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'Butter' becomes 8th BTS video to cross 800 mn YouTube views
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The 'Butter' video passed the 800 million threshold about 15 months after it was uploaded online on May 21 last year, the group's agency Big Hit Music said. The upbeat summer song became a global hit upon its release, staying on Billboard's Hot 100 main singles chart for 10 non-consecutive weeks.
J-Hope's solo album off to a good start, pinned at No. 17 on US Billboard main chart
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J-Hope is placed 17th on the Billboard 200 with his first formal solo album, 'Jack in the Box', Billboard said on social media Tuesday, reports Yonhap, a news agency. 'Arson', one of the two main singles from the album, landed at 96th on the Hot 100 main singles chart.
Going Solo: BTS' J-Hope opens up on debut studio album, track listings
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Featuring rap verses and a rock band in the chorus, the track is something that would have been hard to do within the context of BTS, reports Variety. Talking about why he chose 'More' as the first song to be released from the album, J-Hope told Variety that "There is definitely a clear reason why I chose More as the first track to be released. I wanted to express a little bit of a darker side of me, as J-Hope, as an individual.
BTS member J-Hope unveils track list for his first formal solo album
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According to the list unveiled by the agency, the album will have 'Intro', 'More', 'Pandora's Box', 'Stop', '=', 'Music Box: Reflection', 'What if�', 'Safety Zone', 'Future' and 'Arson', reports Yonhap news agency. 'More', the single pre-released a week ago, and 'Arson' were chosen to be the album's two main tracks, the agency said.
BTS' 'Proof' stays high on Billboard albums' chart for third consecutive week
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The album came in 13th, down nine notches from the previous week's fourth, on this week's Billboard 200 chart, released Wednesday, reports Yonhap, News Agency. 'Proof' is a three-CD album that wraps up the first chapter of BTS' nine-year career. Released on June 10, the album debuted atop the chart three weeks ago.
BTS 'hiatus' spurs 28% drop in HYBE stock, company says word was mistranslated
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On Tuesday, June 14, the seven group members announced that they are going on a hiatus -- via a translator -- to pursue solo work, which almost instantaneously knocked HYBE shares in South Korean trade down by nearly 28 per cent, reports 'Variety'. HYBE shares had fallen by just about 25,000 won on Wednesday morning and continued to drop throughout the day, wiping out $1.7 billion of market capitalisation.
BTS are going their separate ways on a 'temporary hiatus'
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Septet Jin, 29, Suga, 29, J-Hope, 28, RM, 27, V, 26, Jimin, 26, and Jungkook, 24, broke the news to their armies of fans during their annual FESTA dinner which celebrated the hugely popular band's nine years together, reports femalefirst.co.uk. RM said it was time for them to work on their own, adding: "I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don't give you time to mature.
BTS' new album 'Proof' sold over 2 mn copies on 1st day of release
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The anthology album had sold a total of 2.15 million copies as of 11 p.m. Friday, just 10 hours after it became available in the market, according to Hanteo Chart, a South Korean music chart, news agency Yonhap reported. It was the second time that the boy band's album sales surpassed 2 million on the first day, after its fourth album, "Map of the Soul: 7," in 2020.
K-Pop band Seventeen releases official movie in India
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'Seventeen Power of Love: The Movie' charts the exciting adventures of the band, documenting their concerts as well as some exclusive behind the scenes action. The group consists of thirteen members -- S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino.
BTS to drop new album on June 10
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According to Yonhap, BTS's agency here said this on Sunday. "BTS will be back with another new album on June 10, 2022," Big Hit Music said in a statement posted on BTS's fan community Weverse."Details on the new album will be provided in a separate notice at a later date."
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