SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT) — both managed by K-pop powerhouse Big Hit Music — have simultaneously landed on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart with their all-English tracks. BTS ranked No. 11 with “Butter” on the latest version of the radio chart, which reflects weekly data from around 160 [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Supergroup BTS rewrote its chart record on Wednesday as its upbeat summer number “Butter” retained the top spot on Billboard’s main singles chart for the sixth consecutive week. “”Butter” is officially No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for a sixth consecutive week,” Billboard said Tuesday (U.S. time) on [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Global superstar BTS has set another record on YouTube, with its music video for the 2017 song “DNA” earning 1.3 billion views on YouTube, the band’s agency said Saturday. YouTube views for “DNA,” released in September 2017, topped 1.3 billion around midnight Friday, becoming the seven-piece act’s first music [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS will release a new song, “Permission to Dance,” co-written by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, next week, its agency said Friday. The tracklist of the upcoming physical CD version of “Butter,” unveiled on the septet’s official social media account, includes two songs — “Butter,” a summer number [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., in celebration of the company’s purchase of U.S. robotics firm Boston Dynamics Inc., revealed a video of K-pop icon BTS dancing with Spot, a maneuverable dog-like robot. The company revealed on Tuesday a video titled ‘Welcome to the Family with BTS’, in which BTS, the company’s [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Superband BTS retained the top spot on Billboard’s main singles chart for the fifth straight week with its upbeat summer number “Butter,” once again outpacing the group’s chart record. “”Butter” holds at No. 1 with 12.4 million U.S. streams and 128,400 downloads sold (up 15 percent) in the week [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ latest megahit dance-pop song “Butter” retained the No. 1 position on the Billboard’s main albums chart for the fourth consecutive week in the group’s best record on the chart since its debut. “”Butter” is officially No. 1 on this week’s Hot 100 chart for a fourth consecutive week. [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — With BTS fever sweeping across the globe, a major smartphone manufacturer in China is under fire for the unauthorized use of seven-piece act’s name to promote a new smartphone. China’s Vivo sparked controversy after releasing the company’s newest smartphone V21 which uses a slogan in its advertisement that makes [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Supergroup BTS once again outran its own track record as the summery single “Butter” ranked No. 1 on the latest Billboard’s main singles chart for the third straight week. “”Butter” holds at No. 1 with 15.4 million U.S. streams and 138,400 downloads sold in the week ending June 10. [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, the seven-piece act that has emerged as the world’s biggest boy band, is set to hold a two-day fan event in line with its eighth debut anniversary, the group’s agency said Friday. BTS 2021 Muster Sowoozoo, now in its fifth round, will take place through online streaming on [...]