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Seventeen Ranks No. 3 on IFPI’s 2021 Global Albums Chart

SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup Seventeen has reached No. 3 on the Global Album Sales Chart of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for 2021, becoming the highest-charted K-pop artist. According to the official homepage of the nonprofit body that represents the recording industry worldwide Wednesday, the 13-member group put [...]

BTS Named Global Recording Artist of 2020

SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — After spending a phenomenal year with megahits “Dynamite” and “Life Goes On” in 2020, BTS has been crowned Global Recording Artist of the Year by an organization representing the worldwide recording industry. The win on Wednesday (U.S. local time) marks a first for an act that performs primarily in [...]