BTS named most successful recording artist in the world in 2020

completemusicupdate.com:

BTS have been announced as the 2020 winners of the Global Recording Artist Of The Year award from worldwide record industry trade group IFPI.The first South Korean act to ever win the accolade, they are also the first winners who primarily perform in a language other than English.

Though before you get too excited about this brave new age where everyone embraces music and culture from every corner of the Earth, the rest of the top ten that accompanies this award is full of North American artists.

Yeah, not even a Brit this year!The IFPI’s big prize is handed to the artist who scored the most sales and streams of their music in any given year.