BTS passed 10 billion Spotify streams. The US seat is in a theater next Saturday.
Big Hit says BTS is the first group to pass 10 billion Spotify streams in a single year. US theaters carry the Buenos Aires show live on October 24.
Mina Park
Big Hit Music said Friday that BTS is the first group to pass 10 billion Spotify streams in a single calendar year. Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Bad Bunny have reached that as solo acts. A group had not.
US theaters carry the Buenos Aires stop of the Arirang tour live on Saturday, October 24.
The streams
Last year's Spotify total was 4.5 billion. This year's count has more than doubled.
The March album Arirang accounts for more than 5 billion of it. Big Hit calls it the most-streamed album released in 2026. On release day, March 20, it passed 110 million streams.
It is also the first group album to spend three straight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Mumford & Sons' Babel in 2012. The ticket half of the tour is already past $500 million in the Boxscore piece, with South America still reporting.
The US showtimes
The official live-viewing page lists a direct feed from Buenos Aires on Saturday, October 24, at 6:45 p.m. EDT and 3:45 p.m. PDT. An encore of that same show is Sunday, October 25, at 4:45 p.m. EDT and 1:45 p.m. PDT.
São Paulo follows on Friday, October 30, at the same evening times, 6:45 p.m. EDT and 3:45 p.m. PDT. The US encore is Saturday, October 31, at 4:45 p.m. EDT and 1:45 p.m. PDT.
Canada's São Paulo encore is later that night. If you are buying in the US, use the US line.
Cinemark, AMC, Regal, and Harkins are listing the Buenos Aires broadcast. Harkins names Trafalgar Releasing as the distributor and runs 3 hours 15 minutes, unrated.
Chicago listings were at 5:45 p.m., the Central version of that 6:45 Eastern feed. Phoenix shows were at 3:45 p.m. The clock moves with the time zone, and not every theater has both nights.
This is the first BTS live viewing from South America, and the first time the group has played Argentina.
The rest of the month
The group is in Santiago through Saturday, then three shows each in Buenos Aires and São Paulo to close the month. The cinema nights are the last shows in those two cities.
Buenos Aires airs October 24. São Paulo airs October 30. Some countries get a delayed feed. The US listing is live.
Our take: ten billion streams is a real record. If you want to do something with it this week, Saturday's theater seat has a time. The Boxscore story is the money already booked. You can still buy this show.
