BTS beat out Taylor Swift for biggest video debut in YouTube’s history

BTS’ “IDOL.”
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• The South Korean boy band BTS has surpassed Taylor
  Swift to notch the biggest music video debut in YouTube’s
  history.
• The band’s video for its single “IDOL” earned a record
  45 million views in the first 24 hours of its release, beating
  out the 2017 debut of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me
  Do,” which earned 43.2 million views in 24 hours, YouTube
  said.

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A new music video by the South Korean boy band BTS has surpassed
a record held by Taylor Swift to become the biggest music video
debut in YouTube’s history.

BTS’ video for its single “IDOL” earned a record 45 million views
in the first 24 hours of its release, beating out the 2017 debut
of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” which earned 43.2
million views in 24 hours, YouTube said in a release.

The South Korean group’s most recent album, “Love Yourself:
Tear,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in May,
the
highest-charting album in US history for a K-pop, or Korean
pop, act.

BTS’ previous single, “Fake Love,” peaked at No. 10 on the
Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in May, and has been certified
“gold” by the RIAA for sales of over half a million
streaming-equivalent units. 

The seven-member group, whose members are now in their
early to mid-20s, released its first project, “2 Cool 4 Skool,”
in 2013.

Watch the video for “IDOL” below: