BTS to appear across Singapore in December... 'The City' to run for a month

[Financial News] BTS will hold the monthlong world tour-related event 'The City' in Singapore this December.
Big Hit Music said on the 21st that BTS announced the upcoming 'The City Arirang Singapore' through the fan platform Weverse on the 19th. The event will run from December 1 to 31. It will be the longest-running 'The City' event to date, wrapping up in Singapore a project that has been held in major cities around the world this year.
The event is being organized in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board. Programs using major city landmarks and facilities are set to take place across Singapore. The board said it was "the largest-scale citywide project carried out in collaboration with a single artist."
Participating organizations and facilities include Mandai Wildlife Reserve, National Gallery Singapore, National Museum of Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa, Sentosa Development Corporation and Kallang Group.
BTS will begin the Asia leg of their 'Arirang' world tour in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on November 19. Their Singapore concerts will be held at the National Stadium on December 17, 19, 20 and 22, for a total of four shows. This is the most shows in any one location on the Asia tour.
As the world tour continues at a packed pace, BTS' fifth studio album 'Arirang' has also climbed the U.S. Billboard charts. According to the latest chart, released by Billboard on the 20th and dated October 24, 'Arirang' rose two places from the previous week to No. 41 on the main albums chart, the Billboard 200.
The album, which debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated April 4 and held the top spot for three consecutive weeks, has now spent 30 weeks on the chart. It also climbed two places to No. 17 on Top Album Sales.
The title track 'Swim' ranked No. 26 on the Billboard Global 200, which tracks streams and digital sales in more than 200 countries and regions worldwide, and No. 9 on the Billboard Global Excl. US. On the Billboard Global Excl. US, it has remained in the top 10 for a total of 29 weeks since debuting at No. 1.
The 'Arirang' world tour ranked No. 1 for the seventh consecutive week on Pollstar's Global Concert Pulse dated October 16. The chart ranks shows based on the average gross per performance reported over the past three months.
BTS grossed an average of $14.82 million (about 19.6 billion won) per show across the eight concerts included in the tally. That was about $5.6 million (about 7.4 billion won) more than the average gross for second-place Karol G, whose 20 concerts were included.
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