19 K-Pop Songs Made It Onto Billboard’s World Digital Songs Sales Chart This Week
Each week, Billboard updates their World Digital Song Sales Chart to reflect which international digital singles are making the highest sales as of that week in the United States. Oftentimes, there are many K-Pop songs that make the listing, but this week, a whole 19 of the 25 positions are taken up by K-Pop songs, […]
BTS’s “Run” Becomes First K-Pop Song To Feature On Iconic Seoul Billboard For COVID-19 Pandemic Support
Thanks to fans who take out billboard advertisements for birthday and anniversaries, the BTS members are no strangers to appearing on signage around Seoul. This billboard, however, is a little different. As of August 2020, the lyrics to BTS’s “Run” will be featured on a huge billboard attached to the Kyobo Building, courtesy of Kyobo […]
Once Again, BTS Practically Owns The Billboard World Albums Chart This Week
The Billboard World Albums chart is a weekly chart of the world’s best-selling albums in the United States, based on the total accumulated sales of the albums listed. Perhaps unsurprisingly, K-Pop often fills up a majority of the 15 spots on the list each week, and this week is no exception! Not only is K-Pop […]
Billboard’s New Chart Rules And How They Affect K-Pop
Billboard has announced new rules for its “Billboard 200” and “Hot 100” charts as part of an ongoing effort to ensure fair rankings that are “accurately reflecting consumer intent.” These changes are the latest in a series of rules that were instituted to rectify sales for the Billboard Charts, specifically regarding bundles. Billboard defines “bundles” as digitals sales that […]
Only 2 Albums On Billboard’s World Albums Chart This Week Aren’t By K-Pop Artists
Billboard has recently released their World Albums Chart for the week of June 27, and K-Pop fans are likely to rejoice at the results. While the chart usually has at least half of the listings as K-Pop albums, this week, all but 2 of the 15 albums on the chart are from K-Pop, which just […]
Two Of BTS’s Albums Are Set To A Huge Record On Billboard’s World Albums Chart
BTS is no stranger to Billboard‘s World Albums Chart. Every week, the popular K-Pop group generally takes up several spots on the list, despite some of the albums being a couple years old! For a long while now, they’ve had a couple of albums moving on and off of the list — which consists of the current top 15 […]
BTS Left Out Of Billboard’s 2021 GRAMMY Predictions — But Why?
Have BTS been snubbed? Some fans are feeling that way after seeing Billboard‘s 2021 GRAMMY predictions. On June 15, Billboard named their “Best Bets” for next year’s “Album of the Year”, “Record of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, and “Best New Artist”. The predictions were primarily based on the artists’ Billboard chart achievements, but despite BTS’s consistently high […]
10 K-Pop Artists’ Albums Placed On Billboard’s World Albums Chart This Week… One For The First Time Since Its Release In 2013
Billboard has released its World Albums Chart for the week of April 11, and 10 K-Pop artists’ albums have placed on it this time around! BTS, of course, still takes the #1 place with Map of the Soul: 7, for the sixth week in a row since its debut. Coming in at #2, for the […]
CARATs Trend #ApologizeToDino After What Billboard Korea Did to The SEVENTEEN Member
SEVENTEEN members recently showcased their visuals for Billboard Korea. However, many CARATs were unhappy because Dino’s photo was said to be severely edited to the point that a lot can’t even recognize him. Source: KPopStarz