Five Burning Questions: BTS Score the First K-pop Hot 100 No. 1 With ‘Dynamite’

It’s been a long time coming, but this week completes the long journey for BTS — and Korean pop music in general — from stateside cult fandom to a total American mainstream takeover, with the debut of the group’s “Dynamite” atop the Billboard Hot 100.
The historic bow — three spots better than the group’s previous best, with “On” peaking at No. 4 earlier this year — comes with a massive first-week sales number of 300,000, the bigg