BTS became the first Korean idol to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This is very a big issue because if Billboard 200 is heavily influenced by the size of the fandom, Billboard Hot 100 is a popular American box office indicator for a single song. it is a huge event in Korean music history that Korean singers have topped the list of Billboard.

BTS is a seven-member boy group. They have been idols for seven years since their debut. Overall, they are building their own worldviews through songs with the main themes of thoughts, worries, life, love, dreams, and adversity of teenagers and 20s, and they are unraveling their connected stories organically through various music videos. They have lots of records such as recording 100 million views and 200 million views of their music video on YouTube.

▲ Seven-member boy group BTS and their song Dynamite

Their new song "Dynamite" was released on the 22nd day last month. After it was released, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice and now, it has been ranked second for two consecutive weeks. BTS' best performance on the Hot 100 was "On," the title track of their fourth full-length album "Map of the Soul: 7," which was released in February this year. "Boy With Luv" and "Fake Love" were ranked 8th and 10th on the chart. The president of South Korea also sent congratulations to them. Plus, he said that It is a pleasure to raise K-pop's pride, and it is more meaningful to hear that 'Dynamite', which ranked first on Billboard Hot 100, is a song made with a message of comfort and hope to people around the world who are struggling because of COVID-19.

▲ Billboard HOT 100

We could be proud that Korean idols topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and hope that they will continue to make songs of hope for many people. "Life goes on. Let‘s live on." BTS sent a message this year saying, "Let us overcome the difficulties of COVID-19 and live together in a new world." BTS will continue to be successful and will also be recorded as legends in the music industry, K-pop in South Korea.

Oct 10, 2020

By Woo-yeup Kim