BTS’s 5th full album ARIRANG surpassed 5 billion streams, led 2026 releases, and set Billboard 200 and global chart records.
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According to Spotify, the cumulative streaming count of BTS’s 5th full album “ARIRANG” surpassed 5 billion as of the 14th. This is the highest number of plays among sound recordings released in 2026. It is also about 2 billion more than Olivia Rodrigo’s 3rd full album “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” which is in second place, and considering that new works by global pop stars such as Bruno Mars and Harry Styles, released around the same time, have about 1 billion to 2 billion streams, one can more clearly feel the achievement of the 5th full album “ARIRANG.” In particular, the evenly distributed popularity across the entire album stands out. All 14 tracks, including “No. 29,” the sound of the bell of Seongdeok Daewang Shinjong, have surpassed 200 million plays, and the title track “SWIM” is on the verge of reaching 1 billion plays as of the 14th. BTS’s new work, which appeared about 3 years and 9 months later, made one feel their unchanged influence. On the first day of release, March 20, the total number of plays of the 5th full album “ARIRANG” surpassed 110 million, and on that day, on the “Daily Top Songs Global,” all songs charted from No. 1 to No. 14. The title track “SWIM” took the top spot on this day with about 14 million plays. This is the highest one-day streaming count among songs released in 2026. BTS set numerous new records with their 5th full album “ARIRANG.” Since Billboard in the U.S. introduced unit aggregation in December 2014, it achieved No. 1 on the “Billboard 200” (dated April 4) with the best performance as a group album. It is the first time since Mumford & Sons’ “Babel,” released in 2012, that a group album has achieved No. 1 on the “Billboard 200” for three consecutive weeks.
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