SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS’ planned world tour, which has been put off for more than a year due to the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, has been officially canceled, its agency here said Friday. “Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the BTS Map of the Soul Tour, knowing that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS has landed at No. 19 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart with its latest Japanese compilation album. “BTS, the Best” came in at 19th place on Billboard’s main albums chart refreshed Tuesday (U.S. time), renewing the group’s best first week ranking on Billboard for any [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The webcomic arm of South Korea’s top portal operator, Naver Corp., said Wednesday it will expand cooperation with the agency of K-pop sensation BTS and other companies to create new original content. Webtoon Entertainment said it will create various locally made webcomics and other kinds of intellectual property (IP) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS has been nominated in five categories at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, including “Song of the Year” for its megahit “Dynamite,” the U.S. TV station said Wednesday (local time). This year, the annual awards show will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS’ Billboard-topping hit “Butter” came in at No. 4 on this week’s Billboard main singles chart, slipping from last week’s top spot. “BTS’ “Butter” drops to No. 4 after nine weeks atop the Hot 100,” Billboard said on its website on Monday (U.S. time). “It posts [...]
SAMCHEOK, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A scenic beach in South Korea’s eastern coastal city of Samcheok has seen an influx of visitors thanks to its growing popularity as the location for K-pop superstar BTS’ photo shoot for its megahit single “Butter.” The city government of Samcheok, about 290 kilometers east of Seoul, saw its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hybe Co., the company behind global K-pop star BTS, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit grew 10 percent on the back of robust performances from its artists. Net profit for the second quarter stood at 20.84 billion won (US$18.2 million), compared with 18.96 billion won the previous year, according [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean superband BTS sat atop Billboard’s main singles chart for the 10th consecutive week, with “Butter” leading the latest Hot 100. “‘Butter’ is officially No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for a ninth week,” Billboard said on its Twitter account on Monday (U.S. time). The song had [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean supergroup BTS sat atop the Billboard’s main singles chart for the ninth consecutive week as its hit single “Butter” returned to the throne after briefly giving way to its own latest single. “‘Butter’ officially returns to No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for an eighth total [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member V’s message supporting self-proclaimed BTS fan and teenage ping pong sensation Shin Yu-bin has gone viral. Shin Yu-bin, the youngest member of the South Korean women’s table tennis team at 17, is a fan of the South Korean supergroup. Shin, who beat Luxembourg’s Xia Lian Ni, a [...]