SEOUL: Korean boyband phenomenon BTS have become the first K-Pop group to rise to the top of the US album charts, a vivid illustration of the genre's growing global appeal. On Sunday, they passed a new milestone – becoming the first K-Pop group to top the Billboard 200 music charts which ranks albums via sales, downloads and streams. 1 for the seven-member group, and the first K-pop album to lead the tally," Billboard wrote in its online report detailing the latest chart ranking. While BTS sing in Korean, their style successfully fuses the catchy earworms of K-Pop with hip-hop and R'n'B. Last year, their previous release Love Yourself: Her became the first K-Pop album to make it into the top 10 US album charts, rising to number seven, and hit the number one spot on iTunes in more than 70 countries.

Source: New Strait Times May 28, 2018 01:52 UTC