BTS to join military: What this mic-drop worthy announcement means for K-Pop, ARMY and South Korea
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BTS has raised more than 3.6 billion every year for the South Korean economy. They were the first group to have six No. 1 songs on Hot 100, a feat that hadn’t been achieved since The Beatles. Apart from this, they had accounted for nearly one-third of all K-Pop related sales and streaming in the United States.
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BTS members RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook enlist for military service