The whole hall became silent for a moment. The speaker on the stage slowly opened the envelope in her hands and took a deep breath. Then, she shouted, "BTS!". This time, the hall was filled with screams of joy. The seven members of the boy band went to the stage and received the prize. They did not forget to mention their fan club, 'ARMY.' As soon as the speech ended, the hall was again filled with the loud screaming voices of the audience.

▲ BTS receiving the Top Social Artist Award

On May 20th, a boy band named BTS attended the Billboard Music Awards. They defeated four other artists such as Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, and they grabbed the Top Social Artist Award. They got the prize for two consecutive years. After that, they performed their new song 'Fake Love' at the Billboard Music Award. Due to their energetic performance composed of powerful dance moves and emotion-filled vocals, the audience sang along and cheered. After the awards ceremony ended, they interacted with their global fans through live broadcast instead of attending the award show's after parties.

▲ BTS attending the Billboard Music Awards Ceremony

Shortly after the release of the new songs of BTS, the title track claimed the top on local music streaming charts and snatched the top of iTunes chart in 65 countries including the United States and Australia. BTS also ranked number one on the Billboard 200 Chart, which was the first record for K-pop singers. They also took number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Moon Jae-in, the president of South Korea, celebrated their success by sending a Twitter message to them. BTS replied to this message by retweeting this message with their message saying thank you.

The boy group is currently doing their activities in South Korea. They had successfully ended their own comeback show named 'BTS Highlight Reel' and are attending many music broadcasting programs. Also, in South Korea, they have ranked number one on seven major charts. Although two weeks have passed since their official comeback, the popularity of BTS has no sign of decreasing.

▲ The Poster of BTS`s Comeback Show, BTS Highligh Reel

-June 3rd, 2018, by Jiyun Song