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BTS are no strangers to dominating the social media space.
In October, the K-Pop septet became the first act in the nearly decade-long history of Billboard’s Social 50 chart to lead for 200 weeks, the US-based firm said, stretching back to July 2017. Launched in December 2010, the Social 50 chart measures an artist’s popularity and engagement on social media.
There social media presence has also gotten the K-pop boy band their fourth Top Social Artist award at this year’s Billboard Music Awards (BBMA), among other accolades.
For this year, Twitter released data of the most shared events on its platform, revealing that Big Hit Entertainment’s artists are the only K-Pop group to dominate 2020.
Second Most Retweeted Tweet
BTS member Jungkook covering singer Lauv’s song ‘Not Now’ was the second-most retweeted tweet, garnering 1.6 million retweets.
As of today, the May 2 post has been viewed 35.4 million times and received 3 millions likes.
Most Tweeted Musicians
BTS continues to reign as the most tweeted musician on Twitter in 2020 for the fourth consecutive year, taking over heavyweights Kanye West and Beyoncé.
YG Entertainment’s BlackPink is the next most-popular K-pop Twitter accounts this year on the platform.
Most Tweeted K-Pop Group Globally
K-Pop group BTS are the most tweeted about musicians in the US for a fourth straight year, proving once again their strong influence in the social media platform.
The septet are also the only K-Pop group among the top 10 most tweeted about global figures
