BTS Achieves 1 Million Points on Oricon with 'Arirang,' First for Foreign Artists

Group BTS has added another record in the Japanese music market as the first foreign artist to achieve this milestone.

According to Oricon on August 12, BTS's fifth studio album 'Arirang' has reached a cumulative total of 1 million points in the 'combined album ranking' as of August 17, which includes physical album sales, digital downloads, and streaming.

With this achievement, BTS now holds three albums that have surpassed 1 million points, following their best album 'BTS, THE BEST' and their fourth studio album 'MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~ THE JOURNEY ~.'

Only two other artists, Japanese groups Snow Man and Mrs. GREEN APPLE, have more than three albums that have exceeded 1 million points in the Oricon 'combined album ranking,' making BTS the only foreign artist to do so.

BTS also set a record on Billboard Japan. On August 12, Billboard Japan reported that BTS's 2020 digital single 'Dynamite' has surpassed 1 billion cumulative streams.

This figure combines streaming counts from major Japanese music platforms such as Amazon Music, Spotify, and Line Music, along with YouTube Music views provided by Luminate. 'Dynamite' is the first foreign song to achieve 1 billion streams on Billboard Japan and has the highest streaming count among BTS's singles.

'Dynamite' is BTS's first English-language song. It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 5, 2020, making it the first K-pop group to achieve this feat. In Japan, it ranked second on the annual Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart in 2021.

'Arirang' previously dominated the Oricon 'first half ranking 2026' in both the 'album ranking' and 'combined album ranking,' earning two awards.

In the first half of the year, it recorded over 700,000 sales, a milestone not seen since the 2004 compilation album 'Jewels' by the British rock band Queen. In the first half 'combined album ranking,' it became the third overall and the first foreign artist to surpass 800,000 points, following Japanese groups King & Prince and Snow Man.

* This article has been translated by AI.