WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BTS has been named the Time magazine “entertainer of the year,” the U.S. weekly said Thursday. BTS “isn’t just the biggest K-pop act on the charts. They’ve become the biggest band in the world — full stop,” the influential magazine said in a Twitter post. “Between releasing multiple [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS ranked as the sixth most tweeted about people globally, data from Twitter Inc. showed Tuesday, in apparent proof of the seven-member group’s strong influence in the social media platform. While U.S. President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden topped the list, BTS was one of two [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, one of the world’s most popular pop groups, has become the first all-South Korean act to make it into the top 10 on Billboard’s Radio Songs chart. The group’s hit single “Dynamite” moved up a spot to rank No. 10 on the chart measuring radio airplay in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — After winning trophies at major music awards around the world, BTS picked up the top prizes at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), the biggest year-end music awards show in the K-pop industry, held late Sunday. The seven-piece group took home all four of the grand prizes — Artist [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — After a record-breaking 2020, BTS has ranked No. 1 on the Billboard’s year-end Top Artists Duo/Group chart for the first time in its career, the U.S. music publication reported. “BTS is the first non-U.S act to be the year’s top duo/group since British/Irish boy band One Direction led in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that would allow globally recognized male pop culture artists to postpone their mandatory military duties. The assembly’s plenary session gave the nod to the bill on revising the Military Service Act to grant an exceptional right to defer national defense duties to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A China-based fan community of Jin, a member of K-pop megastar BTS, opened a street project in western Seoul on Tuesday to celebrate the singer’s 28th birthday, officials said. The community named China Jin Bar opened the BTS Jin Theme Street on the main commercial festival avenue of the [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BTS has achieved another milestone with its new song “Life Goes On,” becoming the first Korean song to land at No. 1 on the Billboard’s main singles chart. “‘Life Goes On’ officially debuts at No. 1 on this week’s Hot 100,” Billboard said in a Twitter post [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – “BE,” the latest album by K-pop megastars BTS, has landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the group’s fifth album to top the Billboard’s main albums chart. “BTS lands its fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as ‘Be’ bows atop the tally,” U.S. music [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s K-pop megastar BTS was nominated for the Grammy Award in best pop duo/group performance, becoming the first South Korean pop artist to be nominated for the U.S. music award. The South Korean boy group was nominated for its latest hit single “Dynamite” in a virtual ceremony streamed [...]