BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ powers a 10-billion-stream Spotify year

New reports say BTS became the first group to pass 10 billion Spotify streams in a single year, with “ARIRANG” contributing more than 5 billion and reportedly drawing 110 million first-day streams. The album also spent three weeks atop the Billboard 200; figures are attributed to BigHit and media reports, with independent verification and cross-platform data limited.