BTS becomes second artist act to dominate Billboard's Social 50 chart for 150 weeks

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SEOUL -- BTS has made a new history in Billboard's chart by becoming the second artist act to dominate Social 50, a weekly ranking of 50 most popular artists on social media including Facebook and Twitter, for 150 weeks.

According to the prominent American music magazine, the seven-member band has ruled Social 50 charts for 150 weeks since July 29, 2017. Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber has the top record with 163 weeks on Social 50. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was third with 28 weeks.

BTS, which wrapped up this year's world stadium concert tour with a three-day concert in Seoul in October, will perform at "2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards", an annual music awards event, scheduled to be held at Japan's Nagoya Dome on December 4.

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com