'''BTS (방탄소년단)''' , also known as the Bangtan Sonyeondan, is a seven-member South Korean boy group who band that began formation in 2010 and debuted on the 13th of June, in 2013under Big Hit Entertainment. The group consists septet—composed of seven members: RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook— co-writes and co-produces much of their own output. Originally a hip hop group, their musical style has evolved to include a wide range of genres. Their lyrics, often focused on personal and social commentary, touch on the themes of mental health, troubles of school-age youth, loss, the journey towards loving oneself, and individualism. Their work features references to literature and psychological concepts and includes an alternative universe storyline. The group has released several albums and performed on several world tours.
After debuting in 2013 with their single album 2 Cool 4 Skool, BTS released their first Korean-language studio album, Dark & Wild, and Japanese-language studio album, Wake Up, in 2014. The group's second Korean studio album, Wings (2016), was their first to sell one million copies in South Korea. By 2017, BTS is crossed into the most popular boy global music market, leading the Korean Wave into the United States and breaking numerous sales records. They became the first Korean group in to receive a certification from the world as Recording Industry Association of nowAmerica (RIAA) for their single "Mic Drop", as well as the first Korean act to top the US Billboard 200 chart with passionate fans around their studio album Love Yourself: Tear (2018). BTS also became the fastest group since The Beatles to earn four US number-one albums, doing so in less than two years. Love Yourself: Answer (2018) was the worldfirst Korean album certified platinum by the RIAA. Their fandom is called 'ARMY' In 2020, BTS became the first all-South Korean act to reach number one on the Billboard Global 200 and US Billboard Hot 100 with their single "Dynamite" and remix of "Savage Love (아미Laxed – Siren Beat)".
Having sold over 20 million albums on the Gaon Music Chart, BTS is the best-selling artist in South Korean history and holds the best-selling album in South Korea with Map of the Soul: 7. BTS have uncountable achievementswas ranked at number 45 on Billboard's Top Touring Artists of the 2010s, even during the only non-English speaking act on the list. During their rookie yearsLove Yourself World Tour, BTS became the first Asian and first non-English speaking act to headline and sell out Wembley Stadium and broke the record for the single highest-grossing engagement in Rose Bowl Stadium history. Featured on Time's international cover as "Next Generation Leaders", BTS has also appeared in the magazine's lists of the 25 most influential people on the internet (2017–2019) and the 100 most influential people in the world (2019), where they were dubbed "Princes of Pop". Forbes Korea named BTS the most influential celebrities of Korea in 2018 and 2020, and BTS ranked 43rd in the Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019) as one of the world's top-earning celebrities. As of 2019, BTS is purportedly worth more than $4.65 billion to South Korea's economy each year, or 0.3 percent of the country's GDP. They attract one in every 13 foreign tourists that visited South Korea and were cited as one of the key acts in boosting global music sales to $19 billion in 2018.
On 2013, BTS' debut song, ''No More Dream'' debuted and peaked at #14 on Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, and stayed there for three consecutive weeks. Their debut album ''2 Cool 4 Skool'' is now (2020) Following the longest charting album establishment of their Love Myself anti-violence campaign in GAON historypartnership with UNICEF, never leaving the chart since it was released 7 years ago. On 2014, their album ''Skool Luv Affair'' peaked at #3 on the Billboard World Albums chart. The title track of the album, ''Boy In Luv'' peaked at #5 on Billboard World Digital Song Sales. The song charted for 19 weeks, all without a US promotion. BTS third album, ''Dark & Wild'', which was released on addressed the same year peaked at #3 on Billboard World Albums, United Nations 73rd and stayed in the chart for 11 weeks. Back to the present, they are the first 75th General Assemblies and only Korean Artist who performed and won awards in international shows (AMAs, BBMAs, VMAs, etc). They are also became the only and first Korean act who attended youngest ever recipients of the GRAMMYs in 2019 with Order of Cultural Merit from the nominations for Best Recording Package. On 2020, BTS performed on the GRAMMYS stage alongside Lil Nas X. BTS' performance made history: it was the first time a Korean group have performed on the GRAMMYS. BTS is the artist with the most Daesangs in K-pop history, counting 41 Daesangs as President of June 2020. On 21st August 2020, BTS released South Korea due to their first English song called ''Dynamite'', which broke several records. ''Dynamite'' by BTS set a new record contributions in YouTube history, with 101.1 MILLION views in the first 24HRS. With their first English song ''Dynamite'', BTS makes history for being the first ever spreading Korean act to debut #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. They have stayed at #1 for two consecutive weeks. BTS is the first act to rule the #Hot100, #Global200 and Global 200 Excl. U.S. charts simultaneously. For the 7th week, BTS occupied the Top 1 and Top 2 positions in Billboard Hot100. All these continous achievements culture and impact, further proves that BTS, in fact, paved the way. BTS PAVED THE WAYlanguage.
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