{"id":162243,"date":"2026-03-21T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=162243"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:00:25","slug":"bts-arirang-becomes-the-most-streamed-k-pop-album-in-spotify-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-arirang-becomes-the-most-streamed-k-pop-album-in-spotify-history\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 \u201cARIRANG\u201d becomes the most-streamed K-pop album in Spotify history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again,<strong> BTS<\/strong> set the bar high for the Kpop scene with the latest release of their 5th album,<em> \u201cARIRANG.\u201d<\/em> Since its release, the idols have been breaking numerous records in the music industry, including one major achievement on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>On March 21, Spotify took over social media to make a special announcement regarding BTS\u2019s new album.<strong> The album officially became the most-streamed K-pop album in Spotify history, and the most-streamed album in a single day in 2026 so far<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spotify\/status\/2035346919128781236\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Four years. One comeback. ARMY made <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bts_bighit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@bts_bighit<\/a>&#39;s &#39;ARIRANG&#39; the most streamed K-Pop album in Spotify history and the most streamed album in a single day in 2026. Favorite track so far? \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pXUiFDf75Z\">pic.twitter.com\/pXUiFDf75Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spotify (@Spotify) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spotify\/status\/2035346919128781236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The new album includes a total of 14 tracks, featuring the title song<em>, \u201cSWIM.\u201d<\/em> There\u2019s no doubt that BTS has given their all for the fans, better known as ARMY, with the celebration of music and love throughout their album. Promotions are just in the first phase, as BTS also made a marvelous performance<strong> streamed globally<\/strong> on Netflix at Gwanghwamun Square. Congratulations to BTS on another amazing achievement!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b4iVv91Z6lY\" title=\"BTS (\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8) \u2018SWIM\u2019 Official MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b4iVv91Z6lY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, BTS set the bar high for the Kpop scene with the latest release of their 5th album, \u201cARIRANG.\u201d Since its release, the idols have been breaking numerous records in the music industry, including one major achievement on Spotify. On March 21, Spotify took over social media to make a special announcement regarding BTS\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":162245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2264,16],"tags":[49],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-162243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162248,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162243\/revisions\/162248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162243"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=162243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}