BTS Writes New History with "Arirang," Surpassing 5 Billion Streams on Spotify

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The group BTS(BTS, RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook) recorded the highest number of plays among albums released in 2026, surpassing a cumulative total of 5 billion streams with their fifth full-length album, "Arirang." According to Spotify data as of the 14th, this is approximately 2 billion more than Olivia Rodrigo's third full-length album, "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love," which ranks second.

All 14 tracks on "Arirang" have surpassed 200 million plays, including "No. 29," the bell sound of the Seongdeok Great King Bell. The title track, "SWIM," is approaching the milestone of 1 billion streams.

"Arirang," a new release after approximately three years and nine months, surpassed 110 million total plays on its first day of release on March 20. On the same day, all tracks ranked from number one to number 14 on "Daily Top Songs Global," with "SWIM" topping the chart with approximately 14 million plays. This is the highest single-day play count among songs released in 2026.

BTS also claimed the number one spot on the "Billboard 200" for the issue dated April 4 with "Arirang." This is the best performance by a group album since Billboard introduced unit sales tracking in December 2014, and it is the first time a group album has held the number one position for three consecutive weeks since Mumford & Sons' "Babel" in 2012.

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