[NEWS] #BTS' ARIRANG Achievements in a new BIG HIT press release, citing Luminate data! 🏆
➡️#BTS_ARIRANG recorded 3.8 billion global streams across Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music during its first eight weeks (March 20–May 14, 2026).
➡️ BTS Group’s entire catalog surpassed 5.3 billion streams during the same period.
➡️This performance significantly exceeded the 3.3 billion average first-eight-week streams of other major global pop album releases.
➡️ BTS Global balanced across all regions, with Latin America leading at 27%, followed by Northeast Asia (17%), North America (14%), Southeast Asia (13%), and Europe (12%).
➡️ On Spotify, “SWIM” surpassed 500 million streams, becoming the first song released in 2026 to reach that milestone. All 14 tracks on the album exceeded 100 million streams, while “Body to Body” and “Hooligan” each passed 200 million.
➡️BTS also led U.S. physical album sales, selling 810,000 units (CDs and vinyl), nearly four times more than the No. 2 and No. 3 artists combined.
As posted by Spotify themselves, BTS's first time listeners spiked by over 690% following the release of their 5th studio album ARIRANG which went forward to completely DOMINATE charts all over the world
#BTS#ARIRANG#MUSIC
— BTS is the ONLY artist is history to occupy the Top 10 of Billboard Global Excl. US chart simultaneously.
ARIRANG is not just the biggest album of 2026, it is one of the most notable releases in the music industry without a doubt.
#ARIRANG#Music#AOTY
SWIM' By BTS Holds The Record Comfortably For The Biggest 1st Week 2026 Song Debuts on Spotify.
It easily surpasses all of the western & non western artists music comebacks of 2026 becoming the greatest album reunion of all time.
#MUSIC#ARIRANG#BTS
BTS pulls an insanely packed crowd in Madrid today, with everyone singing every word at the top of their lungs during their completely SOLD-OUT concert.