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BTS (Korean: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan; lit. Bulletproof Boy Scouts), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, who co-write or co-produce much of their material.
In June, BTS and Big Hit donated $1 million towards the Black Lives Matter movement, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd; the band's fans matched the donation within 24 hours. [23] [24] The band later donated $1 million to Live Nation's Crew Nation campaign to support live music personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. [25]
Weverse (Korean: 위버스; RR: wibeoseu) is a South Korean mobile app and web platform created by South Korean entertainment company Hybe Corporation.The app specializes in hosting multimedia content, the sale of artist-related merchandise, content subscription, and artist-to-fan communications for artists.
A fan wiki is a wiki [a] that is created by fans, primarily to document an object of popular culture. Fan wikis cover television shows, film franchises, video games, comic books, sports, and other topics. [1] They are a part of fandoms, which are subcultures dedicated to a common popular culture interest.
BTS also ranked first on the list of 'Top Rank Global Sustainable Future Leaders' during an announcement from the UN-sponsored SDG association at the United Nations headquarters, while BTS' fanclub, ARMY, were noted as the 'Top Rank Sustainable Global group'. Other notable people included in this list were Malala Yousafzai and Bill Gates. [19] [20]
Though fan groups have existed for as long as musicians have elicited screams from their adoring audiences, the social media era has elevated the statuses of these groups and given them more power.
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BTS' SoFi shows grossed $33.3 million from 214,000 tickets sold and set several records, including earning the biggest box office score by any act in nearly a decade; becoming the largest-grossing run of shows at a single venue since 2012; the biggest US-based boxscore in 18 years; and the sixth best-grossing engagement in Billboard Boxscore ...