101.1 million. In just 24 hours, K-Pop group BTS (Korean: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan)’s first English single Dynamite was viewed 101.1 million times on YouTube, breaking three Guinness World Records. The group also made history, as Dynamite is the first Korean song that reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Source: Guinness World Records | Twitter Blackpink and BTS were even mentioned in parliament, with Member of Parliament (MP) Mr Baey Yam Keng (Tampines GRC) lauding BTS’s successful ticketed live online concert held in June during the COVID-19 pandemic. The concert was a roaring success, as at one point, 756,000 concurrent viewers in 107 countries tuned in, with ticket sales bringing in a massive S$26 million. Mr Baey added that: “The BTS concert’s paid viewership of three-quarters of a million was the equivalent of 15 shows at a 50,000-seat stadium, but the concert was streamed from a much smaller venue,”...