Besides BTS, BLACKPINK, what are the other biggest and most popular K-pop bands globally? Here’s our take!
Korean pop music has taken the world by storm in the last decade or so. More fondly known as K-pop, the techno beats, the good-looking performers and their style has received much adulation globally.This septet has a huge fan following with sell out arenas around the world. Also known as the Bangtan Boys the seven comprise of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook.
BTS’ boasts 16 million listeners on Spotify and have sold more than 16 million albums to date. Their albumtheir first song to be completely in English which topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The group also walked away with Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. The BTS seven are currently on a break to explore solo albums.Like most of the other girl groups Blackpink has risen to the top of girl groups for both their talent and their looks. The beauties comprise Jisoo, Jennie, Rose and Lisa.
In November 2019, they became the first ever K-pop band to join YouTube’s billion views club when their singlewas played more than a billion times on site. The only other Korean who has achieved this is Psy for the very famous Gangnam style track.This one was formed in 2020 and features some of the most iconic performers.
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