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BTS is ‘most tweeted about K-pop group’ in PH for 2020

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/12/08/bts-2020-mama.jpg"/><figcaption>BTS, minus member Suga who is recovering from a surgery, at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards last December 6, 2020. <em>Twitter: @ MnetMAMA​</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – BTS emerged as the most talked about K-pop group by Filipinos on Twitter this year, the social network said Tuesday.</p><p>In a report, Twitter said BTS “proved their prowess by once again topping the Most Tweeted about K-pop Groups and Most Tweeted about K-pop hashtags lists in the Philippines.”</p><p>This year, the 7-member group became the first K-pop band to get a Grammy nomination. Their latest single, “Life Goes On,” debuted at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100, becoming the first song sung predominantly in Korean to top the 62-year-old chart.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/25/20/south-koreas-bts-snags-first-ever-grammy-nomination-for-a-k-pop-band">South Korea&#x27;s BTS snags first ever Grammy nomination for a K-Pop band</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/07/20/bts-wins-big-at-2020-mnet-asian-music-awards">BTS wins big at 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards</a></li></ul><p>Four-piece girl group Blackpink, named the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/12/20/k-pop-stars-blackpink-named-worlds-biggest-music-act-bts-ranks-10th">biggest music act in the world</a> this year by Bloomberg, ranked second in the Most Tweeted about K-pop groups list, followed by 13-member boy band Seventeen.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/12/08/kpop-tweeted-about.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo courtesy of Twitter</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>EXO ranked high at No. 4 despite the lack promotions as a full group this year since some of its members are fulfilling their mandatory military service. Girl group Twice, meanwhile, placed fifth.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/23/20/exos-xiumin-takes-break-from-military-ahead-of-december-discharge">EXO’s Xiumin takes break from military ahead of December discharge</a></li></ul><p>TXT (Tomorrow X Together), BTS’ label-mates from Big Hit Entertainment, placed seventh, while JYP Entertainment boy groups GOT7 and Stray Kids ranked eighth and tenth, respectively.</p><p>Rookie boy bands Treasure of YG Entertainment and Enhypen, also from Big Hit, also made the list, ranking sixth and ninth, respectively.</p><p>“Enhypen officially debuted just recently but they already gained a following among Filipino audiences,” said Twitter, referring to 7-member act that released its first single last Nov. 30.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/10/13/20201013-blackpink-docu-netflix-1.jpg"/><figcaption>Blackpink. <em>Photo courtesy of Netflix</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Blackpink was also at No. 2 on the list of “Most Tweeted about K-pop hashtags in the Philippines” for 2020, followed by label-mates Treasure.</p><p>The remaining most tweeted hashtags are (4) Seventeen, (5) Twice, (6) Got7, (7) Exo, (8) Enhypen, (9) Stray Kids, and (10) NCT.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/12/08/kpop-hashtags.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo courtesy of Twitter</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The cancellation of concert tours this year due to the coronavirus pandemic has done little to “dull the shine” of K-pop, which has seen a “meteoric rise in the last decade, enamoring fans from all corners of the world,” Twitter said.</p><p>K-pop has been one of South Korea’s most successful cultural exports and is a key component of the “Korean Wave” that has swept Asia and beyond over the last two decades.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/music/12/18/19/wonder-girls-bts-sone-and-a-decade-of-riding-the-hallyu-wavewonder-girls-bts-sone-and-a-decade-of-riding-the-hallyu-wave">Wonder Girls, BTS, SONE, and a decade of riding the Hallyu wave</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D_NRTXxTAv0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The cancellation of concert tours this year due to the coronavirus pandemic has done little to ‘dull the shine’ of K-pop, one of South Korea’s most lucrative industries, Twitter said.</p>

The cancellation of concert tours this year due to the coronavirus pandemic has done little to ‘dull the shine’ of K-pop, one of South Korea’s most lucrative industries, Twitter said.

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BTS is ‘most tweeted about K-pop group’ in PH for 2020

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published Dec 08, 2020 01:10 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 08, 2020 01:55 PM PHT

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