BTS becomes 1st group to top 10 bln Spotify streams in single year

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SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superband BTS has become the first group in the world to accumulate 10 billion streams on Spotify in a single year, the group's label said Friday.

While solo acts such as Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Bad Bunny have achieved the milestone, it marks the first time for a group to top 10 billion streams on Spotify, according to BigHit Music.

BTS saw Spotify streams for its songs more than double from 4.5 billion last year, driven by its fifth studio album, "Arirang," released in March.

The album alone has racked up more than 5 billion streams since its release, becoming the most-streamed album on Spotify among albums released this year.

"Arirang" has attracted major attention for being the first full-group project from the global K-pop sensation in nearly four years, released after all its members completed their mandatory military service and reunited. It surpassed 110 million streams on its release day on March 20.

It also became the first album from a group to top the Billboard 200, the main U.S. albums chart, for three consecutive weeks since Mumford & Sons' "Babel" in 2012.

K-pop supergroup BTS is seen in this photo provided by BigHit Music. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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首尔，10 月 16 日（韩联社）——韩国流行音乐超级组合 BTS 的经纪公司周五表示，BTS 已成为世界上第一个在一年内 Spotify 播放量达到 100 亿次的组合。

据 BigHit Music 称，虽然像 Taylor Swift、Ariana Grande 和 Bad Bunny 这样的独唱歌手都曾达到过这一里程碑，但这是组合首次在 Spotify 上获得超过 100 亿次的播放量。

受今年3月发行的第五张录音室专辑《阿里郎》的推动，BTS的歌曲在Spotify上的播放量从去年的45亿次翻了一番还多。

自发行以来，这张专辑的播放量已超过 50 亿次，成为今年 Spotify 上播放量最高的专辑。

《阿里郎》是全球K-pop天团近四年来首个全员阵容企划，也是所有成员完成兵役后重聚推出的作品，因此备受瞩目。该曲于3月20日发行当天便突破1.1亿次播放量。

这张专辑也成为自 2012 年 Mumford & Sons 的《Babel》以来，第一张连续三周登上美国主要专辑排行榜 Billboard 200 榜首的乐队专辑。

这张照片由BigHit Music提供，照片中是韩国流行音乐超级组合BTS。（照片非卖品）（韩联社）

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