SB19's A'TIN Win Fourth Straight Billboard Fan Army Face-Off, Breaking All-Time Record
SB19's fan army A'TIN has won the 2026 Billboard Fan Army Face-Off, defeating Harry Styles' Harries in the final to claim a fourth consecutive title and break the all-time record for the competition. The victory, confirmed by Billboard on 21 August 2026, pushes A'TIN past T-ara's Queens, who held the previous record of three straight wins from 2015 to 2017. Billboard
The Billboard Fan Army Face-Off is a bracket-style voting competition that launched in 2014, pitting the fan groups of major artists against each other in head-to-head rounds. Fans vote online for their favourite artist's fan army, and winners advance round by round until a champion is crowned. The competition was not held in 2019 or 2021.
A'TIN's path through the 2026 bracket ran through the fan groups of Hilary Duff, Megan Thee Stallion and Melanie Martinez in the first three rounds, Zara Larsson in the quarter-finals, Benson Boone in the semi-finals, and finally the Harries in the final. The previous three titles came against SEVENTEEN's CARATS in 2023, Rihanna's Navy in 2024, and Selena Gomez's Selenators in 2025 — a final A'TIN won with 60.1% of the vote. Billboard
A'TIN is also the first fan army from Asia outside South Korea to win the competition. Every previous winner — BIGBANG's VIPs, T-ara's Queens, Super Junior's E.L.F., Stray Kids' STAY — has been tied to a South Korean act. SB19 are a five-member boy band from Manila, Philippines, comprising Pablo, Josh, Stell, Ken and Justin, and created by the Korean entertainment company ShowBT. They released their debut single "Tilaluha" in October 2018 and their debut studio album "Get in the Zone" in July 2020.
On the charts, SB19's song "Dam" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Philippines Hot 100 in March 2025. The group has not yet appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, the flagship US singles chart.
The full list of Fan Army Face-Off winners tells the story of the competition's decade-plus history: BIGBANG's VIPs in 2014; T-ara's Queens in 2015, 2016 and 2017; Super Junior's E.L.F. in 2018 and 2020; Stray Kids' STAY in 2022; and SB19's A'TIN from 2023 through 2026. T-ara's Queens held the record for most consecutive wins at three until A'TIN matched it in 2025 and surpassed it in 2026. Billboard
What makes the record stand out is the geography. For a fan base rooted in the Philippines to outlast the armies of K-pop groups that have historically dominated this competition — and to do it four years running, beating fan groups behind some of the biggest names in Western pop along the way — gives the streak its own shape. The numbers behind the votes are fans, many of them organising across time zones and social platforms, and the competition rewards exactly that kind of sustained coordination.
