The group BTS continues to write new records day after day.
According to the agency BIGHIT MUSIC on October 28, BTS’s fifth studio album, “ARIRANG”, ranked 46th on the latest “Billboard 200” chart of the U.S. Billboard (as of October 31).
Immediately after its release on March 20, this album entered at 1st place on this chart (as of April 4) and has been featured on the chart for 31 consecutive weeks. On Billboard’s sub-chart “Top Album Sales”, it ranked 19th.
The title track of “ARIRANG”, “Swim”, is also experiencing long-lasting success. This song settled in 28th and 10th place respectively on the “Global 200” and “Global Excl. U.S.”, which tally music streaming and digital sales in over 200 countries and regions worldwide.
BTS is also establishing various new records on the global music platform Spotify. BTS became the very first group in the world to reach 10 billion annual streams on Spotify (as of October 16), and the cumulative number of plays for “ARIRANG” exceeded 5 billion times (as of October 14). In addition, “Swim” became the first song released in 2026 to cross the mark of one billion streams (as of October 24).
BTS is currently leading their world tour “ARIRANG”. They will hold concerts in São Paulo, Brazil, on the 28th, 30th, and 31st local time, and will begin an Asian tour starting in November, beginning with Kaohsiung in Taiwan.
Journalist: Shawn
Translator: Shawn
Source: SNS BTS
