SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – V, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, is about to make it onto the Billboard main singles chart for this week with his individual single “Christmas Tree.” The song will debut at No. 79 on the Hot 100 for this week, Billboard said on its Twitter on Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Two more members of the K-pop supergroup BTS — RM and Jin — were confirmed to have fully recovered from the new coronavirus and released from isolation Tuesday after Suga, their agency said. “Members RM and Jin were released from isolation at noon as they were confirmed to have [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS has fully recovered from the new coronavirus and been released from isolation, his agency said Monday. “Suga was released from isolation at noon as he was confirmed to have fully recovered from COVID-19,” Big Hit Music said on the agency’s fan community platform Weverse. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — J-hope, a member of K-pop superband BTS, donated 100 million won (US$84,000) Friday for children suffering economic hardships amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, a charity group said. According to ChildFund Korea, J-hope expressed hope that his donation will be used to help children in need have a warm winter. [...]
JEJU, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A small town on Jeju Island is going viral on social media after a surprise visit from Jimin, a member of K-pop superband BTS. Nuwemaru Street, a busy shopping district in the city of Jeju, was hosting a Christmas event on Saturday to promote the local economy. Jimin, on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean instant noodle maker plans to release a large capacity version of its flagship cup noodle product. RM, the leader of global dynamo BTS, played the role of the ‘modisumer’, a combination of the terms ‘modify’ and ‘consumer.’ Paldo Co. is preparing its Paldo Bibim Men Instant Cold [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ vocalist Jin and rapper RM have tested positive for the coronavirus, their management agency said Saturday. The announcement came a day after the agency, Big Hit Music, confirmed that Suga, another member of the seven-member K-pop superband, has been infected with the virus. “RM and Jin were confirmed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop superband BTS, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his management agency said Friday. Suga was confirmed to have the virus in a polymerase chain reaction test after arriving in Seoul from the United States on Thursday, according to Big Hit Music. “Suga received [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has become the first international act to be best-selling artist of the year in Japan. According to the annual rankings released by Japanese music tracker Oricon on Friday, the septet placed No. 1 on the total sales by artist, based on the aggregated sales of albums, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has been nominated for the 2022 BRIT Awards for International Group of the Year, the awards’ website showed Sunday. This is the second consecutive year the group has been nominated for the British annual music awards, both times in the same category. BTS will be competing [...]