On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, Billboard released a list of the artists who have peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (a chart that ranks the 100 most popular songs in the United States) during the decade. The first position was occupied by BTS and then followed by Taylor Swift, Drake, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. 

The following is a complete list of the artists with the most number of times reaching 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: The first BTS song to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart was "Dynamite" in 2020, followed by "Savage Love" and "Life Goes On." In 2021, their three songs "Butter," "Permission To Dance" and "My Universe" again topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 

"Dynamite" was released on August 21, 2020 and immediately debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making BTS the first South Korean artist to top the chart for three consecutive weeks. The song "Savage Love" (Laxed – Siren Beat)" was released on October 2, 2020 and successfully debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 

In addition, this song also managed to top the Billboard Global 200 chart (a chart that ranks 200 best-selling songs globally). "Life Goes On" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 5, 2020. It was the first Korean-language song in history to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart on the same date after selling 150,000 copies, (pure sales). 

"Butter" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 5, 2021 and remained atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart and for ten consecutive weeks. The song was a huge commercial success and also topped the charts in several other countries such as Hungary, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, the United States and Vietnam.

"Permission to Dance" debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 24, 2021, after racking up 15.9 million streams, 1.1 million radio broadcasts, and 140,000 in its first week of release. Finally, Coldplay and BTS's collaboration song "My Universe" was released on September 24, 2021 and debuted at No. chart 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with 11.5 million streams and 5.5 million radio broadcasts. Happy!

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