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Post by Admin on Dec 14, 2018 18:06:04 GMT
A Japanese TV channel abruptly canceled an appearance by Korean pop group BTS over a controversial t-shirt worn by one of the group’s members. BTS, a massively popular K-pop group, may have just alienated a giant fan contingent in Japan. The controversy started when BTS member Jimin wore a t-shirt favorably depicting images of atomic bombs being dropped on Japan at the end of World War II. That image is complemented by words celebrating the subsequent liberation of Korea. Korea, both North and South, shares a fraught history with Japan. The country imposed heavy-handed colonial rule over the region up until its defeat in WWII, and relations are oftentimes tense. Those memories are indeed fresh in the minds of many Koreans, with cross-border hatred frequently popping up. The cancellation was pretty rapid, with Jimin apparently not allowed to simply remove the shirt in question. You can see two shots taken showcasing Jimin in the shirt below.
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Post by Admin on Apr 23, 2019 17:17:14 GMT
Another album, another set of chart milestones for BTS. The world-conquering K-pop group moves 230,000 equivalent album units of their latest set Map of the Soul: Persona this week, marking both the fourth-best first week for any album so far in 2019, and the group's third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 11 months -- placing them in some pretty historic company. It's not just the BB 200 where the group's chart impact is felt this week, either: They also score their highest-charting debut on the Billboard Hot 100 for their Halsey collab "Boy With Luv," whose No. 8 bow marks the all-time peak for any K-pop group on the listing. (The set also notches a No. 95 bow for "Make It Right," making them the first K-pop group with two simultaneous hits on the chart.)
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Post by Admin on Apr 28, 2019 17:19:49 GMT
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.
The seven-track set, which was released on April 12, starts with 230,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 18, according to Nielsen Music — a career-best week for BTS. Of that sum, 196,000 were in album sales — another career-high week for the South Korean pop group.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new April 27-dated chart (where Persona enters at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on April 23.
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2019 1:25:36 GMT
So you might have already heard about some of the biggest snubs in the Grammy nominations that came out earlier this morning, but now one artist is speaking out about the nominations list and why she’s not surprised that BTS got snubbed.What’s up guys, it’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and long before many of the musicians who were nominated woke up this morning, stan Twitter was already hard at work dragging anyone and everyone that they deemed fit. It all started with BTS, who didn’t receive any nominations for the award show that airs on CBS early next year. Shortly after the nominations were read live on air on “CBS This Morning” by Gayle King, Alicia Keys, and Bebe Rexha, the video was shared to Youtube where ARMY expressed their disappointment in the comments.And another read “I’m just WONDERING how they value each artist to make them GRAMMY NOMS?... I mean, based on what ?... English speaking skills?Last year, BTS made their Grammy red carpet debut, much to the pleasure of their fans.And they also made history as the first K-Pop group to present an award at the Grammys when they gave HER the award for the best R&B album category. So it was especially disappointing this year when BTS did NOT receive an award nomination of their own, especially after having such a great year with the success of their album “Map of the Soul: Persona”.Army took to Twitter to further voice their disappointment, where Halsey was already laying in wait. See, Halsey was also snubbed this year. She received no nominations, despite having her song “Without Me” go to number 1 over the summer, and having done a super popular collaboration with BTS - “Boy With Luv”.
So some BTS fans thought it was fake of her not to come to the band’s defense immediately after the nominations came out.Someone said in a since deleted tweet “Halsey can call out the industry for Taylor but not for BTS...but when I say she was milking their friendship, I’m the bad guy”.The Taylor Swift reference in this tweet is referring to late last week when Taylor Swift made a statement saying that Big Machine Records was supposedly holding her old songs hostage, and wouldn’t allow her to perform them on a television award show.Of some of the famous singers who quickly came to Taylor’s defense was Halsey, who said “You shouldn’t have to live in fear of protecting yourself from the people who are supposed to be on your side. And most young, wide eyed artists, don’t have the foresight to think they will need to. And it’s sad they would ever need to..”But now Halsey found herself in defense mode from fans who took the blame out on her for BTS’s Grammy snubs. And she got a lot of, er, feedback about that post. Halsey has a history of being snubbed at the Grammys.
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Post by Admin on Feb 24, 2020 18:15:03 GMT
Pop group BTS have asked fans to stay away from their upcoming shows to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The South Korean band are due to film several TV shows in Seoul this week, marking the release of their latest album, Map Of The Soul: 7.
In an email to fan club members, they said the shows would go ahead, but without a studio audience.
A press conference will also be held "without any members of the press," added BTS's record label, Big Hit.
"We have decided to fully co-operate with the government's policy to refrain from holding events with a massive number of participants in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus," read Big Hit's statement.
"We would like to advise fans to refrain from visiting the venue of the press conference for your own safety, and ask you to support BTS by watching the press conference via livestreaming."
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