SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook, a member of K-pop giant BTS, rolled out a collaborative single with U.S. singer-songwriter Charlie Puth on Friday. Produced by Puth, the song titled “Left and Right,” is a uplifting, summery song featuring the unique colors of the two vocalists. The tune will be included on Puth’s third [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS on Friday agreed to fully support Busan’s bid to host the World Expo in 2030, including holding a global concert in the southern port city of Busan, the local government said. Hybe, the entertainment company behind BTS, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Busan [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Two new singles from the BTS anthology album “Proof” have entered the Billboard’s Hot 100 main singles chart for this week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), “Yet To Come,” the main track of the album, debuted at No. 13 and “Run BTS,” also off the [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop giant BTS’ new single “Yet To Come” has topped the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, becoming the group’s sixth No. 1 debut on the chart, Billboard said on social media. The song is from the septet’s new album, “Proof,” which landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ new album, “Proof,” has topped the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for this week, becoming the sixth chart-topper from the South Korean group, the chart’s operator said. The anthology album landed atop the Billboard 200 by earning 314,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for global sensation BTS’ “Dynamite” passed 1.5 billion views on YouTube on Friday, becoming the second most-viewed video from the band, its management agency said. The video for the megahit single released in August 2020 reached the milestone at 1:11 p.m., Big Hit Music said. It [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ new album “Proof” sold over 2.75 million copies in the first week of its release, a record for all K-pop albums released so far this year, its agency said Friday. The anthology album had sold a total of 2,752,496 copies as of Friday, just a week [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook, a vocalist of K-pop giant BTS, will drop a collaborative single with U.S. singer-songwriter Charlie Puth next Friday. Puth unveiled a video of Jungkook and him humorously discussing their plans to release “Left and Right” on TikTok on Friday. The BTS member sang a verse of the song [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS flatly rejected rumors Thursday that the band is taking steps to disband itself following its recent announcement of a pause in group activities. “We’ll try to show good performances either as a team or individuals,” RM, the band leader, said in a post to Weverse, a [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of K-pop supergroup BTS, who recently decided to put group activities on hold, are expected to work on projects individually, with rapper J-Hope spearheading the move. In an announcement made on YouTube on Tuesday, the group said it will take a collective break but members will return with [...]