SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BTS has been named as one of the 15 most influential celebrities on social media by US Weekly, alongside American President Donald Trump and international pop star Beyonce. The seven-member band ranked 14th among the ‘most influential celebrities on social media’ according to the periodical, with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Boy band BTS has become the first Korean act to remain on Billboard magazine’s two key charts for a fourth-straight week, according to the American music publication Wednesday. The band’s EP album “Love Yourself: Her” clocked in at 15th on the “Billboard 200″ chart for the week of Oct. 28, according to Billboard’s website. The album’s lead song, “DNA,” ranked 98th on ”The Hot 100″ chart, which aggregates individual [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – “Love Yourself: Her,” the latest EP by K-pop act BTS, has sold over 1.2 million copies to become the biggest-selling Korean music record in 16 years, data showed Friday. The album sold 1.2 million copies between its Sept. 18 release and the end of last month, according to Gaon [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BTS’s music video for their latest single, ‘DNA’, has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube less than four weeks after its launch, making the band the fastest K-pop group to hit the 100 million milestone on the video giant’s platform. According to a Thursday statement from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – “Love Yourself: Her,” the latest album by K-pop boy band BTS, has sold more than 750,000 copies in the first week, according to its agency Monday. The record, the first in the band’s new “Love Yourself” series, sold 759,263 copies from Sept. 18-24, Big Hit Entertainment said, citing music [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS became the first Korean musician to break into the top 50 artists played on global music streaming service Spotify, according to its agency Wednesday. “DNA,” lead track of BTS’ latest EP album “Love Yourself: Her,” reached No. 50 on the Spotify’s Global Top 50 playlist, according to Big Hit Entertainment. The chart ranks the most streamed artist on the platform on a daily basis. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Spotify was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BTS hit number one on iTunes album charts in 73 countries around the world with its latest record “Love Yourself: Her” on Tuesday, its management agency said. According to Big Hit Entertainment, the new EP album topped iTunes album charts in 73 countries, including the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop band BTS said Monday it hopes to enter the highly coveted Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States with its latest record “Love Yourself: Her.” “Whenever we’re asked about our goals, we say that we want to enter the Hot 100. But a lot of albums have [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop band BTS’ upcoming album will include a song co-produced with U.S. electronic duo The Chainsmokers, according to the former’s agency Monday. BTS’ rappers and Andrew Taggart of the American group have worked together on the song “Best of Me,” an EDM genre track with a warm melody and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS will release a highly anticipated new EP album next month, its agency said Thursday. The EP record titled “Love Yourself Seung ‘Her’” will be released Sept. 18, Big Hit Entertainment announced on the band’s official fan website. It will be the band’s first new music [...]