HYBE has dominated Japan's music landscape in a major way. According to Sports Seoul, OSEN, and SBS Entertainment News, five HYBE acts — BTS, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ENHYPEN, &TEAM, and TWS — all placed in the top 10 of both the Combined Album Ranking and the Album Ranking on Oricon's first-half 2026 chart, which covers the period from December 8, 2025 through June 7, 2026. Leading the charge was BTS, whose fifth studio album ARIRANG claimed the No. 1 spot in both categories.
BTS Makes History on the Combined Album Ranking
The milestone BTS achieved with ARIRANG is genuinely historic. Per OSEN, BTS became the first overseas act ever to top Oricon's Combined Album Ranking — a category that aggregates physical and digital album performance. The group also became only the third act overall to surpass 800,000 points in that ranking, joining Japanese groups King & Prince and Snow Man. As an overseas artist, BTS stands completely alone in achieving that points milestone.
HYBE's Multi-Label Strategy Pays Off in Japan
What makes this sweep particularly impressive is the range of labels involved. BTS and TXT are signed to Big Hit Music, ENHYPEN to Belift Lab, &TEAM to YX Labels, and TWS to Pledis Entertainment. All five acts landing in the Oricon top 10 simultaneously is a strong signal that HYBE's multi-label system — which gives each label creative independence — is producing results well beyond the Korean market. Japan remains one of the most competitive music markets in the world, making a clean top-10 sweep by artists from a single parent company a remarkable achievement for any organization, domestic or international.
