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How Korean boy band BTS toppled Asian stereotypes – and took America by storm

  • Written by Susanna Lim, Associate Professor, Korean and Russian studies, University of Oregon

On May 27, the seven-member South Korean boy band BTS became the first K-pop act to top the Billboard 200 chart with their third album, “Love Yourself: Tear.”

A week earlier, BTS had won “top social artist” for the second year in a row at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, beating out the likes of Justin Bieber and Ariana...

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