But BTS aren’t doing better than one direction are? Have you seen Harry’s achievements recently? He’s doing so much better than them
for the record i never said harry or the boys arent doing well in the music industry and me stating that bts were doing better was not diminishing their accomplishments in any way i was simply stating facts
but since you asked!!!!
their recent single dynamite:
- the fastest song in itunes history to reach 100 #1s, and with this bts became the first and only act to reach 100 #1s on itunes in three different languages
- the fastest mv in history to reach 100 million views and also the most viewed mv in 24hrs with 101.1 million views
- the song achieved 7,778,950 streams within a day, and beat t*ylor sw*ft’s previous record of 7.742 million streams with cardigan. bts now holds the title for the biggest spotify debut of 2020.
- and much, much, much more
other:
- their recent online concert map of the soul on:e garnered more than 110 MILLION fan engagements and nearly 1 million total paying viewers
- before dynamite was even released, bts became the artist with the most itunes #1s in history after their song black swan beat adele’s record of 102 itunes #1s. bts’s songs moon, my time, and your eyes tell also achieved over 100 #1s on itunes.
in relation to harry:
- bts have the most twitter engagements ever with an average of 330,624 retweets, replies, likes or other interactions - this record was previously held by Harry with 147,653 engagements per tweet
- bts’ tiny desk performance currently sits at 18 million views, while harry’s sits at 6.9 million
- first korean act to present at the grammys (in 2019) and then perform at the grammys (2020)
- dynamite had more debut day global spotify streams than lights up and adore you combined
i acknowledge harrys success and his stats in terms of charting on bb100 and spotify stats etc. because they are INCREDIBLE and im so proud of him for that. however, in mentioning this we have to acknowledge that it is directly related to his popularity with the gp, a falling point for bts as they are shut down and blocked at every opportunity by the gp and western media in ways that harry is not, being that kpop has a lot of stigma and people refuse to accept bts based on the fact that they are korean and sing in korean. harry will always automatically have a leg up on them in this sense. also spotify isnt in korea yet.