ARIRANG by BTS becomes the Fastest Album by Asian Act and Korean/Kpop Act to surpass 3.1 Billion streams on Spotify.

the concept of outperforming drake and bruno mars and then getting put in a category with the inkigayo lineup

hard pill to swallow but all award shows lose their relevance soon as they introduce a separate kpop category lmfao

The universe owes BTS at least seven Grammy nominations this year, something like: Album of the Year - ARIRANG Song of the Year - SWIM Record of the Year - SWIM BPDGP - SWIM Best Music Video - 2.0 Best Asian Pop Performance - Body to Body Best Music Film - BTS: The Return

we’ll definitely get main category nominations but they won't give us the win.

ARIRANG AOTY 2026.

arirang is the first and only album to chart all its songs on billboard global excl. us chart for 12 consecutive weeks. arirang surpassed 3 billion streams on spotify in less than 3 months since its release. it became the first 2026 album to do so. arirang broke the record for the longest charting album at #1 on spotify global weekly chart in 2026. rolling stone, NME, and other publications selected arirang as one of the best albums of 2026 so far. every single day - literally EVERY SINGLE DAY - arirang breaks a new record.

There’s a lot to unpack here, and I’m going to say it directly. I dont care if I get cancelled but this needs to be said. For years, BTS were told they weren’t big enough, mainstream enough, or "Grammy material." Then they became one of the biggest acts in the world. They broke records, sold out stadiums across continents, topped charts repeatedly, and built a global cultural impact that few artists in history can match. And when they became too successful to ignore? The Grammys nominated "Dynamite" and "Butter"—both English-language songs. Let that sink in. The songs that got BTS into the major Grammy conversation were the songs that fit most comfortably into the Western industry framework. Yet BTS's discography is filled with critically acclaimed Korean-language music that has had enormous cultural and artistic impact. Now we have a "Best Asian Pop Music Performance" category. And before anyone calls that progress, let's ask the obvious question: why does there need to be a separate category at all? If Asian artists are good enough to dominate global charts, sell millions of records, headline festivals, influence culture worldwide, and compete with every major artist in the industry, then they are good enough for the same categories as everyone else. Inclusion isn't creating a separate lane after Asian artists prove they can win in the existing ones. Inclusion is treating them as equals. That's why BTS's lyrics in "Aliens" hit so hard: "어쩜 그래 shameless 예의를 차려 we aliens 해는 동쪽에서 risin' Aliens, aliens" No matter how successful some artists become, there are still systems and institutions that treat them as perpetual outsiders. And that's exactly why this conversation matters. Because when BTS were impossible to ignore, the response shouldn't have been to create another box and place Asian artists inside it. The response should have been to judge them by the same standards as every other artist competing for the biggest awards in music. ARMYs, we have a mission. Talk about Arirang everywhere. Put it in AOTY conversations. Put it in ROTY conversations. Write threads. Make edits. Share analyses. Start discussions. If we believe it deserves those nominations, then let's make enough noise that nobody can pretend it doesn't belong in the room. They ignored BTS until they couldn't. Let's make sure they can't ignore Arirang either.

they will remove that category in 2028 after listening to all the noise pots and pans

bts you are bigger than grammys btw.

mfs bout to start getting grammy nominations before inkigayo wins

فکر نمیکردم پیش‌بینی بتس انقدر سریع به واقعیت تبدیل بشه، سه ماه که فقط آلبوم اومده open.spotify.com/track/5tg21…

یجور گفته فرصت برای آرتیستهای آسیا انگار مثلا هزاران پتانسیل تو کل قاره آسیا وجود داره، کصکش پدرجنده چارتارو نگاه کن تنها فقط یک اکته که تمام رکوردهاش”اولین اکت آسیایی” هستن و اونم بی‌تی‌اسه، فرصت برای آسیا my ass

آسمونم آبیه، رزا هم قرمزن و چمنا سبزن خب کیری معلومه که میبره بحث خارکصه بودن گرمیه

and congratulations BTS for paving another way for those nugu ass kpop groups.

گرمی دید امسال وایتای دارلینگش ریدن و تنها رقیب اصلی البوم سال از لحاظ استریم،موفقیت تجاری و امتیاز منتقدا آریرانگه گفت بزار نشون بدم چقدر میتونم کصکش باشم، میگه فرصت برای آسیا، ما که میدونیم به خیاهای کیپاپ میخوای کریر بدی ولی باشه به قول خودت برای کل آسیا اینکارو کردی خارکصه😭

Ofcourse they did. So all their main categories can remain safe and secured for the American Acts. The fact that they face xenophobia allegations every year and they keep proving them right every year.

زندگی خیاهای کیپاپ تو این اواردزای وسترن گلستون شده از وقتی که بتس بزرگترین ارتیست آسیایی تو مارکت غرب شناخته شده،بتس بزرگترین کامبک سال، پراستریم‌ترین اهنگ و البوم سالو ریلیز میکنه و خیاهای کیپاپ با مفت‌خوری و ریلیز کصشر پشت کصشر سود میکنن از بغلشون، کاملاً هم تصادفی