K-pop band BTS shakes Billboard charts with new album
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Bangtan Boys/Courtesy of Big Hit Entertainment
By Lee Jin-a
K-pop boy band Bangtan Boys, also known as BTS, made it onto the Billboard 200 chart with new album “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever,” according to its agency, Big Hit Entertainment, Wednesday.
The album ranked No. 107 as of Tuesday. This is the band’s second entry to the chart, following mini-album “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2” being No. 171 in December.
U.S. music critics then said they were impressed by the band members’ musical talents.
Meanwhile, the three songs from the latest album - "Fire," "Save Me" and "Epilogue: Young Forever" - swept the top three on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart. The album also came in No. 8 on the iTunes top 100 albums chart, while the “Fire” music video was No.1 on the iTunes Top Music Videos chart.