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BTS makes history as 'Butter' tops Oricon's five-year chart

BTS made history by topping Japan's Oricon five-year singles chart with 'Butter' and 'Dynamite.'

2024-04-12

BTS, local governments clash over boy band-themed tourist sites

Localities that have been seeing an increasing number of tourists thanks to boy band BTS are now on the verge of losing them as the group’s agency officially requested they refrain from installing any artist-related works in their cities ...

2024-01-15

Muktaekkang emerging as Korea's 'Pokémon Bread 2.0'

Pepper mayonnaise-flavored Muktaekkang is propelling Koreans towards stores in the latest craze after Pokémon Bread and Honey Butter Chips. Named after dried pollack, the Shrimp Cracker’s successor was sold out as soon as it hit shelves.

2023-08-01

BTS's J-Hope to perform on 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'

J-Hope of BTS will perform on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," an annual New Year's Eve special show by ABC TV, on Dec. 31.

2022-12-16

From hip-hop band to social justice warriors — a look back at BTS so far

The first chapter of BTS's career as a group has officially come to a close. The K-pop sensation's eldest member Jin is set to enroll in a front-line boot camp north of Seoul on Tuesday, as part of his mandatory military service. All able-bodied ...

2022-12-13

Amore Pacific releases Laneige overnight lip mask in collaboration with BTS

Amore Pacific will release an overnight lip mask in collaboration with boy band BTS, according to the cosmetics company on Monday. The “Lip & Pop Edition” lip masks will be released for sale through Laneige, Amorepacific’s makeup and skincare ...

2022-10-24

BTS’s 'Butter' streamed over 1 billion times on Spotify

BTS’s mega-hit “Butter” (2021) has accumulated more than 1 billion streams on Spotify. According to the global music streaming platform Friday, “Butter,” which was released on May 21, 2021, made it to the Spotify’s playlist “Billions Club.”

2022-10-14

The case of the music charts void of K-pop boy bands

Boy bands now are nowhere to be found gracing the top spots of streaming charts, not even in the top 50. K-pop agencies report on a near daily basis that boy groups are hitting new highs in CD sales, selling over a million copies in the first ...

2022-10-11

BTS's 'Butter' music video passes 800 million views on YouTube

The music video for BTS’s Billboard-topping single “Butter” racked up 800 million views on YouTube, the boy band's agency BigHit Music said Friday. When it was first released in 2021, the music video was viewed 182.9 million times in just one...

2022-08-26

BTS, Tomorrow X Together land four tracks on Billboard Global 200

Boy bands BTS and Tomorrow X Together have landed multiple songs on the Billboard Global 200. On the latest edition of the chart, BTS's “Butter” (2021) ranked at No. 75, “My Universe” (2021), a collaborative single with Coldplay, at No. 80 and...

2022-05-18