EXO, Wanna One and BTS Take Turns Rule the Boy Group Competition
The music industry in summer is usually colored by ‘girl group competition’. But this year is marked by the boy groups. Starting from ‘Idol number one’ EXO, then Wanna One and BTS altogether fill the beginning until the end of summer.
EXO was called as ‘number one’ for breaking new records with their fourth album ‘THE WAR’ released on July 18th. Their fourth album sold over a million pieces and earned Quadruple Milion Sellers and the album this time not only topped the music charts but also won 11 trophies on music shows.
Wanna One a boy group formed by the survival show Mnet ‘Produce 101’ successfully took over EXO and began to become popular in the music industry. As soon as they debuted on August 7th, Wanna One managed to collect 7 trophies in a music show and took first place in the music chart. Since the group was selected by national producers, Wanna One has gotten a lot of love from their fans and is enjoying the days after their debut.
In particular, Wanna One can measure its popularity through the sale of their album. The number of Wanna One album orders reached to 500,000 pieces, but due to fans; enthusiasm eventually they re-added 200,000 albums. Thanks to this sale, Wanna One is now comparable to EXO and BTS. Not just appearing on various music shows, Wanna One also appeared in various reality shows and show great results.
Meanwhile, BTS has confirmed their comeback in September. On August 18th, BTS has announced a new mini album ‘LOVE YOURSELF 承 Her’. Just about 7 months ago, precisely in February BTS released the album ‘WINGS: You Never Walk Alone’.
The album ‘LOVE YOUR SELF SERIES’ is the first album that tells a story of youth who are in love, and it will be released until next year. The album will be released in 4 versions and will include the hit tracks produced by Rap Monster. Previously, BTS has released a poster of each member that revealed the complete series of series ‘LOVE YOURSELF’.
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