BTS’ “ARIRANG” becomes the FIRST and ONLY 2026 album to have 8 songs surpass 200 MILLION streams on Spotify.
— Achieving this in just 92 days, reaching a level unmatched by other 2026 albums.
BTS’s ARIRANG tour becomes the Top Touring Artist in Pollstar’s Top Touring Artist Worldwide for North America, with $104 million gross in only 8 shows as of May 13, 2026.
This is also the fastest tour to gross over $100 million versus competing artists.
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ARMY! 💜 We've almost hit our goal of 500k actions taken together!
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BTS' "Come Over" earned 33.2 MILLION 1st week streams on Spotify, despite being an unpromoted anniversary gift song.
— It surpasses every K-pop 1st-week debuts this year, excluding BTS themselves.
Recording Academy member, Adam Birson, discusses BTS at the upcoming Grammys:
"BTS ARMY should push them to win Album of the Year instead of being marginalized in the Best Asian Pop category. It's great for smaller artists to get recognition, but BTS is too big and important to get stuck in this trap."
Be louder ARMY. He is right. BTS deserves to be treated as equals to the artists they are actually competing with. We cannot let an attempt to box them in stand.
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'there isnt much material for promotion'
I fear there is TOO MUCH material that a lot of armys here are overlooking. we have a lot to amplify to really give ARIRANG a successful 'narrative' year:
- rolling stone solo and group, zane lowe interviews, short clips need to go viral where the boys are speaking ab their journey with the album & hiatus.
- clips from the netflix docu of the camp, producers diplo, jpegmafia & songwriters talking ab working with bts going in circles every week
- share serious music reviews: use praise from major outlets like RS or NME to show that ARIRANG is a critically acclaimed masterpiece (which, it is and it's left a mark on these critics for a reason)
- focus on lyrical depth: ARIRANG tackles the emotional realities of fame, identity, and personal growth. yk what it is, ik what it is; so now let everyone else know what it is.
- engage in conversations. focus on 'why' than 'this deserves it bc I like them.' thats not engaging enough. you are calling for hate. enter every single conversation. upvote every positive or critical analysis of the album.
Recording Academy member Adam Merter Birson on BTS at the GRAMMYs 2027:
— "BTS ARMY should make a push for ARIRANG to win Album of the Year and not be marginalized with Best Asian Pop Music category. I think it's great if smaller artists could get recognized, but not BTS. BTS is way too big and way too important of a group to be falling into this trap."