{"id":584820,"date":"2026-08-06T09:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584820\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T09:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:16:20","slug":"no-skips-allowed-bts-racks-up-four-billion-plays-for-arirang-while-jungkook-hits-the-jackpot-with-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584820\/","title":{"rendered":"No skips allowed: BTS racks up four billion plays for \u2018Arirang\u2019 while Jungkook hits the jackpot with \u2018Seven\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SEOUL, Aug 6 \u2014 BTS is proving once again that its global fanbase shows no signs of slowing down, with the group\u2019s fifth studio album Arirang crossing 4 billion plays on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone makes Arirang the fifth fastest album to reach the figure and the fastest album by an Asian artiste to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-member group now has eight albums that have surpassed the four\u00a0billion-play mark on the streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing world tour named after the album is expected to further boost the streaming numbers as BTS continues its North American leg.<\/p>\n<p>The group is set to perform in Boston today before heading to four more cities in the US and Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jungkook has also scored a major streaming achievement with his solo hit Seven (feat. Latto).<\/p>\n<p>The song has surpassed 1.3 billion plays on YouTube Music, making it the first debut song by an Asian male artiste to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEOUL, Aug 6 \u2014 BTS is proving once again that its global fanbase shows no signs of slowing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[140555,6432,93,61,60,16465,278,246989,14735,33915],"class_list":["post-584820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-arirang","tag-bts","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jungkook","tag-music","tag-north-american-tour","tag-spotify","tag-youtube-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}