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BTS’ Billboard Win Expected to Create Economic Effect Worth 1.7 tln Won

BTS’ Billboard Win Expected to Create Economic Effect Worth 1.7 tln Won

SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An estimated 1.7 trillion won (US$1.43 billion) worth of economic effect is expected to be created by K-pop sensation BTS’ conquest of the Billboard Hot 100 chart last week, government data showed Monday. Last week, BTS debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s main singles chart with its latest English-language [...]

BTS’ Latest Three Concerts in Seoul Had Economic Effect of 1 tln Won

BTS’ Latest Three Concerts in Seoul Had Economic Effect of 1 tln Won

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS created an economic effect worth 1 trillion won (US$860.7 million) with its latest three concerts in Seoul, an academic report showed Monday. The septet finished off its latest world tour, “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself,” with the final leg in Seoul where three evening concerts at [...]

BTS’ Recent Home Concerts Created Economic Effect Worth Nearly 500 bln Won: Report

BTS’ Recent Home Concerts Created Economic Effect Worth Nearly 500 bln Won: Report

SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS’ fan meetings and concerts in South Korea last month created an economic effect worth nearly 500 billion won (US$424.2 million), an academic report showed Wednesday. According to the report by a research team led by Pyun Ju-hyun, a business professor at Seoul’s Korea University, BTS [...]