@SabrinaAnnLynn you clearly heard them and said “this is your culture?” with that weirded-out face… if there hadn’t been backlash, you wouldn’t have even apologized.
i hope none of u are eating hummus or shawarma or buying arab perfume or following arab makeup trends now… since apparently our culture isn’t appropriate for western events x
BTS’ “ARIRANG” (1.26B) becomes the most streamed 2026 album on Spotify, surpassing A$AP Rocky’s “Don’t Be Dumb” (1.23B).
— The milestone was comfortably achieved in just 22 days.
BTS, Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny are the only Acts in history to have an album surpassing 1 Billion streams on Spotify in less than 20 days.
CONGRATULATIONS BTS
BTS made history as the FIRST GROUP and ASIAN ACT—to debut and occupy simultaneously at No. 1 on both the SINGLE and ALBUM chart on the Official German Charts with *SWIM* and *ARIRANG*
Let it be clear
IFPI official MENA chart is a huge thing for us north African and middle East ARMY
We should be celebrating our #BTS_ARİRANG achievements here
I don't know why nobody is talking about this but BTS topped charts in African countries. Like we are celebrating alone in our small corner. A big hug to African armys.
BTS becomes the first ever non-Spanish speaking artist to reach #1 on the Billboard Mexico Songs chart.
— They also become the first non-Spanish speaking international act to achieve the most simultaneous entries in the chart’s history.
.@BTS_twt are the first group in history to debut a song and album at No. 1 on the #Hot100 and #Billboard200 charts simultaneously multiple times.
Chart dated Dec. 5, 2020:
"Life Goes On" and BE
Chart dated April 4, 2026:
"SWIM" and ARIRANG