新奇事件簿 防弹少年团首次登顶美国专辑榜

A South Korean pop act has reached number one in the U.S. album charts for the first time ever. The boy band BTS debuted² at No. 1 on the Billboard³ 200 albums chart with their new album, "Love Yourself: Tear". The seven-member K-pop band released their album on May 18. It sold 135,000 copies in the week ending May 24, including CDs and streamed music. The album is the second top-10 hit for K-pop. The first K-pop entry into the Billboard 200 albums chart was also an album by BTS. The group thanked their fans on social media by tweeting: "It's wonderful and very overwhelming⁴. Thank you everyone who has listened to our music. We will keep doing our best."

韩国一偶像团体首次登顶美国专辑榜榜首。男团BTS携新专辑《Love Yourself: Tear》登上Billboard 200张热销专辑榜首。这个由7人组成的韩国流行乐队在5月18日发布他们的专辑。截止5月24日，一周内该专辑销量为135,000张，包括CD和流媒体音乐。该专辑是韩流音乐第二次进入热销专辑前十名。而首个进入Billboard 200张热销专辑的也是BTS。该男团在推特上感谢他们的粉丝：“真的很棒，压倒性胜利。感谢听我们音乐的人。我们会继续拼尽全力。”

BTS was formed by the Big Hit Entertainment company in 2013. The group quickly became a big success in Korea with their debut¹ song "No More Dream". They won several New Artist of the Year awards. Their popularity⁵ soon spread overseas and they started to get many fans in Japan and the USA. They have a huge following on social media. In March 2016, they broke the world record for the most re-tweeted artist on Twitter. In December 2017, they were the most tweeted about celebrities⁶ on Earth, being liked or re-tweeted over half a billion times. BTS' new album is performed mostly in the Korean language. Even though there is very little English on the album, they have sold out concert tours in the USA.

2013年，Big Hit娱乐公司组建了男团BTS。他们首次推出的歌曲《No More Dream》很快就让他们在韩国取得成功。他们获得了几个年度新人奖。他们的热度很快遍及海外，并在日本和美国收获大量粉丝。在社交媒体上他们的粉丝也很多。2016年3月，他们成为推特上被转发推文最多的艺人并打破世界纪录。2017年12月，他们成为推特名人话题中被讨论次数最多的团体，点赞或转发次数超过5亿。BTS的新专辑大部分是韩语歌曲。虽然专辑中英文歌曲很少，但是他们在美国演唱会巡演的票已经售空了。

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

3 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

4 overwhelming   

adj.势不可挡的，压倒的，无法抵抗的

参考例句：

• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。
• The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。

5 popularity   

n.普及，流行，名望，受欢迎

参考例句：

• The story had an extensive popularity among American readers.这本小说在美国读者中赢得广泛的声望。
• Our product enjoys popularity throughout the world.我们的产品饮誉全球。

6 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目