BTS has a new title, IFPI’s bestselling artists of 2020. IFPI, the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, announced the news on Thursday, named the K-pop superstars 2020’s IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award.
BTS had two chart-topping albums in 2020, Map of the Soul: 7 and Be. RELATED: German Radio Station Apologizes For Comment On K-Pop’s BTS The group is composed of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook.
The band, whose songs are not predominantly sung in English, are the first non-Western act to win. Taylor Swift took second place this year, after holding the top spot in 2019, with two surprise albums Folklore and Evermore.
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