BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ Goes Boom at Top 40, as Group Scores First U.S. Radio Hit

variety.com:

Geoff Mayfield Take a fanatical worldwide following that’s no less fervent in America than anywhere else, add a peppy song that will serve as the group’s first single recorded entirely in English, map a clever way to deliver it to radio, top it with a performance on MTV’s Video Music Awards and you’ve got a recipe for “Dynamite,” the latest win by BTS, the South Korean pop sensation.But the most significant ingredient this time is one that had eluded the group to this point: big Top 40 radio play in the U.S.

Assuming “Dynamite” stays on the game-changing roll it’s on, that difference is likely to take RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook to even greater heights in America than before.