{"id":169442,"date":"2026-06-17T10:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=169442"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:16:17","slug":"bts-earns-recognition-on-nmes-best-albums-list-of-2026-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-earns-recognition-on-nmes-best-albums-list-of-2026-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS earns recognition on NME&#8217;s Best Albums List of 2026 so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong> has added another achievement to their long list of accomplishments this year! The septet earned a place on\u00a0<strong>NME&#8217;s list of &#8220;The Best Albums of 2026 So Far,&#8221;<\/strong> which was released on June 16, 2026, as part of the British publication&#8217;s midyear roundup. The ranking featured 25 albums from various musical genres, with BTS&#8217; latest project, &#8220;ARIRANG,&#8221; making the list. The album has received critical recognition and enjoyed massive commercial success since its March 20, 2026, release, becoming a music highlight thanks to its positive response. }<\/p>\n<p><iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/intl-es\/album\/3ukkRHDHbN8tNRPKsGZR1h?si=u5DRhOj2Qp6Q3s1fyxWC_A\" title=\"Spotify Embed: ARIRANG\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3ukkRHDHbN8tNRPKsGZR1h?si=u5DRhOj2Qp6Q3s1fyxWC_A&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NME described\u00a0ARIRANG as an album in which &#8220;the biggest boyband in the world return from mandatory military service by tackling the tensions of love and fame.&#8221; The publication also praised the South Korean group for blending elements of their culture with international musical influences, such as pop, dance-pop, R&amp;B, and hip-hop. In addition, the outlet complimented\u00a0&#8220;Body to Body,&#8221; describing it as one of the\u00a0strongest tracks on the album thanks to its impact on the overall project.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b4iVv91Z6lY?si=Aqxttgs0Fp31FgYN\" 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<p>See the full list below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aldous Harding \u2013 \u2018Train On The Island\u2019<\/li>\n<li><strong>BTS \u2013 \u2018ARIRANG\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Chalk \u2013 \u2018Crystalpunk\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Dua Saleh \u2013 \u2018Of Earth &amp; Wires\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Ecca Vandal \u2013 \u2018Looking For People To Unfollow\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Elmiene \u2013 \u2018Sounds For Someone\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Genesis Owusu \u2013 \u2018Redstar Wu &amp; The Worldwide Scourge\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Hemlocke Springs \u2013 \u2018The Apple Tree Under The Sea\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah Rashad \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s Been Awful\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Kacey Musgraves \u2013 \u2018Middle Of Nowhere\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Kneecap \u2013 \u2018Fenian\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Lime Garden \u2013 \u2018Maybe Not Tonight\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Lip Critic \u2013 \u2018Theft World\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Mitski \u2013 \u2018Nothing\u2019s About To Happen To Me\u2019<\/li>\n<li>My New Band Believe \u2013 \u2018My New Band Believe\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Olivia Rodrigo \u2013 \u2018You Look Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love\u2019<\/li>\n<li>RAYE \u2013 \u2018This Music May Contain Hope\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Robyn \u2013 \u2018Sexistential\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Slayyyter \u2013 \u2018Wor$t Girl In America\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Static Dress \u2013 \u2018Injury Episode\u2019<\/li>\n<li>The Itch \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s The Hope That Kills You\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Underscores \u2013 \u2018U\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Vince Staples \u2013 \u2018Cry Baby\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Waterbaby \u2013 \u2018Memory Be A Blade\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Xaviersobased \u2013 \u2018Xavier\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS has added another achievement to their long list of accomplishments this year! 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The ranking featured 25 albums from various musical genres, with BTS&#8217; latest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":169465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,1402],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-169442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-list","tag-bts"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169442","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\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169468,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169442\/revisions\/169468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}