With just two weeks left until Christmas, BTS on Friday unveiled a holiday remix version of its upbeat chart-topping song “Dynamite.” The remix version, released at 2 p.m., shows the band singing in front of a Christmas tree holding selfie sticks. The jolly ambiance and Christmas bells in the background heighten the festive mood. “The...Read More
K-pop megastar BTS has been named the Time magazine “entertainer of the year,” the U.S. weekly said Thursday. BTS “isn’t just the biggest K-pop act on the charts. They’ve become the biggest band in the world ― full stop,” the influential magazine said in a Twitter post. “Between releasing multiple albums and breaking every type...Read More
The announcement of the death of “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman was the most shared on Twitter worldwide in 2020, and got the most “likes” of any Tweet ever, the social media platform said on Monday. The Aug. 28 post by Boseman’s family saying the actor had died of colon cancer at age 43 was...Read More
BTS, one of the world’s most popular pop groups, has become the first all-South Korean act to make it into the top 10 on Billboard’s Radio Songs chart. The group’s hit single “Dynamite” moved up a spot to rank No. 10 on the chart measuring radio airplay in the United States, Billboard reported on Monday...Read More
K-pop diva Chungha has tested positive for COVID-19, according to her agency MNH Entertainment, Monday. “Chungha had the coronavirus test after coming into contact with a person who had tested positive,” the agency wrote on the singer’s fan page. “The result came out this morning and she tested positive.” The company added that Chungha was...Read More
After winning trophies at major music awards around the world, BTS picked up the top prizes at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), the biggest year-end music awards show in the K-pop industry, held late Sunday. The seven-piece group took home all four of the grand prizes ― Artist of the Year, Song of the...Read More
BTS is sweeping 2020 MMA; Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year were all the world’s most popular boy group, BTS. At the 2020 MMA (Melon Music Awards) held on the afternoon of the 5th of December, BTS won all three grand prizes, including Artist of the Year, Song...Read More
After a record-breaking 2020, BTS has ranked No. 1 on the Billboard’s year-end Top Artists Duo/Group chart for the first time in its career, the U.S. music publication reported. “BTS is the first non-U.S act to be the year’s top duo/group since British/Irish boy band One Direction led in both 2015 and 2014,” the Billboard...Read More
Concerns over spread of the new coronavirus in the local music industry are rising after some K-pop group members tested positive for the infectious virus earlier this week. Two members of girl group EVERGLOW — Yiren and Si-hyeon — have tested positive for the virus, their management agency Yue Hua Entertainment said Tuesday. Yiren first...Read More
A China-based fan community of Jin, a member of K-pop megastar BTS, opened a street project in western Seoul on Tuesday to celebrate the singer’s 28th birthday, officials said. The community named China Jin Bar opened the BTS Jin Theme Street on the main commercial festival avenue of the bustling entertainment district near Hongik University,...Read More
