going ahead with life whatever comes its way , with the lyrics " One day the world stopped / without any warning / spring didn ' t know to wait / showed up not even a minute late " poetically depicting a world that has come to a sudden pause . It then goes on to suggest how things will eventually be OK , " Like an echo in the forest / the day will come back around / as if nothing happened / yeah life goes on . " In media interviews and a showcase marking the album ' s release on Nov . 20 , the band said they hope to provide a message of hope and comfort with it . "' Life Goes On ' is a song that is weighty and firm but also soft and comforting in a sincere way , " RM said in the Nov . 20 press conference . " It ' s a track in which we tried to show the obvious yet stern truth that life goes on , in a warm way through the color of BTS . " The album , packed with eight songs , including the smash hit " Dynamite , " addresses what it means to live at a time when traveling is no longer possible and meeting fans in person is a distant dream . " We encountered a situation where everything came to a stop , " Jin said . " I feel that the past year was spent in confusion and in emptiness . . .. We tried to honestly put in that sentiment in the album . "