While the door has blasted wide open for BTS to enter the US market with their Billboard Music Awards win for Top Social Artist, it seems that the Bangtan Boys are not keen on shifting their focus from their fans in Korea.
Billboard was one of the chief witnesses to BTS' rise to superstardom and it came as no surprise that experts from the prestigious music chart would air their take on the K-pop group's popularity. Pundits have compared BTS' appeal to the charisma of music legends The Beatles.
BTS member Jin recently caused an internet buzz when he went viral as "the third member of the left," when the K-pop group attended magenta carpet of the Billboard Music Awards.
Following BTS' momentous win at Top Social Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, BTS is thinking up of reaching bigger goals for the future of their music. Among those goals is having a stadium tour similar to Michael Jackson's world tour.
While the BTS win for Top Social Artist category in the recently held Billboard Music Awards marked a milestone for the K-pop industry as a whole, not everybody is celebrating their victory.
BTS put K-pop on the world map and represented the industry well at the Billboard Music Awards when they took home the prize for Top Social Artist. BTS proved their mettle by winning the award against popular superstars like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grade, Selena Gomez and Shawn Mendes.
BTS will make their red carpet debut at the Billboard Music Awards on May 21 in Las Vegas as Big Hit Entertainment confirmed that the Bangtan Boys will be attending the prestigious awards ceremony.
The Billboard Music Awards has confirmed that BTS' ARMY fandom has caused its servers to crash on the first day of voting for the Top Social Artist category for the awards.