ATEEZ, CORTIS, V8, LE SSERAFIM, BOYNEXTDOOR, Stray Kids, BTS, aespa, And More Sweep Top Spots On Billboard World Albums Chart

Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on July 18!

ATEEZ’s latest mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” remained No. 1 on the World Albums chart for the second week in a row, in addition to spending a second week in the top 20 of the Billboard 200 at No. 19.

CORTIS’s latest EP “GREENGREEN” held steady at No. 2 in its 10th week on the World Albums chart, and it also climbed back up to No. 82 in its ninth week on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, CORTIS’s debut EP “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” rose to No. 13 in its 44th week on the World Albums chart.

SEVENTEEN’s new unit V8 debuted at No. 3 on the World Albums chart with their self-titled mini album, which also became their first entry on the Billboard 200.

LE SSERAFIM’s latest album “PUREFLOW” maintained its position at No. 4 in its seventh week on the World Albums chart.

Meanwhile, BOYNEXTDOOR’s first studio album “HOME” climbed back up to No. 5 in its fourth week on the chart.

Stray Kids’ “KARMA” rose to No. 6 in its 46th week on the chart, while their more recent EP “DO IT” followed at No. 12 in its 33rd week.

BTS’s 2022 anthology album “Proof” stayed strong at No. 7 in its 213th week on the chart, with their 2020 Japanese album “Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~” climbing to No. 18 in its 36th week.

aespa’s “LEMONADE” held onto its spot at No. 8 in its sixth week on the chart, while ILLIT’s “MAMIHLAPINATAPAI” rounded out its 10th week on the chart at No. 9.

NewJeans’ 2023 EP “Get Up” jumped to No. 16 in its 148th week on the chart, followed by ZEROBASEONE’s “Ascend-“ at No. 17 (in its second week).

Finally, ENHYPEN’s “THE SIN : VANISH” rose to No. 22 in its 25th week on the chart, with TXT’s “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” ranking No. 23 in its 13th week.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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Watch: BTS Performs At 1st-Ever FIFA World Cup Halftime Show

BTS lit up the historic FIFA World Cup 2026 halftime show like “Dynamite”!

On July 19 local time, BTS co-headlined the first-ever World Cup halftime show alongside Shakira, Justin Bieber, and Madonna at MetLife Stadium.

Not long after Madonna opened the show at the final match of this year’s World Cup, BTS took the stage to perform their 2020 smash hit “Dynamite.”

Check out a video of their performance below!

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July Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 755 boy group members, using big data collected from June 18 to July 18.

BTS’s Jimin held onto his spot at the top of this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 3,893,749. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “ARMY,” “Munich,” and “blond,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “communicate,” “surpass,” and “steadfast.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 93.40 percent positive reactions.

Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 3,687,282, while BTS’s Jungkook ranked third with a score of 3,359,098.

ATEEZ’s San shot to fourth place after seeing a whopping 815.27 percent increase in his brand reputation index since last month, bringing his total score to 1,919,276 for July.

Finally, CORTIS’s Keonho rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 1,902,631, marking a 5.77 percent rise in his score since June.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. BTS’s Jimin
  2. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
  3. BTS’s Jungkook
  4. ATEEZ’s San
  5. CORTIS’s Keonho
  6. BTS’s Jin
  7. BTS’s V
  8. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
  9. CORTIS’s Juhoon
  10. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
  11. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
  12. BTS’s RM
  13. BTS’s j-hope
  14. BTS’ Suga
  15. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
  16. GOT7’s Park Jinyoung
  17. TVXQ’s Yunho
  18. SHINee’s Minho
  19. RIIZE’s Wonbin
  20. CORTIS’s Seonghyeon
  21. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
  22. EXO’s Baekhyun
  23. Super Junior’s Choi Siwon
  24. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
  25. CORTIS’s James
  26. ATEEZ’s Yunho
  27. HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Doojoon
  28. Wanna One’s Lai Kuanlin
  29. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
  30. SHINee’s Key

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ATEEZ, I.O.I, RIIZE, CORTIS, BTS, SEVENTEEN’s V8, And ILLIT Top Circle Monthly And Weekly Charts

Circle Chart has revealed its latest monthly and weekly chart rankings!

Monthly Album Chart

RIIZE topped the physical album chart for June with their latest mini album “II,” which debuted at No. 1 on the monthly chart.

All of the top five spots on June’s album chart went to new releases: TREASURE’s “NEW WAV” debuted at No. 2, BOYNEXTDOOR’s “HOME” at No. 3, ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” at No. 4, and Hearts2Hearts’ “Lemon Tang” at No. 5.

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Weekly Album Chart

SEVENTEEN’s new unit V8 claimed two of the top five spots on the weekly album chart with their self-titled debut mini album. The regular version of “V8” entered the chart at No. 1, while the Weverse version charted separately at No. 2.

ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5,” which debuted at No. 1 on last week’s chart, fell one spot to No. 2 this week.

StelLive’s “STAR TRAIL” entered the chart at No. 3, with CORTIS’s “GREENGREEN” climbing back up to No. 4 for the week.

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Monthly Download Chart

ATEEZ topped the digital download chart for June with their latest title track “BAD,” which debuted at No. 1.

Meanwhile, I.O.I’s long-running hit “Suddenly” climbed back up to No. 2 on the monthly chart.

RIIZE’s latest title track “Do your dance” debuted at No. 3, while aespa’s “LEMONADE” jumped 16 ranks to take No. 4.

Finally, EVAN (Heeseung)’s debut track “Ride or Die” entered the chart at No. 5.

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Weekly Download Chart

ATEEZ also topped the weekly digital download chart with “BAD,” which remained No. 1 for the second week in a row.

SEVENTEEN’s V8 swept the next two spots on the weekly chart, where their songs “singasong” and “8DM” debuted at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.

Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “Bansanka” entered the chart at No. 4, while Kyma’s “Little Me” debuted at No. 5.

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Monthly Digital Chart

I.O.I topped the overall digital chart for June with their 10th-anniversary reunion hit “Suddenly,” which jumped 26 ranks to No. 1.

CORTIS’s “REDRED” held onto its spot at No. 2 on the monthly chart, followed by aespa’s “LEMONADE” at No. 3, ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 4, and AKMU’s “Paradise of Rumors” at No. 5.

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Weekly Digital Chart + Streaming Chart

The top five songs on this week’s overall digital chart and streaming chart were exactly the same: CORTIS’s “REDRED” came in at No. 1, I.O.I’s “Suddenly” at No. 2, aespa’s “LEMONADE” at No. 3, ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 4, and RESCENE’s “LOVE ATTACK” at No. 5.

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Monthly Streaming Chart

CORTIS also topped the monthly streaming chart “REDRED,” which rose to No. 1 for June.

I.O.I’s “Suddenly” soared to No. 2 this month, trailed by ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 3, aespa’s “LEMONADE” at No. 4, and AKMU’s “Paradise of Rumors” at No. 5.

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Monthly Global K-Pop Chart

BTS’s “SWIM” continued its reign at No. 1 on the monthly global K-pop chart, while HUNTR/X’s “Golden” (from the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack) and CORTIS’s “REDRED” maintained their respective positions at No. 2 and No. 3.

aespa’s “LEMONADE” jumped 98 ranks to No. 4 on the monthly chart, with ILLIT’s “It’s Me” rounding out the top five for June.

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Weekly Global K-Pop Chart

HUNTR/X’s “Golden” topped this week’s global K-pop chart, followed by BTS’s “SWIM” at No. 2.

LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE’s collab single “ICONIC BY MISTAKE” held steady at No. 3, trailed by CORTIS’s “REDRED” at No. 4 and ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 5.

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Monthly Social Chart

ILLIT held onto their spot at No. 1 on the social chart for June, with BTS at No. 2, Yena at No. 3, aespa at No. 4, and BABYMONSTER at No. 5.

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Weekly Social Chart

The top four artists on this week’s social chart were exactly the same as last week: ILLIT remained No. 1, with BTS at No. 2, aespa at No. 3, and Yena at No. 4.

Finally, TWICE climbed to No. 5 for the week.

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Congratulations to all of the artists!

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Watch: BTS Hits The Bathroom In MV Teaser For “NORMAL”

BTS has shared a sneak peek of their upcoming music video for “NORMAL”!

On July 16 at midnight KST, BTS released a music video teaser for “NORMAL,” one of the B-sides from their recent album “ARIRANG.”

BTS will premiere the music video for “NORMAL” exclusively on Spotify on July 17 at 1 p.m. KST. Two days later, the music video will be released on HYBE LABELS’ official YouTube account on July 19 at 1 p.m. KST.

Check out BTS’s new teasers for the upcoming music video below!

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July Idol Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for all idol groups!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of various idol groups, using big data collected from June 15 to July 15.

BTS held onto their spot at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 6,518,675. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “ARMY,” “London concert,” and “world tour,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “collaborate,” “record,” and “create.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis revealed a score of 92.57 percent positive reactions.

Meanwhile, CORTIS maintained their position at second place with a brand reputation index of 5,409,892.

I.O.I came in at a close third for July with a brand reputation index of 5,214,323.

RESCENE held steady at fourth place with a brand reputation index of 5,014,734, marking an 18.40 percent increase in their score since last month.

Finally, TWICE rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 3,866,983, marking a 36.38 percent rise in their score since June.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. BTS
  2. CORTIS
  3. I.O.I
  4. RESCENE
  5. TWICE
  6. SEVENTEEN
  7. BLACKPINK
  8. ILLIT
  9. IVE
  10. aespa
  11. NCT
  12. BIGBANG
  13. ATEEZ
  14. Red Velvet
  15. OH MY GIRL
  16. MONSTA X
  17. EXO
  18. Wanna One
  19. i-dle
  20. TWS
  21. KiiiKiii
  22. HIGHLIGHT
  23. BTOB
  24. Stray Kids
  25. LE SSERAFIM
  26. NMIXX
  27. SHINee
  28. Super Junior
  29. fromis_9
  30. Apink

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Circle Chart Reveals Midyear Album And Digital Charts For 1st Half Of 2026

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has published its midyear charts for the first half of 2026!

As the midyear chart results are based on accumulated weekly data since the beginning of January 2026, albums and songs released earlier in the year have more weekly points included in their scores.

Album Chart

BTS topped the midyear physical album chart with their latest album “ARIRANG,” followed by ENHYPEN’s “THE SIN : VANISH” at No. 2, CORTIS’s “GREENGREEN” at No. 3, BLACKPINK’s “DEADLINE” at No. 4, and TXT’s “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” at No. 5.

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The top 50 albums on the midyear chart (listed with the number of copies recorded) are as follows:

  1. BTS – “ARIRANG” [4,224,016]
  2. ENHYPEN – “THE SIN : VANISH” [2,144,075]
  3. CORTIS – “GREENGREEN” [2,031,256]
  4. BLACKPINK – “DEADLINE” [1,988,245]
  5. TXT – “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” [1,700,411]
  6. ALPHA DRIVE ONE – “EUPHORIA” [1,412,973]
  7. NCT WISH – “Ode to Love” [1,398,242]
  8. &TEAM – “We on Fire” [1,283,307]
  9. TWS – “NO TRAGEDY” [1,250,047]
  10. RIIZE – “II” [1,018,651]
  11. TREASURE – “NEW WAV” [1,013,769]
  12. BOYNEXTDOOR – “HOME” [954,734]
  13. aespa – “LEMONADE” [954,328]
  14. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” [927,094]
  15. IVE – “REVIVE+” [886,006]
  16. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” [865,701]
  17. PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.2” [797,990]
  18. EXO – “REVERXE” [779,592]
  19. CORTIS – “GREENGREEN” (Weverse version) [705,393]
  20. PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.2” (POCA version) [643,139]
  21. SEVENTEEN’s DxS – “Serenade” [614,908]
  22. AND2BLE – “Sequence 01: Curiosity” [612,687]
  23. LE SSERAFIM – “PUREFLOW” pt.1 [603,295]
  24. CORTIS – “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” [594,902]
  25. Hearts2Hearts – “Lemon Tang” [560,671]
  26. BABYMONSTER – “CHOOM” [526,303]
  27. NCT WISH – “Ode to Love” (SMC version) [517,288]
  28. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” (POCA version) [489,590]
  29. P1Harmony – “UNIQUE” [471,108]
  30. NCT JNJM – “BOTH SIDES” [467,366]
  31. ILLIT – “MAMIHLAPINATAPAI” [465,497]
  32. ZEROBASEONE – “Ascend-“ [460,749]
  33. triples – “LOVE&POP” pt.1 (Cosmo) [431,030]
  34. idntt – “yesweare” (Cosmo) [404,140]
  35. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” (POCA version) [387,731]
  36. NEXZ – “Mmchk” [350,038]
  37. BTS – “ARIRANG” (Weverse version) [346,677]
  38. RIIZE – “II” (SMC version) [320,430]
  39. NCT’s Taeyong – “WYLD” [311,970]
  40. BOYNEXTDOOR – “HOME” (Weverse version) [311,911]
  41. MODYSSEY – “1.Got Hooked: An Addictive Symphony” [302,599]
  42. CRAVITY – “ReDeFINE” [285,727]
  43. NMIXX – “Heavy Serenade” [284,134]
  44. BABYMONSTER – “CHOOM” (Nemo version) [282,589]
  45. ENHYPEN – “THE SIN : VANISH” [278,648]
  46. XLOV – “I,God” [256,874]
  47. Park Ji Hyeon – “MASTER VOICE” (MINIRECORD version) [253,873]
  48. ITZY – “Motto” [251,538]
  49. SEVENTEEN’s V8 – “V8” [250,000]
  50. BTS – “ARIRANG” (LP version) [247,334]

Digital Chart

HANRORO swept the top two spots on the midyear digital chart for 2026, where her hits “Landing in Love” and “0+0” took No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

MAMAMOO’s Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” ranked No. 3 for the first half of the year, followed by KiiiKiii’s “404 (New Era)” at No. 4 and WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)’s 2023 song “Drowning” at No. 5.

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The top 50 songs on the overall digital chart (listed with their total scores) are as follows:

  1. HANRORO – “Landing in Love” [315,527,555]
  2. HANRORO – “0+0” [280,626,654]
  3. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa – “Good Goodbye” [266,726,968]
  4. KiiiKiii – “404 (New Era)” [266,466,211]
  5. WOODZ – “Drowning” [262,572,567]
  6. Hearts2Hearts – “RUDE!” [237,340,633]
  7. IVE – “BANG BANG” [226,708,529]
  8. Car, the garden – “My whole world” [218,379,938]
  9. Davichi – “Time Capsule” [200,968,462]
  10. AKMU’s Lee Chanhyuk – “Endangered Love” [196,640,116]
  11. AKMU – “Paradise of Rumors” [191,725,991]
  12. NMIXX – “Blue Valentine” [189,486,310]
  13. HUNTR/X – “Golden” [181,988,639]
  14. AKMU – “How can I love the heartbreak, it’s you I love” [169,826,509]
  15. BLACKPINK – “JUMP” [168,061,124]
  16. AKMU – “Joy, Sorrow, A Beautiful Heart” [168,061,124]
  17. Epik High – “Love Love Love” [162,108,727]
  18. CORTIS – “REDRED” [160,220,757]
  19. Woody – “Sadder Than Yesterday” [159,119,810]
  20. BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “toxic till the end” [158,143,249]
  21. 10CM – “To Reach You” [154,457,982]
  22. Hearts2Hearts – “FOCUS” [151,497,045]
  23. aespa – “Whiplash” [151,393,281]
  24. Sung Si Kyung – “Every Moment of You” [148,692,665]
  25. ZO ZAZZ – “Don’t you know” [146,999,775]
  26. LE SSERAFIM – “SPAGHETTI” (featuring BTS’s j-hope) [144,059,056]
  27. ILLIT – “NOT CUTE ANYMORE” [143,810,462]
  28. Yena – “Catch Catch” [140,662,225]
  29. Hearts2Hearts – “STYLE” [139,994,082]
  30. ALLDAY PROJECT – “ONE MORE TIME” [138,231,334]
  31. Nerd Connection – “If I have you only” [135,314,020]
  32. Roy Kim – “If You Ask Me What Love Is” [135,003,659]
  33. ALLDAY PROJECT – “FAMOUS” [133,286,028]
  34. BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “like JENNIE” [132,466,185]
  35. BTS – “SWIM” [129,980,067]
  36. ILLIT – “It’s Me” [129,129,884]
  37. BTOB’s Changsub – “Heavenly Fate” [128,862,874]
  38. DAY6 – “Time of Our Life” [127,340,973]
  39. Lee Mujin – “Coming Of Age Story” [123,773,645]
  40. HAON – “TICK TOCK” (featuring Zico) [123,247,465]
  41. HANRORO – “Let Me Love My Youth” [123,229,620]
  42. DAY6 – “HAPPY” [122,433,936]
  43. ILLIT – “Magnetic” [120,071,760]
  44. EXO’s Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.) – “Popcorn” [119,862,314]
  45. Eclipse – “Sudden Shower” [117,500,341]
  46. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “HOME SWEET HOME” (featuring Taeyang and Daesung) [116,330,989]
  47. BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT.” [114,902,751]
  48. Roy Kim – “No Words Can Say” [114,693,389]
  49. Hwang Karam – “I’m Firefly” [326,414,907]
  50. TWS – “OVERDRIVE” [113,236,860]

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ATEEZ, CORTIS, ZEROBASEONE, LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, BTS, Stray Kids, aespa, BOYNEXTDOOR, And More Sweep Top Spots On Billboard World Albums Chart

Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on July 11!

ATEEZ took No. 1 on this week’s World Albums chart with their new mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5,” which also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (making ATEEZ the group with the most top 10 albums this decade).

CORTIS’s latest EP “GREENGREEN” stayed strong at No. 2 in its ninth week on the World Albums chart, in addition to spending an eighth week on the Billboard 200 at No. 97. CORTIS’s debut EP “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” also ranked No. 14 in its 43rd week on the World Albums chart.

ZEROBASEONE’s latest mini album “Ascend-“ debuted at No. 3 on the World Albums chart following its recent physical release in the United States.

LE SSERAFIM’s “PUREFLOW” took No. 4 in its sixth week on the chart, with ILLIT’s “MAMIHLAPINATAPAI” climbing back up to No. 5 in its ninth week.

BTS’s 2022 anthology album “Proof” came in at No. 6 in its 212th week on the chart, while the group’s 2020 Japanese album “Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~” spent its 35th week on the chart at No. 19.

Stray Kids’ 2025 album “KARMA” rose to No. 7 in its 45th week on the chart, while their mixtape “DO IT” took No. 10 in its 32nd week.

Meanwhile, aespa’s latest album “LEMONADE” ranked No. 8 in its fifth week on the chart.

BOYNEXTDOOR’s first full-length album “HOME” took No. 13 in its third week on the chart, with NewJeans’ 2023 EP “Get Up” holding steady at No. 18 in its 147th week.

Finally, TXT’s “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” came in at No. 22 in its 12th week on the chart, followed by ENHYPEN’s “THE SIN : VANISH” at No. 23 in its 24th week.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

Watch ZEROBASEONE and TXT in “Idol Festa Attack” on Viki below:

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July Boy Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for male idol groups!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes of various boy groups, using big data collected from June 11 to July 11.

BTS continued their reign at the top of the list with a brand reputation index of 8,586,669 for July. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “ARIRANG,” “ARMY,” and “London concert,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “collaborate,” “perform,” and “record.”

CORTIS held onto their spot at second place with a brand reputation index of 4,174,720, while Stray Kids rose to third with a score of 3,448,310.

SEVENTEEN took fourth place with a brand reputation index of 2,983,819, and BIGBANG rounded out the top five with a score of 2,593,535.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. BTS
  2. CORTIS
  3. Stray Kids
  4. SEVENTEEN
  5. BIGBANG
  6. BOYNEXTDOOR
  7. EXO
  8. TWS
  9. SHINee
  10. Wanna One
  11. NCT
  12. ZEROBASEONE
  13. ATEEZ
  14. ENHYPEN
  15. WINNER
  16. MONSTA X
  17. TXT
  18. BTOB
  19. 2PM
  20. RIIZE
  21. TVXQ
  22. HIGHLIGHT
  23. Super Junior
  24. XLOV
  25. INFINITE
  26. Block B
  27. ALPHA DRIVE ONE
  28. THE BOYZ
  29. IDID
  30. TREASURE

Watch BTS’s docu-series “BREAK THE SILENCE” on Viki below:

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And watch SEVENTEEN’s variety show “NANA TOUR with SEVENTEEN” below!

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BTS’s “Life Goes On” Becomes Their 16th Group MV To Hit 600 Million Views

BTS has hit the 600 million mark with yet another music video!

Not long after midnight KST on July 12, BTS’s music video for “Life Goes On” surpassed 600 million views on YouTube.

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“Life Goes On” is BTS’s 16th full-group music video to reach the milestone, following “DNA,” “Fire,” “Fake Love,” “MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix),” “IDOL,” “Dope,” “Boy With Luv,” “Blood Sweat & Tears,” “Save Me,” “Dynamite,” “Butter,” ““Permission to Dance,” “ON” (Kinetic Manifesto Film : Come Prima), “Not Today,” and “Black Swan.”

BTS first released the music video for “Life Goes On” on November 20, 2020 at 2 p.m. KST, meaning that it took the video just over five years, seven months, and 21 days to reach 600 million views.

Congratulations to BTS!

Watch the heartwarming music video for “Life Goes On” again below:

You can also watch BTS’s docu-series “BREAK THE SILENCE” with subtitles on Viki below:

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