🇲🇽 Apple Music México: [Género Pop]
#10. SWIM (+2)
#30. Normal (+9)
#45. Hooligan (=)
#46. 2.0 (+1)
#55. Body To Body (+1)
#56. Aliens (+2)
#78. they don’t know bout us (+7)
#88. Like Animals (+3)
#96. FYA (+5)
#108. Dynamite (-1)
#148. Please (+9)
#150. Merry Go Round (+8)
#155. Into The Sun (+13)
#170. One More Night (+12)
NOTA: para que #SWIM regrese al Top General necesitamos llegar al puesto #5 del género pop. 🔥
Arirang by BTS is on pace to become the best selling kpop album globally of all time, currently at 12.5M units (according to chartmasters).
They are projected to surpass their own album, Be (14.8M).
“Aliens” by #BTS on iTunes Biggest Music Markets so far:
#1. Mexico 🇲🇽
#1. Brazil 🇧🇷
#1. France 🇫🇷
#3. US 🇺🇸
#3. UK 🇬🇧
#3. Germany 🇩🇪
#5. Canada 🇨🇦
#52. Japan 🇯🇵
#BTS_Aliens#BTS_ARİRANG#방탄소년단
they were so excited for their first grammy nomination, they went from this somewhat innocent excitement and anticipation to realizing how fucked up the industry is towards them
— “Aliens” by @BTS_twt on iTunes Biggest Music Markets:
#1. Brazil 🇧🇷🔥
#1. France 🇫🇷🔥
#1. Australia 🇦🇺🔥
#2. Mexico 🇲🇽*
#5. UK 🇬🇧
#5. USA 🇺🇸
#11. Canada 🇨🇦
*NORMAL is at #1
"We didn't come to Vegas for the Grammys we came to Vegas for the ARMYS" -Namjoon in 2022
"so please don't forget that, whether we get the grammys or not, we already got what we wanted, and we got you, so that means we got everything" -Namjoon in 2026
I don't think people fully understand the magnitude of this decision.
Some of the music industry's most respected producers, writers, engineers, and creatives worked on ARIRANG. A project built to the highest artistic standard. One producer even spoke publicly about hoping the album would receive Grammy recognition.
Then the Recording Academy introduced a category specifically for Asian pop.
And BTS chose not to submit.
Think about that. The biggest musical project of the year. One of the strongest commercial and artistic contenders. A project that could have competed across multiple major categories. It simply won't be in the race because the artists chose principle over prestige.
Moves like this don't happen often. When artists at BTS' level willingly walk away from the biggest stage in music, the conversation shifts because of what they refused to endorse.