Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS react on the red carpet during 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in Hong Kong, China, Dec. 2, 2015. Image: Reuters/Bobby Yip
Korean superstars BTS has once more dominated Twitter in the Philippines this 2020.
In its year-end recap, the social media platform officially listed the globally adored BTS — composed of its seven members RM, Jin, Suga, J-hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook — as the Most Tweeted about K-pop group in the country. They also owned the title last year.
Although concerts were cancelled this year, #KPopTwitter never failed to light up our day like dynamite ✨
This year, @BTS_twt once again topped the list for the Most Tweeted about K-Pop groups and hashtags among Filipino fans. #ThisHappened2020 pic.twitter.com/SWxHQjFDOV
— Twitter Philippines (@TwitterPH) December 8, 2020
The idol group made headlines this year when their first English single “Dynamite” hit the number one spot in the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Their coronavirus pandemic-inspired latest track “Life Goes On,” off their “Be” album, became the first Korean language song to top the same chart. “Be,” meanwhile, landed on top of the Billboard 200 charts, BTS’s fifth album to do so.
They also recently scored their first Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
In June, BTS donated $1 million to the Black Lives Matter movement, which their fans, collectively called ARMYs, matched.
우리는 인종차별에 반대합니다.
우리는 폭력에 반대합니다.
나, 당신, 우리 모두는 존중받을 권리가 있습니다. 함께 하겠습니다.We stand against racial discrimination.
We condemn violence.
You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together.#BlackLivesMatter— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) June 4, 2020
Following BTS on Twitter Philippines’ Top 10 list are Blackpink, Seventeen, EXO, Twice, TREASURE, TXT, GOT7, Enhypen and Stray Kids.
BTS is also the Philippines’ Most Tweeted about K-pop hashtag and Most Tweeted about account. JB
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