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I saw Jin, j-hope, Jimin & Taehyung in Paris 💜📸 Jin in London 🎫 BTS soon too 🔜

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#JIN's "Don't Say You Love Me" has now surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify.

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BTS is the only kpop act to be nominated in the main categories at the 2026 VMAS.

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BTS is the most awarded kpop artist at the VMAs of all time, with 10 wins.

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Biggest US album debuts of 2026:

#1 ARIRANG 641K
#2 you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love 485K
#3 ICEMAN 463K
#4 Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. 430K
#5 The Great Divide 389K
#6 THIS & THAT 369K
#7 petal 295K
#8 The Fall-Off 280K
#9 GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5 228K
#10 GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4 200K
#11 The Romantic 186K
#12 Dandelion 169K
#13 OCTANE 162K
#14 BULLY 152K
#15 Cloud 9 147K
#16 With Heaven On Top 134K
#17 CONFESSIONS II 134K
#18 The Real Me 131K
#19 Daughter From Hell 124K
#20 DON’T BE DUMB 123K
#21 THE SIN : VANISH 122K
#22 HABIBTI 114K
#23 MAID OF HONOUR 110K
#24 The Way I Am 101K
#25 Middle Of Nowhere 100K

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BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ remains the biggest 1st week album debut on Billboard 200 in 2026, with 641K units .

— It also holds the biggest Billboard 200 debut by ANY Male Act and Group this decade.

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Vogue names BTS' "ARIRANG" as one of the Best Albums of 2026 so far.

— "Grammys be damned— BTS released one of the best albums of the year in Arirang"

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BTS' "SWIM" becomes the fastest song by a group to reach 800 MILLION streams on Spotify in 144 days, surpassing their own record with "Dynamite" (232 days).

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The New York Times on the Grammys' new “Best Asian Pop Music Performance” category:

— “The Recording Academy should stop inventing new awards categories, especially ones based on ethnicity, nationality or language…”

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The New York Times about BTS:

"But BTS, possibly the biggest act in the world since Jackson."

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Biggest 1st Day Album Debuts by K-pop Acts on Spotify in 2026:

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Biggest streaming days for 2026 albums on Spotify:

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Arirang by BTS has surpassed 1.6 million units sold in the US. It now ranks as the fourth best selling album of the year in the country and the #1 best-selling album globally.

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BTS now joins Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, and Olivia Rodrigo as the ONLY artists in history to have an album reaching 4 BILLION streams on Spotify in less than 140 days.

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BTS (8) makes history as the non-English Act with the MOST albums to reach 4 BILLION streams on Spotify, surpassing Bad Bunny (7).

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Forbes talks about BTS legacy and the Grammys:

"BTS's legacy was never created by a nomination. It was built through stadiums filled across continents, records broken across markets, and a global community that transformed the relationship between artists and audiences."

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@bluvie_Shines @SensualTiana @PinKpop_insider with a sold out US and European tour even though Jin is one of the group's least popular members

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BTS’ "ARIRANG" (137 days) becomes the FIFTH-FASTEST album in history to surpass 4 BILLION streams on Spotify, surpassing Taylor Swift’s "The Life of a Showgirl" (147 days).

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Forbes on the Grammys' new “Best Asian Pop Music Performance” category:

— “Nobody created a ‘Best European Pop Music Performance’ category for Dua Lipa or Ed Sheeran.”

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BTS dominates the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart, occupying the top 2 with Aliens and Normal.

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Fastest albums in history to have all of its songs surpass 200 MILLION streams on Spotify: