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BTS members RM and J-Hope are facing backlash after attending a Chris Brown concert in Toronto and sharing moments from the show online. The two K-pop stars were photographed with Brown after his August 12 performance at Rogers Stadium, while J-Hope posted videos from the concert that showed him and RM enjoying the set. Brown later shared a photo of himself with the pair, which quickly drew criticism from parts of the BTS fanbase, known as ARMY.

Madonna and Taylor Swift will enter the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards with plenty at stake. Madonna leads this year’s nominations with 11 nods, her highest total for a single VMA ceremony, while Swift follows with nine. Both are nominated for Video of the Year and Artist of the Year, with Madonna recognized for “Confessions II – The Film” and Swift for “The Fate of Ophelia.” 

BTS will sit out the 2027 Grammy Awards race. The seven-member group announced that they will not submit their comeback album ARIRANG or any of its songs for Grammy consideration. The move came weeks after the Recording Academy unveiled five new Grammy categories, including Best Asian Pop Music Performance, which covers K-pop, J-pop, C-pop and other Asian pop genres. Although the group did not specify the reason behind their decision, fans and critics have blamed the introduction of the new category as yet another attempt to pigeonhole international artists in the awards ceremony.  

The FIFA World Cup final embraced a Super Bowl-style spectacle for the first time in tournament history, bringing Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Shakira to the stage during an elaborate halftime show before Spain eventually defeated Argentina 1-0 to lift the trophy. Curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin in partnership with Global Citizen, the performance transformed the New York New Jersey Stadium into a concert venue for roughly 27 minutes, a dramatic departure from football's traditional 15-minute halftime.

Find out which artists dominated the Billboard Hot 100 the most in the 2020s. Check out the full ranking, led by the one and only Taylor Swift!

Making a triumphant return to the ceremony after a four-year absence, the K-Pop supergroup took home one of the night’s most prestigious awards and delivered a pre-recorded performance of “Hooligan” straight from their world tour stage.

For the first time in its history, the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final match will feature a halftime show – a move no doubt influenced by the host country’s Super Bowl Halftime Show tradition. Latin megastar Shakira, Queen of Pop Madonna, and K-Pop supergroup BTS are set to co-headline the inaugural show, to be held on July 19 at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Spotify is one of the world’s largest music streaming services and has celebrated its 20th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the company released its all-time charts for the most-streamed artist, song, podcast, and audiobook.

BTS received a diplomatic-level welcome in Mexico this week after being invited by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to the country’s historic National Palace — an appearance that drew an estimated 50,000 fans to Mexico City’s Zócalo square.

BTS continues its chart dominance as “Arirang” secures a second consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending the group’s latest comeback milestone and making history as the first K-Pop act to top the chart two weeks in a row.