BTS Win IFPI’s Global Recording Artist of the Year Award
variety.comWyatte Grantham-Philips editorBTS was named the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s Global Recording Artist of the Year Award for the second consecutive year, the organization announced Thursday.BTS (consisting of members RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook) has been on IFPI’s top 10 Global Artist Chart since 2018, when the iconic K-pop band entered the list in the No.
2 spot. In 2020, the group made history by becoming the first South Korean act to win Global Recording Artist of the Year — which also marked the first winner to perform primarily in a language other than English.
And, with 2021’s win, BTS has now become the first to earn IFPI’s top spot for two consecutive years. While IFPI’s Global Recording Artist of the Year Award is calculated by covering an artist’s entire body of work (across performance in both digital and physical platforms during the year), 2021 saw some notable stats from the group.In the U.S., BTS earned three No.
1 hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart throughout the year — “Butter,” “Permission to Dance” and their Coldplay collaboration “My Universe.” In Asia, the CD release of “Butter” topped South Korea’s Gaon year-end charts — marking the sixth consecutive year that BTS has taken this top spot, with six separate releases.
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