BTS 'ARIRANG' Surpasses 5 Billion Streams on Spotify

Approximately 2 billion more streams than Olivia Rodrigo, who is in 2nd place.BTS's 5th full-length album 'ARIRANG' has surpassed 5 billion cumulative streams on Spotify. /Big Hit Music[THE FACT | Reporter Jung Byung-geun] BTS has reached the milestone of 5 billion streams on Spotify with their 5th full-length album 'ARIRANG'.According to Spotify, the global audio and music streaming platform, 'ARIRANG', released in March by BTS (RM Jin SUGA J-HOPE JIMIN V JUNG KOOK), surpassed 5 billion cumulative streams as of the 14th. This is the highest number of plays for an album released in 2026.This is approximately 2 billion more plays than Olivia Rodrigo's 3rd full-length album 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love', which is in 2nd place. New releases from global pop stars such as Bruno Mars and Harry Styles, released around the same time, also garnered around 1 to 2 billion streams.The consistent popularity of the entire album led to overwhelming streaming numbers. All 14 tracks, including the bell sound 'No. 29' of Seongdeokdaewangsinjong, surpassed 200 million streams, and the title track 'SWIM' is on the verge of reaching 1 billion streams as of the 14th.BTS's new album, released after approximately 3 years and 9 months, demonstrated its continued impact. On the release day, March 20th, the total number of plays exceeded 110 million, and all 14 songs ranked from 1st to 14th on the 'Daily Top Song Global' chart. The title track 'SWIM' topped the chart with approximately 14 million streams. This is the highest daily streaming count for a song released in 2026.Furthermore, the album topped the 'Billboard 200' (April 4th issue) with the best performance among group albums since Billboard introduced unit aggregation in December 2014. It ranked No. 1 on the 'Billboard 200' for three consecutive weeks, the first time since Mumford & Sons' 'Babel' released in 2012.BTS is currently meeting fans worldwide through a record-breaking world tour.kafka@tf.co.kr[Entertainment Department | ssent@tf.co.kr]