While TWICE received a new RIAJ platinum certification (in the shortest period in history), BTS and BLACKPINK obtained new gold certifications. Know which of their songs were recently certified in Japan below! #TWICE #트와이스 #RIAJ #BTS #방탄소년단 #BLACKPINK #블랙핑크 #TheFeels #GetTheFeelsWithTWICE
BTS' anthology album "Proof" now holds the record for the biggest first-week sales in Japan this 2022. Know how many copies the group sold in the first week below. #BTS #방탄소년단 #BTS_Proof #YetToCome #ForYouth #BTSCOMEBACK #BTSCOMEBACK2022 #BangtanBoys #BangtanSonyeondan #TheMostBeautifulMoment #Oricon #OriconChart
Among the many idol groups in the K-pop industry, some of them consist of three or more foreign members. #GOT7 #갓세븐 #TWICE #트와이스 #NCT #엔시티 #GIDLE #여자아이들 #kpopgroups #foreignmembers
TWICE has reached an outstanding total number of streams in Japan with all of their songs, and they are the first girl group in history to achieve it. #TWICE #트와이스 #RIAJ #TheFeels #ICANTSTOPME #PerfectWorld #TWICE_RIAJ
With their new Japanese compilation album, "BTS, THE BEST," BTS has become the first foreign artist to achieve this milestone on the Oricon Chart. #BTS #방탄소년단 #BTSTHEBEST #BTSARMY #BTSOriconChart #BTSOriconSales
ENHYPEN's Japanese debut album, "BORDER: Transient," has attained the second-highest first-week sales in history among the first single albums by foreign male artists.
As K-pop in itself started in Korea, with idols usually being from this country, and music is made for the Korean public, you can expect the leader of K-pop groups to be Korean. But then, the genre broke into the global scene and the number of foreign K-pop idols continues to rise, so it's not unusual to see foreign members and leaders in groups.
With the rising amount of foreign and multiracial idols in the K-Pop industry, the more languages idols learn how to speak. These eleven artists are epecially talented, speaking more than three languages!