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K-pop sensation BTS has added another international honor. The group has topped one billion streams on Apple Music alone, becoming the first Korean artist to reach the milestone.

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U.S. music streaming service Apple Music announced Friday that BTS has accumulated over one billion streams. The company, which began service in 2015, said that the feat had been once achieved by international star musicians, such as Rihanna and Drake. BTS is the first Korean artist to set the record. BTS songs were streamed a lot in various countries like Canada, Australia and European nations, in addition to Korea and the U.S. Last month, buzz was generated over Apple Music's "Global Pop Playlist" in which BTS member Jung-kook's solo song "Euphoria" was among the 44 most popular songs around the world. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie was spotted in South Korea over the weekend, to the surprise of Korean fans. Photos of Jolie and her children seen around Seoul were shared on social media and online communities. In the photos, the actress was having meals at Korean restaurants and snapping photos with her adopted children. People magazine and other news outlets reported that the mega star visited Korea for a college tour and on assignment for her role as the special envoy for the Unite Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR.) The reports said that the actress and her oldest son Maddox toured around universities in Seoul, as Maddox is interested in studying in Korea. Maddox has been reportedly studying Korean for years. Witnesses said that Jolie and Maddox were spotted during a campus tour of Yonsei University in Seoul last week.