Before BTS: K-pop’s Decadeslong Endeavor to Take on Billboard Charts

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS made history in becoming the first South Korean pop singer or group to clinch the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. But the seven-member boy band is hardly the first Korean artist to set its sights on various charts operated by the popular American music publication. [...]