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BTS is making another history. After releasing their new album "LOVE YOURSELF 轉 Tear", the talented boys topped Billboard 200 and ranked no.10 on Billboard Hot 100, which certainly is one of the greatest achievements in the k-pop history. Congratulations, BTS. And congratulations, ARMY. By the way, what surprised people in the k-pop industry was not just BTS' great achievement on Billboard chart but also Korean president's reaction to it. On May 28, president Moon Jae In congratulated BTS on their great achievement through his SNS. He said "I want to congratulate 7 boys who love music and their wing ARMY. I support the 7 boys' dream, who dream of topping Billboard Hot 100, winning Grammy Awards, holding a stadium tour and becoming the most influential singer in the world. And I also cheer for ARMY, who are voicing themselves to the world with BTS". It is very unusual for Korean president to comment on a specific idol group. Why do you think...

BTS' J-Hope is creating a sensation with his first ever mixtape that was released on March 2, 2018. The idol star's mixtape entered Billboard 200 at no.63, which is the best record in the k-pop history. BoA, one of the most popular and influential female k-pop stars had entered the chart at no.127 in 2009, and other talented solo k-pop artists such as Taeyang, Jonghyun and G-Dragon had entered the chart too, but none of them could enter the top 100. That's not all. J-Hope became the second k-pop solo artist who has entered Billboard's Artist 100 chart. He entered the chart at no.97, and before his appearance on the chart, PSY was the only k-pop solo artist who had entered the chart. However, the reason why the success of J-Hope's mixtape is very remarkable is not just because he achieved many things on the Billboard chart. In his mixtape, J-Hope expresses his true self. Despite BTS' huge success and temptations of the world, he tries to uphold his ow...

Q. Is there some reason why you chose "Love yourself" as the main message of your new album? Rap Monster: If you don't love yourself, you can never love others. These days, many people don't know how to love themselves because they don't have enough time to look at themselves. You know, they're always on their smart phones. We're not confident that we really love ourselves, but we want to get the answer through our "Love yourself" series. Jungkook: We flew up with "Wings", and we want to spread love with "Love yourself". Q. Your new album "LOVE YOURSELF 承 Her" is the first part of your "Love yourself" series. But "承" means the second part. Suga: Yeah, but I heard that "承" means a state of being immersed in love. That's why we named the album "LOVE YOURSELF 承 Her", and the album includes many songs which are about a moment of immersion. Q. Tell me about the titl...

You know, BTS is in its golden days now. The group, who debuted in 2013 has already become one of the most popular k-pop boy groups, and the talented 7 members made new k-pop history by becoming the first ever k-pop idol group who's awarded at the Billboard Music Awards. By the way, at the press conference held in Seoul on May 29, they said decisively, "We're not thinking about making an official debut in the United States". It absolutely was an unexpected statement because they have many fans in the country, while the country has the biggest music market in the world. They could have so many more opportunities if they debut in the U.S. What do you think? Well, actually, there were two reasons why BTS said they're not thinking about making an official debut in the U.S. First, to figure out why BTS said they're not thinking about making an official debut in the U.S, we should look into why the boy group became so popular all over the world. As they sa...

On May 29, BTS held a press conference in commemoration of its winning BBMAs Top Social Artist award at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul. You know, BTS certainly made new k-pop history by becoming the first ever k-pop idol group who's awarded at the Billboard Music Awards. At the press conference, the members looked so happy, and they expressed their gratitude to their fans. Check out what they talked about at the event. Q. When your team name was announced at the BBMAs, how did you feel? J-Hope: I just want to thank our fans. I still can't believe it. Jimin: It was just an honor to attend Billboard Music Awards. I can't believe it, and I thank A.R.M.Y for their great support. Rap Monster: We could win the award thanks to our fans. Jungkook: It was just an honor to attend the awards. I was very nervous, but I was happy that we could enjoy the festival with so many famous artists. Jin: I want to thank our fans, and I think we could win the award thanks to many senior id...

You know, BTS became the first ever k-pop idol group who's awarded at the Billboard Music Awards by winning the Top Social Artist award on May 22. By the way, PSY is the one who's already experienced a huge success in the global music market, and it seems like he has much to talk about BTS' success. Check out what PSY talked about BTS' popularity race. I'm so proud of them. BTS has enjoyed remarkable success. I was very unusual in many ways, but BTS is very unusual too.  That's something I never thought would happen. I know they're really popular in foreign countries, but when I saw them at a music chart show, they performed on the stage with their full forces. What I want to tell them is that they don't need to feel pressured because they've already achieved many things as a Asian singer.

BTS became the first ever k-pop idol group who's awarded at the Billboard Music Awards by winning the Top Social Artist award on May 22. Congratulations on receiving the award, boys, and I want to say congratulations to A.R.M.Y too because just like the BTS members said, A.R.M.Y is a part of themselves. By the way, BTS' winning BBMAs Top Social Artist award is something very special not only because it is the first time for a k-pop idol group to win the award but also because of many other reasons. You know, BTS is in Big Hit entertainment, which is not as big kpop agency as SM, YG, or JYP. Achieving success as a idol group of small and medium agency is much harder than you could ever have imagined. The fact that an idol group of a small agency became the first ever k-pop idol group who's awarded at the Billboard Music Awards has come as a great shock to many people in the k-pop industry. Yeah, the boys have broken the stereotype that a idol group of a sm...

BTS proved its huge popularity again by topping Billboard's Twitter top track chart. According to the latest Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart, BTS' "Not Today" went up 23 steps to No.1, beating Harry Style's "Sweet Creature" and Niall Horan's "Slow Hands". It means "Not Today" is the most mentioned or shared song on Twitter this week, while it's notable that BTS' another song "Fire" also ranked in 4th place. Meanwhile, BTS ranked in 10th place on the Billboard's Artist 100 chart, which is the best record in the k-pop history. BTS will attend 2017 Billboard Music Awards to be held on May 21 for the first time as a k-pop group.

Maroon 5's new song 'Maps' topped a variety of Korean online music charts. Well, it is world-famous band and you may say it's natural that the group takes over the first place of Korean music chart, but that is not so. World-renowned singers such as Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey even couldn't top Korean online music charts. Koreans do not use English in practical life, and there are few Korean people who enjoy listening to English songs. So, it is really exceptional for foreign singers to rank high on Korean music charts. Then, what do you think is the reason for Maroon 5's great popularity in Korea? On June 9, Psy released his new song 'Hangover' featured by Snoop Dogg, while the song entered the top 100 of the main Billboard chart by being ranked No.26. Well, Psy appeared on the chart for the first time 2 years ago with his mega hit song 'Gangnam Style'. At that time, he received the national attention because it looked that ...