United States of America Bloomberg reported on the website on June 6 that it published the "Bloomberg 50" article, which is about the characters who played this year, and included BTS.
Major figures including United States of America Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, global company Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beaureden, Donna Strickland, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics this year, and United States of America pop star Taylor Swift.
BTS is the first Korean singer and the only Korean of these 50.
"In 2018, we selected a person who has achieved remarkable achievements in business, entertainment, finance, politics, technology and science, and published it in the second Bloomberg 50 this year," Bloomberg said.
The reason for selecting BTS is "BTS is the first place on the Billboards album chart in June with 'Love Yourself' It's the first K-pop band to reach . Love Yourself Resolution Anser in August, again charting first place. "We have achieved unprecedented success in United States of America."
"The tremendous popularity of BTS is due to the fact that the younger generation has been willing to talk about social problems, mental health and politics despite their favorite genres."
"BTS's first World Stadium tour ticket sold out in minutes, another sign that the world's audience is ready to accept a band with a Korean sensibility," Bloomberg added.
Finally, "Big Hit Entertainment is expanding its scope to movies, games and original YouTube content based on BTS success." In March, company sales doubled from last year to $ 86 million (96.3 billion won). "
The Bloomberg 50, which was announced on the day, is also included in Bloomberg Business Week.
Meanwhile, BTS will continue its 'Love Your Self' Asia tour at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium in Taiwan on August 8-9.