Billboard reports about huge numbers in ticket sales for BTS shows at their tour in USA and Europe. The Korean boy-band grossed $44 million from six shows in Pasadena, Chicago and New Jersey in May (two shows in every city), selling 299,770 tickets. It was followed by stadium dates in Sao Paolo, London, and Paris, which […]

Boy band BTS have made history on Saturday by becoming the first South Korean group to headline Wembley Stadium, in front of 60,000 screaming fans (CBS). BTS in London paid tribute to Freddie Mercury - singer Jin led the crowd in a version of the Queen frontman's "ay-oh" chant, with his band-mate naming other bands […]

Korean boy-band BTS captures its third No. 1 album in less than 12 months on the Billboard 200 chart, as 'Map of the Soul: Persona', debuts atop the list with 230,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. It's their third No. 1 album on Billboard in 11 months - 'Love Yourself: Tear' was on […]

South Korean boyband BTS have landed their first ever UK number one album with 'Map of the Soul: Persona', becoming the first Korean act to score a chart-topping album in the UK. Billie Eilish's 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' dropped to number two, while Chemical Brothers' ninth studio album 'No Geography' […]

YouTube confirmed on Saturday (April 13) that the South Korean boy-band's newly released 'Boy With Luv' music video featuring Halsey had the best-ever first-day music video on the site (watch it here). YouTube didn't give exact numbers, but the video had 115 million views on Sunday, Billboard reports. BTS premiered their live performance of 'Boy […]

Korean boy-band BTS is the first K-pop group, and Asian artist overall, to surpass 5 billion streams on Spotify. Their single 'Fake Love', was Spotify’s most-streamed K-pop track of 2018, and has been responsible for more than 219 million of BTS’ 5 billion streams (listen to it here). Billboard...

South Korean boy band BTS have become the first K-pop artists to reach number one on the US album charts. For the week ending on 24 May their new album 'Love Yourself, Tear' came in at 135,000 album units - which are based on sales, downloads and streams of albums - pushing the previous weeks' chart […]