BTS Breaks 10 Billion Streams on Spotify, First Group Worldwide

5th full album 'ARIRANG' surpasses 5 billion streams... driving new recordGroup BTS has proven its influence in the global music market. / Big Hit Music[THE FACT|Reporter Choi Soo-bin] Group BTS has added another record.Its agency Big Hit Music announced on the 16th that "BTS(RM Jin SUGA J-HOPE JIMIN V JUNG KOOK) surpassed 10 billion cumulative streams for the year on the global audio and music streaming platform Spotify as of that day."While world-renowned solo artists such as Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Bad Bunny have achieved 10 billion annual streams before, BTS is the first group to do so.BTS's cumulative streams this year increased by approximately 122% compared to last year (4.5 billion streams). In particular, the 5th full album 'ARIRANG', released in March, was streamed over 5 billion times, leading to the achievement of a new record.Daily streaming numbers also significantly increased after the release of 'ARIRANG'. The daily streams, which were about 23 million before the album's release, soared to 130 million on the release day, March 20th. On the same day, 14 songs from the album swept the top 14 spots on Spotify's 'Daily Top Songs Global' chart.The title track 'SWIM' was streamed about 14 million times on its release day alone, recording the highest daily streams for a song released in 2026.As of the 14th, 'ARIRANG' has recorded cumulative streams of 5 billion, making it the most streamed album released this year on Spotify. It shows a gap of about 2 billion streams with the second-place album, Olivia Rodrigo's 3rd full album.Meanwhile, BTS was selected as the 'Artist of the Year' at the '2026 MTV Video Music Awards Japan' on the 14th. This awards ceremony is the Japanese version of the American music awards 'MTV Video Music Awards', and it holds the main ceremony after announcing the winners in advance. This year's ceremony will be held on the 29th at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.subin7134@tf.co.kr[Entertainment Department | ssent@tf.co.kr]