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After debuting in 2013 with their single album 2 ππ°π°π 4 ππ¬π°π°π, BTS released their first Korean-language studio album, ππ’π³π¬ & ππͺππ₯, and Japanese-language studio album, ππ’π¬π¦ ππ±, in 2014. The group's second Korean studio album, ππͺπ―π¨π΄ (2016), was their first to sell one million copies in South Korea. By 2017, BTS crossed into the global music market, leading the Korean Wave into the United States and breaking numerous sales records. They became the first Korean group to receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for their single 'πππ ππ³π°π±', as well as the first Korean act to top the US Billboard 200 chart with their studio album ππ°π·π¦ π π°πΆπ³π΄π¦ππ§: ππ¦π’π³ (2018). BTS also became the fastest group since The Beatles to earn five US number-one albums, doing so in less than two years. ππ°π·π¦ π π°πΆπ³π΄π¦ππ§: ππ―π΄πΈπ¦π³ (2018) was the first Korean album certified platinum by the RIAA. In 2020, BTS became the first all-South Korean act to reach number one on the Global Billboard 200 and US Billboard Hot 100 with their single "Dynamite" and the remix of "Savage Love (Laxed - 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 ππ’π± ππ§ ππ©π¦ ππ°πΆπ: 7. BTS was ranked at number 45 They are the first and only Asian and non-English speaking act to be named the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year (2020) and to chart on Billboard's Top Touring Artists of the 2010s, the only non-English speaking act on the list(placing at number 45). During their Love 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 (2017β2019) 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.
Following the establishment of their Love Myself anti-violence campaign in partnership with UNICEF, BTS addressed the United Nations 73rd and 75th General Assemblies and became the youngest ever recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit from the President of South Korea due to their contributions in spreading Korean culture and language.