Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. It seems as if with every new piece of music they release, Korean ...

BTS extend their global victory lap once more, as their latest single “IDOL” has dethroned Taylor Swift to earn the highest 24-hour music video debut in YouTube history. The K-pop septet’s captivating ...

It's Friday, August 24, and you know what that means: BTS's Love Yourself: Answer is finally here. Amidst all of the excitement about the release of Love Yourself: Answer, it quickly became clear that ...

The new mv, released on Thursday (September 6), features the K-pop group shifting through much of same colorful, cartoonish imagery featured in the original. Except in this time, Nicki Minaj shows up ...

BTS’s “IDOL” has achieved an impressive ranking on Billboard’s Hot 100! On the Hot 100 chart for the week ending in September 8, “IDOL” takes the No. 11 spot. This is BTS’s second-highest ranking on ...

The album’s lead single, “IDOL,” expresses BTS’ brave ownership of their self and many personas, each of which is worthy of love. Musically, the track follows BTS’ love of genre-bending songs, ...

Nicki Minaj has joined forces with K-pop boy band BTS for a new version of their track "Idol." BTS dropped their latest album, "Love Yourself: Answer" on Friday, as part of their "Love Yourself" ...

Another one of BTS’s music videos has reached an important milestone! At around 11:15 p.m. KST on May 5, the music video for BTS’s “IDOL” reached 450 million views on YouTube. The video was released ...

BTS' Jimin’s solo track WHO took another record to its name. Most recently, the K-pop idol entered the US Amazon Digital Songs Best Sellers of 2025 with a total of 15 entries.