A year proven by the numbers, power still intact
Preparing a new album and launching a world tour next year
The group BTS. Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC
BTS posted strong showings on overseas year-end charts.
On the 5th, Billboard Japan announced its 2025 year-end charts. The title track ‘Who’ from Jimin's second solo album Muse (MUSE) ranked No. 73 on the ‘Japan Hot 100’, the only entry by a Korean male artist. It also placed at No. 48 on ‘Streaming Songs’. The album Muse ranked No. 76 on ‘Streaming Albums’ and No. 87 on ‘Hot Albums’.
On ‘Artist 100’, Jin (No. 58) and Jimin (No. 93) made the list. Jin's second solo album Echo (Echo) ranked No. 24 on ‘Download Albums’ and No. 41 on ‘Top Album Sales’. Its title track ‘Don't Say You Love Me’ reached No. 69 on ‘Streaming Songs’.
In Spotify Japan's ‘2025 Wrapped year-end summary’, BTS ranked No. 4 in ‘Top Groups of the Year’ and No. 18 in ‘Top Artists of the Year’. They were counted as the most-streamed foreign male artist. In Spotify's global summary, they ranked No. 1 among K-pop artists for most streams.
Solo tracks by each member also made the rankings. In ‘Top Tracks of the Year’, Jimin's ‘Who’ (No. 10), Jin's ‘Don't Say You Love Me’ (No. 19), Jungkook's ‘Seven’ (No. 65), and V x Park Hyo-shin's ‘Winter Ahead’ (No. 68) were included. ‘Winter Ahead’ placed No. 46 on SNS's ‘Most Shared Tracks’. In ‘Top Albums of the Year’, Jimin's Muse (No. 13), Jin's Echo (No. 27), and Jungkook's GOLDEN (No. 30) were ranked.
In the ‘2025 Lollapalooza Berlin Wrapped’ released on the 4th, J-Hope's ‘MIC Drop’ performance was selected as the ‘Loudest Crowd’ performance of the year.
BTS is set to release a full-group new album next spring and launch a world tour.
