{
  "id": 14892043,
  "title": "BTS Becomes First Group Ever to Top 10 Billion Spotify Streams in a Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/bts-becomes-first-group-ever-to-top-10-billion-spotify-streams-in-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:08:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=204911"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Culture] : BTS has become the first group worldwide to surpass ten billion streams in a single year on Spotify. Big Hit Music announced on Friday that the group hit the milestone in cumulative plays on the world’s largest music and audio streaming platform. Global solo artists including Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande ... [more...]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "BTS becomes 1st group to top 10 bln Spotify streams in single year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/bts-becomes-1st-group-to-top-10-bln-spotify-streams-in-single-year",
        "published": "2026-10-16T04:16:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "BTS becomes 1st group to top 10 bil. Spotify streams in single year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/bts-becomes-1st-group-to-top-10-bil-spotify-streams-in-single-year",
        "published": "2026-10-16T05:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}