BTS's 'Arirang' Passes 5 Billion Spotify Streams, Most of Any 2026 Album

BTS's fifth studio album, "Arirang," has passed 5 billion streams on Spotify, label Big Hit Music announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. The figure is the highest of any album released this year on the platform, according to the label's citation of platform data. [1][2]

The numbers behind the milestone

The album leads the runner-up, Olivia Rodrigo's third studio album "You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love," by 2 billion streams. It also outpaced the latest albums from Bruno Mars and Harry Styles, which gathered roughly 1 billion and 2 billion streams respectively. All 14 tracks have each passed 200 million streams, and lead track "Swim" is nearing 1 billion. Release-day plays topped 110 million on March 20. [1][3]

A bell recording among the 200-million club

Even the instrumental "No. 29" has reached 200 million streams. The track consists solely of the tolling of the Sacred Bell of King Seongdeok, a relic from the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla. The album also took the top 14 spots on Spotify's global songs chart, according to the Korea Herald's report. [2][1]

Why the figure carries weight

"Arirang" was the group's first full-group project in nearly four years, arriving after all members finished mandatory military service and reunited. Reports also note it was the first album by a group to lead the Billboard 200 for three consecutive weeks since Mumford & Sons' "Babel" in 2012. Against that backdrop, the Spotify total shows the album still drawing heavy listening roughly seven months after release. [1]

Touring alongside the streams

The streaming news arrives as the group's "Arirang" world tour is on its South American leg. The Lima concerts drew about 151,500 fans, and the group is due in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 14, 16 and 17. [4][5][2]

Sources

  1. BTS' 'ARIRANG' hits 5 bil. Spotify streams, topping 2026 releases (Activity source)
  2. BTS hits 5b Spotify streams with ‘Arirang’ (Related report)
  3. BTS' 'Arirang' hits 5 bln Spotify streams, topping 2026 releases (Related report)
  4. BTS Draws About 151,500 Fans to First Peru Concerts in Lima on 'Arirang' World Tour (Earlier on Omni Topic KWave)
  5. BTS concerts in Peru projected to generate $19 mil. tourism revenue (Related report)

This selection covers artists followed by Omni Topic KWave. It is not a complete chart. Each source retains its own reporting period and methodology.

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