SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS said it hopes to play an active role in helping youths around the world amid global challenges like economic hardships, inequality and the ongoing pandemic. The seven-piece group, which has rewritten history by ruling Billboard charts and becoming the first Korean pop group to receive [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS will appear on the popular BBC radio show “Live Lounge” next week, the group’s agency said Friday. The group will perform its first Billboard Hot 100 chart topper “Dynamite,” its latest hit song “Permission to Dance” and a special cover of “I’ll Be Missing You” by [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in appointed South Korean boy band BTS as his special envoy for public diplomacy Wednesday. In their capacity of “special presidential envoy for future generations and culture,” the members of the group plan to attend major international meetings, including the 75th session of the U.N. General Assembly [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — After reigning one of the world’s most competitive music charts four times, BTS has again topped the Billboard Hot 100 with its summer bop “Permission to Dance.” The upbeat song, which the South Korean septet has stressed is something for everyone, became the fifth BTS song to hit No. [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS has added another feat to its copious list of accomplishments: replacing one of the group’s own songs at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and scoring back-to-back debuts atop the list. The septet’s third English number, “Permission to Dance,” debuted at No. 1 on [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for the 2019 BTS hit “Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)” earned more than 1.3 billion views on YouTube on Sunday, the group’s agency said, in yet another milestone for the K-pop dynamo. “Boy With Luv,” the main track for the seven-piece act’s sixth EP “Map of [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS became the top-selling artist in total CD album sales in the United States in the first half of this year, according to Billboard on Tuesday (U.S. time). The K-pop juggernaut sold 573,000 copies of its CD albums from Jan. 1 to July 1, the most by a single [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS and dozens of top international artists will join Global Citizen Live, a 24-hour broadcast show intended to help fight COVID-19, climate change and extreme poverty in September, the organizer said. Global Citizen, an international advocacy group based in New York, announced details of the global philanthropic [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS’ summery, up-tempo number “Butter” remained atop Billboard’s main singles chart for the seventh consecutive week in the group’s best chart record since its debut. “”Butter” is officially No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for a seventh week,” Billboard said on its Twitter account on Monday [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Superband BTS on Friday unveiled its much-awaited new song “Permission to Dance,” the act’s second collaboration with British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. The pop-disco track, co-written with Sheeran as well as high-profile producers, like Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid and Jenna Andrews, turned out to be another cheerful song aimed at [...]