Latin American fans' craze for BTS drives streams as Brazil, Mexico outpace S. Korea

Latin American fans are powering a surge in global streams of K-pop supergroup BTS' latest album, with Brazil and Mexico surpassing South Korea in the album's first-week streaming figures, US music industry data showed. BTS' fifth studio album, "Arirang," released March 20, recorded 739.1 million streams worldwide in its first week, according to the data released Wednesday (US time) by entertainment data tracker Luminate. The figure marks the highest first-week total for any album released this

By The Korea Herald