On August 31, BTS became the first Korean artist to top Billboard ŌĆ£HOT 100ŌĆØ with their recently-released song ŌĆ£Dynamite.ŌĆØ The previous best record was held by Psy when he ranked second in the chart for 7 consecutive weeks with ŌĆ£Gangnam StyleŌĆØ in 2012. Plus, BTS rewrote the history of K-pop by being the first Korean artist to top SpotifyŌĆÖs ŌĆ£Global Top 50ŌĆØ chart and coming in third in UK Official Singles Chart. ┬Ā Ō¢▓ BLACKPINK Garners 1.3 Billion Views on YouTube
BLACKPINKŌĆÖs ŌĆ£DDU-DU DDU-DUŌĆØ has surpassed 1.3 billion YouTube views for the first time in a K-pop history. ŌĆ£DDU-DU DDU-DUŌĆØ is the title track of the groupŌĆÖs first mini-album, SQUARE UP, released in 2018. In its first year of release, it was selected as the most-watched K-pop music video in the world. Even after two years and two months, its popularity on YouTube is still hot. It only took four months to go from 1 billion views to 1.1 billion views, three months from 1.1 billion views to 1.2 billion views, and two months from 1.2 billion views to 1.3 billion views. ┬Ā Ō¢╝ Lee Hyori Deletes Her Instagram Account
Lee Hyori declared an end to her Instagram activities. On September 2, she wrote, ŌĆ£I just wanted to let you know that I will stop using Instagram from about 3 days laterŌĆØ on her Instagram. She then continued, ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs not because of the recent incident (of course, IŌĆÖd be lying if I say it had zero effect). I started this to communicate with fans thirsty for news since I wasnŌĆÖt promoting often, but this is not easy and worries me here and there.ŌĆØ Recently, Lee Hyori mentioned the name ŌĆ£MaoŌĆØ during her appearance on How Do You Play? and was severely attacked by Chinese netizens. Currently, Lee HyoriŌĆÖs Instagram account has been deleted. ┬Ā Ō¢╝ Hwang Jung Eum Is Getting a Divorce Hwang Jung Eum surprised everyone with the news of her divorce. It was reported that she filed for divorce by mediation to the Suwon District CourtŌĆÖs Seongnam branch on September 2. In response, her agency C-JeS Entertainment said, ŌĆ£We will help her with the process so that it goes smoothlyŌĆØ and added that they will not be disclosing any detail such as reason for divorce as it is her personal matter. Hwang Jung Eum married Lee Young Don, a professional golfer-turned-businessman, in 2016 and gave birth to a baby boy in August of the following year. She recently starred in drama To All The Guys Who Loved Me. Source (1, 2)
