BTS celebrates new album by launching takeover of Spotify's Teen Party playlist |
With BTS dropping its highly-anticipated album, MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA on Friday, Spotify
can confirm the worldwide K-Pop phenomenon is the first K-Pop group to surpass 5 billion
streams on its platform. They also set the record as the first artist from Asia to have hit this milestone.
To celebrate the album release, the follow up to 2018’s award-winning, chart-topping LoveYourself 結 'Answer', BTS has dedicated a special Spotify playlist of their favourite music to their
fans - AKA the ARMY - who have supported them with these achievements. For the next seven
days, the BTS boys will take control of Spotify’s Teen Party playlist, selecting songs from around
the world that has inspired them.
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Tracks selected include Halsey’s Without Me, Queen’s legendary anthem Bohemian Rhapsody
and Billie Eillish’s idontwannabeyouanymore.
As well as reaching the 5 billion streams milestone, BTS have a whopping 10 million followers
on Spotify. Their hit song ‘FAKE LOVE’ – Spotify’s most streamed K-Pop track of 2018 – has
brought the group over 219 million streams. They are also the most streamed K-Pop group in
Malaysia.
Are you an absolute fan of K-pop? Be sure to follow @SpotifyKDaebak, our dedicated K-Pop
channel on Twitter, for more exciting BTS treats to come. You can also tweet using the hashtag
#SpotifyxBTS to reveal a custom finger heart emoji from Spotify.
Spotify Teen Party Playlist: