Recent news about BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan) Jin/Jimin/Jungkook/Suga/RM (2)

This is the latest news about BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan) Part 2. 

The first news for today is that, as a global group, BTS won the Favorite Music Group category at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards, which was selected by viewers, held in Los Angeles, USA. They have been honored with the award for four consecutive years since 2020 and continue to show their unparalleled global popularity.

The second news 

is about Jin from BTS. Jin, who was promoted to Private First Class, posted a photo on social media with the message "Welcome" which seemed to be directed towards J-Hope, who is preparing to enlist, along with a photo of himself and Jimin. In the photo, J-Hope responded with a heart emoji to the picture of Jin posing with a V-pose. Jin is currently serving in the 5th Infantry Division Training Center of the Army as an active duty soldier and is scheduled to be discharged in June 2024.

Despite his military service, Jin's first solo single, "The Astronaut," broke 130 million streams on Spotify, demonstrating his global success. He also shone as the king of Shazam, the world's largest music search platform, topping the Global Top 10 Artist Chart for 16 weeks, setting a new record as the first and longest-lasting Korean artist.

The third news 

is about Jimin from BTS. He rose to the top of the Best Male K-Pop Dancer category in the 2023 Shining Awards global fan vote, shining with his unparalleled popularity. With 488,029 votes, he won the first place with nearly half of the total votes (48.82%) and rose to the top of the 14 crown, becoming the best K-pop representative dancer of this generation.

Moreover, Jimin has set a new record for himself by ranking first for 120 consecutive weeks in the K-Pop Idol Popularity Vote, a global fan vote. He has recorded an amazing 10,770,343,272 hearts from fans around the world, maintaining his position as the top-ranked artist in the "Hall of Fame" cumulative votes.

BTS member Jimin has been appointed as the new ambassador for American luxury jewelry company Tiffany & Co, as reported by various media outlets including CNN. He is expected to start his official activities for the spring promotion campaign soon. 

Jimin's first self-composed song, "Promise," ranked first on iTunes Top Song charts in 51 countries/regions worldwide as of 9 a.m. on the 7th, including Sweden, Norway, Greece, and Finland. 

On the 8th, mood photos will be released, followed by different versions of concept photos on the 10th and 11th. Jimin's first official solo album, "Faces," is set to be released on the 24th. 

The fourth news

Jungkook, a member of BTS, will perform the official World Cup soundtrack live for the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup, becoming the first Korean singer to perform at a World Cup main stage. He has also been ranked first in the 2023 February Hot 50 World Song vote sponsored by the global fan voting site King Choice, demonstrating his popularity and commercial success.

Korean solo artists have shown their music power by surpassing 180 million streams on the world's largest music streaming platform, Spotify, in just 93 days with their solo songs. Additionally, Dreamcatcher has also recorded 10 consecutive days at the top of the worldwide iTunes song chart.

The Mediburn News

Here is the news about BTS Suga. BTS Suga, who is also active as August D, is opening a world tour. It is the first time for him to hold a concert as a solo artist in 10 years since his debut. Starting from UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York on April 26-27, the world tour will continue in Newark on April 29, Rosemont on May 3, 5-6, Los Angeles on May 10-11, 14, Oakland on May 16-17, and 5 cities in the United States. After that, it will continue in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 26-28, Bangkok, Thailand on June 10-11, Singapore on June 17-18, and Seoul Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on June 24-25. The tour schedule in Japan will be announced later according to the official announcement by the global fandom platform, Weverse.

The sixth news

Here is the news about BTS RM. According to an internal audit, a female employee of the Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) was caught accessing and reading the train reservation and personal information of BTS leader RM without permission. She was in charge of IT development, system development and operation, and had the authority to access customer information. It is reported that she accessed RM's KORAIL membership information and boarding records 18 times over a period of 3 years from 2019. As a result, the employee will be excluded from personal information-related work, removed from her position, and subjected to disciplinary action. RM expressed his discomfort by capturing the article on his personal SNS with a sweating emoticon ^^;.