Overview
- BigHit Music said the single “Swim” has passed 500 million streams on Spotify, making it the first song released in 2026 to reach that mark.
- The label also reported that all 14 tracks from BTS’s fifth album Arirang have exceeded 100 million Spotify streams, showing heavy listening across the whole record.
- Multiple Arirang songs have hit still-higher totals, with tracks such as “Body to Body” and “Hooligan” each topping 200 million streams and the interlude “No. 29” also passing 100 million.
- The streaming surge builds on strong U.S. results for the release, which produced a No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single and an Arirang run that led the Billboard 200 for three straight weeks, and it follows BTS’s three American Music Award wins including Artist of the Year and Song of the Summer.
- The combination of mass streaming and awards underlines how BTS blends Korean musical elements and member songwriting into work that fuels global playlists, boosts revenue from streams, and strengthens demand for tours and further U.S. promotion.