UPDATED: MusiCares is the Recording Academy’s charity wing, and its annual Grammy Week concert is the most important source of fundraising almost every year. The organization distributes money to musicians – musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers, managers and more – in need, and in the past year they have distributed more than $ 22 million in COVID relief, in addition to their usual assistance for medical and financial hardships for any musicians who qualify, not just academy members.
Of course, this year’s show was virtual, but HER, Haim and of course BTS dedicated new performances to the show. BTS, who were sharply dressed in mostly matching suits, lightened their worldwide hit “Dynamite” from the stage of a theater that, according to fans on social media, was the Kyunghee University Grand Peace Palace in Seoul, although representatives did not want to confirm the location . The performance was stately and light on dance, but without energy loss – and Jungkook made a turn at the drums.
The K-pop superstars have won so many honors over the past year that it’s hard to know where to start, but the most recent was from the International Music Trade International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which released the group’s latest album award, ‘Map of the Soul: 7’, winner of its very first Global Album All Format Chart, after a countdown of the top ten biggest albums worldwide, IFPI is the organization representing the recording music industry worldwide.
The chart, an addition to IFPI’s existing global awards, celebrates the best-selling albums of the year in all consumption formats, spanning physical sales, digital downloads and streaming platforms.
Following the release of February 2020, the fourth studio album of the K-pop superstars topped the charts in the group’s home country Korea, where the album improved the record of all time, as well as the world’s five largest music markets (USA, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France).