A long-standing record on Billboard’s Social 50 chart has been broken, as BTS spends its 164th week atop the list dated Feb. 8. The Social 50 is powered by data tracked by music analytics company Next Big Sound and ranks the most popular artists on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Wikipedia. The chart's methodology blends weekly additions of friends/fans/followers with artist page views and engagement. The chart's latest tracking week ended Jan. 30. BTS crowns the latest Social 50 already with fairly significant accolades to its name prior to its latest record-breaking chart frame. Of its 173 weeks on the Social 50 since October 2016, all but nine have been spent at No. 1, and it’s stayed atop the ranking every week since the tally dated July 29, 2017, having already made it the first act in the Social 50’s nine-year history to rule for 100 straight weeks, 150 straight weeks and for an entire calendar year (2018 and 2019).

READ MORE BTS' J-Hope Fronts 'Map of the Soul: 7' Comeback Trailer 'Outro: Ego' For its newest honor, BTS surpasses the 163-week No. 1 record set by Justin Bieber. Bieber was a mainstay at No. 1 on the chart for much of its lifespan before BTS came around, accruing a significant amount of tally-leading weeks between 2011 and 2017. He hasn’t, however, led the Social 50 since the list dated July 22, 2017. Bieber had held the all-time weeks at No. 1 record since March 2011 and had only added to it since. Most Weeks at No. 1, Social 50

164, BTS

163, Justin Bieber

28, Taylor Swift

21, Miley Cyrus

21, Rihanna

18, Ariana Grande

11, Adele

11, Lady Gaga

11, PSY

8, One Direction For the Feb. 8-dated ranking, BTS didn’t rest on its laurels to snag the No. 1 record. The K-pop boyband was up in nearly all chart metrics, led by a 69% jump in Facebook page likes (32,000 total) and a 29% boost in Twitter mentions (17.1 million in all), according to Next Big Sound.