SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — “Butter,” a megahit single by K-pop superstars BTS, has earned double platinum certification in the United States. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) revealed the certification on its website Thursday (U.S. time), adding in a tweet, “Congratulations to @bts_bighit! #Butter is DOUBLE PLATINUM!!” The certification recognizes 2 million [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS and British rock band Coldplay released their collaboration single “My Universe” on Friday, kicking off what is expected to be a fresh cycle of chart-topping, high-profile events. The song dropped on streaming services at 1 p.m. (Korean time), along with the official lyric video on Coldplay’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — In between promoting vaccines and lauding youths at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, it appears K-pop superstars BTS reunited with British rock band Coldplay ahead of the release of their collaboration single “My Universe.” The two acts posted a group photo to their Twitter accounts Thursday, showing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The video featuring K-pop sensations BTS performing “Permission to Dance,” one of their hit singles, at the United Nations headquarters has exceeded 12 million views on YouTube, becoming the most viewed clip on the U.N. channel. The video that was uploaded at the U.N.’s official YouTube channel Monday has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS addressed the U.N. General Assembly Monday and praised the world’s young people for welcoming the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The septet flew to New York to speak in person at the 76th U.N. General Assembly’s Sustainable Development Goals Moment event as special presidential [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS flew to New York on Saturday to attend a United Nations event as a special presidential envoy. The chart-topping group is scheduled to attend the opening ceremony for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment of the Decade of Action event in New York on Monday (U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — “Dynamite,” the megahit song by K-pop superband BTS, has made the list of the 500 greatest songs of all time published by U.S. entertainment magazine Rolling Stone. The group’s first English-language single and first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart placed 346th on the list, which was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS will hold an online concert next month to meet fans across the world, its management agency said Wednesday. The concert, titled “BTS Permission To Dance On Stage,” will be livestreamed on Oct. 24, according to an announcement by Big Hit Music on its fan community Weverse. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop fans launched a campaign to help protect a beach in eastern Korea that has become popular after the global superstars BTS shot their photos for the “Butter” album. Korea Beyond Coal, a civic group dedicated to fighting against climate change, said they started the “Save Butter Beach Campaign,” [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensations BTS and British rock band Coldplay will release their collaboration song this month, Warner Music Korea said Monday. The company said the two groups will drop the single, titled “My Universe,” on Sept. 24, confirming rumors that had been circulating for months about their collaboration. The song, [...]