Drake’s ICEMAN secured the biggest first-day Spotify debut for a rap album in 2026, earning four times as many streams as J. Cole’s The Fall-Off, which holds the year's second-biggest debut.
BTS becomes the first music group ever to have 15 songs debut with over 5 million streams on their first day.
— They are also the first music group and the first Asian artist to achieve this milestone.
The Biggest Spotify Global Openings by K-pop Artists in 2026:
1. Swim by BTS — 14.6M
2. Body To Body by BTS — 11.1M
3. Hooligan by BTS — 8.7M
4. FYA by BTS — 8M
5. Aliens by BTS — 7.7M
6. 2.0 by BT — 7.3M
7. Merry Go Round by BTS — 7.2M
8. Normal by BTS — 7.1M
9. Like Animals by BTS — 6.8M
10. They Don’t Know Bout Us by BTS — 6.7M
11. No.29 by BTS — 6.5M
12. One More Night by BTS — 6.1M
13. Please by BTS — 5.9M
14. Into The Sun by BTS — 5.7M
15. Come Over by BTS — 5.3M
BTS’s concerts in Spain on the 26th and 27th have officially sold out.
— The first Asian artist to sell out a stadium for two consecutive nights in Spain.
After wrapping up last year with 40 billion streams, BTS has already surpassed the 52 billion mark. By gaining over 12 billion streams in less than six months, they have officially become the most-streamed group of all time on Spotify.