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Boy band BTS's fan club ARMY started an online protest against Billboard on Tuesday, claiming that the U.S. music chart tweaked its rules to lower BTS member Jimin's rankings.
BREAKING:
@weareoneEXO
fans fight back as splinter group continues campaign against Chen because he wasn't as open as they would have liked about his marriage and the birth of his child
The ruling party on Monday floated the possibility of offering the members of K-pop group BTS an alternative to their required military service as a thank-you for the boy band's massive economic and cultural impact.
@BTS_twt
#방탄소년단
#BTS
There's no question that the leader of
#BTS
has a passion for art.
#RM
is considered to have a major impact in the
#art
world because he has helped it become more mainstream by attracting more people to the museums that he's visited.
@BTS_twt
@bts_bighit
HYBE is set to grow its stake in the U.S. music market, as the company made a public announcement on Friday that it has taken over Big Hit America and will also merge with Ithaca Holdings, a U.S. investor whose chairman manages pop star Ariana Grande.
K-pop sensation BTS held the world's biggest paid online concert on Sunday with "Bang Bang Con: The Live," its agency Big Hit Entertainment announced Monday.
@BTS_twt
#방방콘
#BangBangConTheLive
The University of Sheffield is the first British university to adopt “Learn! Korean with BTS,” a Korean curriculum featuring K-pop boy band BTS.
#BTS
@BTS_twt
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BTS has been asked to give a speech for YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020,” a virtual graduation event that will include Barack and Michelle Obama.
#BTS
#방탄소년단
@BTS_twt
A radio host in Germany is coming under fire after comparing boy band
#BTS
to a “virus” and saying he hopes for a vaccine against it.
“This is racism. Realize what you’ve done and apologize properly,” one comment read.
@BTS_twt
The
@BTS_twt
universe just got a little more diverse
Fans of the
#boyband
can now follow fictionalized versions of the
#Kpop
sensation in a new comic series that expands on their two-part EP series “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life.”
BTS livestreamed its concert “BTS Map of the Soul ON:E” across the world —setting a new standard for the music industry by showing how online concerts can entertain viewers in new ways during the pandemic.
#BTS
@BTS_twt
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It ain’t all K-pop and kimchi. Even tteokbokki is gaining popularity overseas — the stir-fried rice cake that Jimin from
#BTS
was eating in front of a street vendor.
The
#Grammys
maintained its conservative notoriety, failing to acknowledge the global popularity of K-pop and megastar boy band
#BTS
.
#GrammyAwards
@BTS_twt
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Global phenomenon
#BTS
will be featured in a promotional video of Seoul that’s scheduled to be released online Friday at 5 p.m.
All seven members will be shown in the video introducing various tourist attractions of the Korean capital.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will order an investigation into the alleged chart-rigging practice, known as
#sajaegi
in Korea, of boy band
#BTS
's agency
#HYBE
back in 2017.
Many
#Kpop
acts have large international fandoms, but none have reached the level of
#BTS
’s
#ARMY
. What’s so special about BTS that makes global ARMY next-level loyal? Fans and experts say a distinct star-fan dynamic makes the difference.
#Jungkook
from boy band
#BTS
donated 1 billion won ($758,000) to the Seoul National University Children’s Hospital to help children and families in need, the hospital announced Tuesday.
SM Entertainment, a major entertainment company that is home to some of the top K-pop bands, will need to pay the government 20.2 billion won ($18 million), the National Tax Service Seoul Regional Office said Friday.
Boy band
#Enhypen
will be back with a new release in May.
“Enhypen is currently in preparation for a comeback set for May,” the boy band’s agency Belift Lab confirmed with the Korea JoongAng Daily on Wednesday.
@ENHYPEN
Girl group
#Blackpink
became the first K-pop artist to headline the Coachella music festival on Sunday, holding an hour-long performance filled with passion and earning thundering applause from the crowd.
#BLACKPINKatCoachella
@ygofficialblink
#BTS
’s fourth studio album “Map of the Soul: 7” was the No. 1 selling album in the world in 2020, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on Friday.
#IFPI
#BTSHistoryMakers
@BTS_twt
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Park Ji-su -- the WKBL star who most recently earned the MVP award and whose ambition has also led her to try her hand in the WNBA -- is a not-so-secret BTS fan.
The Korea JoongAng Daily would like to inform concerned readers that we are a separate company from the JoongAng Ilbo and Ilgan Sports with our own content and editorial decisions.
KJD has never and has no plans to ever run an ad targeting an individual member of a K-pop group.
Starting off humbly as the “hot pants boys” who covered other groups’ songs, boy band A.C.E has worked hard in the saturated K-pop world to create their unique identity and sound, in an interview with
@official_ACE7
.
Do Kyung-soo, famous for his role in boy band Exo as D.O. and his many silver screen appearances, takes on his biggest challenge yet with “Swing Kids,” a film for which he learned to tap dance.
#MinHeejin
"actively tried to cover up" a sexual harassment case within her company earlier this year, the victim alleged Thursday on her Instagram account.
Boy band A.C.E topped the iTunes Worldwide Albums Chart and the K-pop Music Albums Chart with "Siren:Dawn" on Friday, two days after the new EP was released on Wednesday.
#ACE_Higher
@official_ACE7
When RM, who is not only the leader of
#BTS
but also an emerging art collector, uploaded a photo of himself grinning while holding a moon jar on social media last November, the hashtag Kwon Dae-sup attracted people's attention.
@BTS_twt
Boy band Tomorrow X Together topped the Billboard 200 albums chart with its latest and fifth EP "The Name Chapter: Temptation," the U.S. music service said Sunday.
#TOMORROW_X_TOGETHER
@TXT_members
K-pop boy band Seventeen will be making its first appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Jan. 13, the group’s agency Pledis confirmed Tuesday.
#Seventeen
@pledis_17
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Boy band Stray Kids opened two pop-up stores named “Stray Kids x SKZOO Pop-up Store ‘The Victory’ in Seoul,” under the theme of animal characters, said JYP Entertainment on Monday.
#StrayKids
#SKZ
#SKZOO
#SKZOOPOPUPSTORE
K-pop's seven-year curse does not seem to apply to
#SEVENTEEN
. In fact, the boy band is seeing its highest sales ever; Its upcoming album
#FacetheSun
sold over 2 million copies in preorders alone.
#Kpop
#SCOUPS
#SVT
A 100-minute talk show "Let's BTS" will air on March 29 on KBS 2TV, where the septet will discuss its music and Grammy nomination.
#BTS
#Grammy
#Dynamite
@BTS_twt
#MonstaX
’s
#Reason
is seeing success on worldwide charts. It's the band's first comeback after member I.M. moved to a different agency, proving that
#Kpop
acts can be sustainable with members under different management.
BTS earned a nomination for the 63rd Grammy Awards, a first for any Korean pop music act in history. The boy band will face artists like Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande as well as Dua Lipa.
@BTS_twt
#GrammyNominatedBTS
More on BTS's historical feat:
Sehun and Chanyeol of Exo-SC, the subunit of boy band Exo, participated in writing the lyrics of every song on their first album “1 Billion Views,” their agency, SM Entertainment, said on Friday.
@weareoneEXO
#EXO_SC
#1BillionViews
#10
억뷰
BTS member Jin left a few words for his fans after finishing his 5-week basic training at the 5th Infantry Division in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday. "I am having fun," Jin wrote on the online fan community service Weverse.
Singer and actor Doh Kyung-soo will take the lead role in the Korean remake of Taiwanese film “Secret” (2008), production company Hive Media Corp announced Monday.
@weareoneEXO
#Secret
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Boy band BTS’s two-day online concert and meet-and-greet “BTS 2021 Muster Sowoozoo” was viewed by approximately 1.33 million fans all over the world, according to
#BigHitMusic
on Tuesday.
@BTS_twt
#BTSMusterSoWooZoo2021
“Christmas Tree,” a song from the soundtrack to SBS drama series “Our Beloved Summer” sung by V of BTS, is the first track recorded for a Korean drama series to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
@BTS_twt
#ChristmasTree79onHot100
#Jungkook
of
#BTS
plans to drop a new solo album in July, according to media reports Sunday.
"We plan on sharing the [release] dates once it is confirmed," BigHit Music told the Korea JoongAng Daily on Monday.
"Map of the Soul: 7",
@BTS_twt
's fourth full-length album, was the top-selling album in both the United States and Korea in the first half of the year.
After a two-year hiatus,
#Blackpink
is coming back with its full-length album
#BornPink
and pre-release track
#PinkVenom
on Friday.
Since the girl group debuted in 2016, Thai member
#LISA
has been contributing to Blackpink’s global popularity.
#Lalisa
#Jimin
from boy band
#BTS
will sing "Angel Pt.1," the main song on the soundtrack for the upcoming “Fast & Furious” movie, announced its distributor Universal Pictures on Wednesday.
Bobby from boy band iKON will be the first Korean singer to perform at the opening ceremony of the League of Legends 2018 World Championship Finals on Nov. 3.
The music video of Blackpink member Lisa’s first solo single “Lalisa” has surpassed 300 million views on YouTube as of Wednesday, YG Entertainment announced.
#lalisa
#blackpinkXlisa
BTS’s “Dynamite” is continuing to dominate music charts, landing at No. 5 on Billboard’s Pop Songs radio chart — the highest ranking for any Korean act ever and even surpassing Psy's "Gangnam Style" which reached No. 10 back in 2012.
#BTS
#DYNAMITE
A limited edition of
@bts_twt
T-money cards will be sold at CU convenience stores from July 2, the chain's operator BGF Retail announced Friday. Only 150,000 cards will be sold.
Boy group
#BTS
will perform at the 63rd Grammy Awards on March 14, according to the Recording Academy that organizes the award. BTS is also one of the nominees for the the awards.
#BTSGrammyPerformers
@BTS_twt
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Hong Kong media group South China Morning Post (SCMP) named BTS member Jin, girl group Blackpink, actor and model Hoyeon, Park Seo-joon and the Korean national football team on a list of "11 Asian icons who shaped 2022" announced Thursday.
Lisa of girl group Blackpink carried out her first advertising campaign for Italian luxury jewelry brand Bvlgari, the only Asian model chosen for its 2021 "Magnifica" campaign.
#BLACKPINK
#LISA
#Bvlgari
@BLACKPINK