ABC Digital Paraguay Called BTS Achievement on US Chart as Cheating

A Paraguayan media, ABC Digital, posted a malicious article about BTS on their website. ABC Digital mentioned that BTS achievement on US Chart was based on cheating strategy to manipulate the most important measurement system in the music industry.

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ABC Digital Paraguay on BTS Cheating, US Chart Achievement Based on Manipulation Strategy

On June 16, Twitter was bombarded with a hashtag #ApologizeABCCOLOR because of an article posted by a Paraguayan media, saying that BTS achievement was a manipulation.

On Jun 13th a paraguayan news source called “abc digital” posted an article about bts and the way they “cheat” their way into the biggest charts. They recycled an article from EFE (+)#ApologizeABCCOLOR #DisculpateABCCOLOR pic.twitter.com/3W3Orl9lnK
— mon! (@suqabot) June 16, 2021

The Paraguayan media called ABC Digital posted a malicious article about BTS on June 12 (local time). ABC Digital Paraguay claimed that BTS achievement in conquering US Chart had been because of their cheating strategy and manipulation in the most important measurement system in the music industry.

Furthermore, ABC Digital mentioned that BTS manipulation strategy was to ‘sell cheap and buy in bulk’. According to the media, BTS put only a 69-cent price for their newly released song, Butter, which then followed by the premeditated maneuver of ARMY fans to acquire the song repeatedly. That is why BTS statistics managed to increase significantly in a short time.

They call actual buying and streaming of music "manipulation", but when it's a white Artist topping the charts with playlisting and bundles, it's normal?#ApologizeABCCOLOR #DisculpateABCCOLOR pic.twitter.com/0mC0YKkg0o
— ᴮᴱMarzi⁷ | (@taegibestboys) June 16, 2021

Furious ARMY Fans Put #ApologizeABCCOLOR Hashtag on Twitter and Demand Apology

As a response to this article, on June 16 around 1 pm KST, #ApologizeABCCOLOR has been trending in the South Korean trending topics.

#ApologizeABCCOLOR no. 1 trending topic in South Korea

BTS fans, ARMY or not, was furious because they believed that ABC Digital’s article was groundless and without proof. Therefore, they demanded apology from the media and the article to be removed.

Is it common all over the world to do that? It's been a long time, and we've proved it by our abilities, so now give us proof of your argument. Let me hear. If you're talking without proof, shut up.#ApologizeABCCOLOR #DisculpateABCCOLOR pic.twitter.com/vHhsBphrgy
— ? 로아꾹 ???? (@JKbarakiRoa) June 16, 2021

You could help us out by using the #ApologizeABCCOLOR in order to get them a demand and pay our for what they've done. Thank you! #BTS #BTSARMY #ARMY
— alex ¦ 알렉스 ¦ ? (@sugawaterm) June 15, 2021