Ready, Set…BTS!
Streaming, Charting, and Voting Updates (US Edition)
As ARMY, we are unwavering in our support of the seven members, whether it’s during group or solo activities. And since they are musical artists, we listen to them on various platforms, and vote for music-themed awards. This page will bring the latest goals & how-to guides we’ve gathered from across all the social media apps.
So let’s go…FIGHTING!
Last Updated: Sunday, January 26th, 2025 (MST)
Current Missions:
Voting for Jimin & “Are You Sure” for iHeartRadio Music Awards
Streaming “Close to You” on all accounts & watching M/V’s on YouTube
Getting all seven BTS members at least one song with one Billion Streams on Spotify
Watch BTS videos to get to 1 billion views!
iHeartRadio Music Awards Voting
2 awards to vote for: “Best Lyrics” for Jimin’s “Who”, and “Favorite On Screen” for “Are You Sure” with Jimin & Jung Kook!
Voting rules: All residents of the fifty (50) United States (including D.C.), Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand who are 13 years of age or older may vote online at iHeartRadio.com/Awards. Users can only vote by creating and/or signing into their iHeartRadio account to vote online.
If you vote in all categories, you can watch an ad and vote 20 more times in any category.
Power Hour is available for more votes, and we put voting reminders in our Discord!
Voting available on the website: iHeartRadio Voting
“Close to You” by Jin
Stream! Premium accounts are better for counting streams.
Grab good playlists where you can!
YouTube views are important, and premium accounts are better. Guides are included below.
US ARMYs can purchase both the “Close to You” and the “Close to You (Instrumental)” versions on US iTunes.
Leave song reviews where you can, such as iTunes.
OT7 “Close to You” Spotify Playlist
OT7 Chart Heavy “Close to You” Spotify Playlist
BIllions “Close to You” Spotify Playlist
“Happy” with “Close to You” Spotify Playlist
YouTube Playlist
Apple Music Playlist
1 Billion Spotify Streams for all 7 BTS members
When streaming for Jin, add hyung line songs in as the fillers, so we can reach both goals at once!
Stream from the discographies of: Jin, Agust D, j-hope, and RM.
32 Song Playlist for Goal Spotify Playlist
A Billion Fri(end)s Spotify Playlist
1 Billion Views List of M/V’s
These videos are almost at a billion views!
Blood, Sweat and Tears, Dope, Fire, Save Me, and Permission to Dance
Streaming Help!
Spotify
Playlists should be at least 45 minutes long, with at least 2 filler songs in between the target song. Switch up the number of songs you use as fillers in your playlist.
Switch up your playlists during the day! Playing from only 1 or 2 playlists all day counts as bot behavior.
Add the other versions of the main/title track (such as remixes, instrumentals) as fillers. This boosts the streams for the original song.
Don’t use the SHUFFLE or the LOOP functions. Repeating/looping the song counts as bot behavior, and can result in deleted streams!
Use the Pre-save/Pre-add song links when they become available.
Offline/downloaded streams will also count. Download the song and then make sure your wifi/mobile data are on!