Crazy Rich Asians: South Korean Boy Band BTS First US Release Explodes Gangnam Style, Swamps iTunes Singles, Album Charts

Was a couple of seconds six years in the past that Korean rapper Psy conquered the whole world with “Gangnam Style”?

Today, Sony’s Columbia Records released a compilation album by South Korean boy band BTS, and it’s such as the Beatles, NSync, and Backstreet Boys mania rolled into one.

Columbia signed BTS in the states only, nevertheless the instant monster success will save the label and new chief Ron Perry, who’s been aching for your hit.

The BTS album has shot to the peak of your iTunes album chart, beating Ariana Grande, Drake, and the other Direction’s Liam Payne.

The individual tracks from your BTS album now occupy a lot of the top 20 of your iTunes singles chart. Twelve within the top 13 singles originate from the BTS album.

In Columbia, BTS hails from the KPop label. In Japan and elsewhere, they’re distributed by Def Jam.

BTS is usually called the Bangtan Boys. There are actually 7 members. The audience formed in 2013. The Sony/Columbia album was first released by Big Hit Entertainment last September, almost a year ago. It sold 96,000 copies but vanished once Sony signed on and planned this relaunch.