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BTS Goes To No. 1 On Billboard's Album Chart, A First For K-Pop

The BTS album Love Yourself: Tear is debuting in the first-place spot on the Billboard 200 album chart — and BTS is the first K-pop act to achieve this feat.
K-pop superstars BTS, performing at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 20.

K-Pop is having a moment — a big one. has that Korean pop music boy band BTS will have the No. 1 album in the U.S. this week, a first for any K-pop artist or group.

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