BTS (Bangtan boys)

 Bulletproof Boy Scouts

BTS (Bangtan boys) is a Korean 7-member boy group under Big Hit Entertainment that debuted on June 13, 2013. The group name 'Bangtan Boy Scouts' contains the meaning of defending their music and values by preventing prejudice and oppression in their teens and twenties who suffer hard work during their lives, just as BTS blocks bullets. 'BTS', which refers to BTS, was an abbreviation of the original name 'Bulletproof Boys' or 'Bangtan Boys'. This has the meaning of transcending youthful scenes every moment.

In 2013, BTS debuted by releasing 《2 COOL 4 SKOOL》 and won the Rookie Award that year. With the release of 《Hwayang Yeonhwa pt.1》 in 2015, the title song 〈I NEED U〉 entered the 5th place on the Gaon Digital Chart and won the first place in music broadcasting. Since then, 《WINGS》, which was released in 2016, hit the box office, recording the most album sales in Korea in 2016, and ``Blood Sweat & Tears'' won the grand prize for the first time in that year, recording No. In 2017, 《YOU NEVER WALK ALONE》 was released, and the album's title song 〈Spring Day〉 has stayed on Korea's major music charts for the longest time until 2020. Subsequently, it released 《LOVE YOURSELF 承'Her'》, which achieved the highest sales volume in Korea in 2017. In addition, the title song <FAKE LOVE> entered the Billboard Hot 100 10th place. Subsequently, 《LOVE YOURSELF 結'Answer'》, which was released in 2018, recorded the most album sales in Korea in 2018, and reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In 2019, it released ``MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA'', ranking first in the Billboard 200, and recording the most album sales in Korea in 2019. The title song 〈Boy With Luv〉 entered the Billboard Hot 100 8th place. That year, BTS swept all the grand prizes of Korea's major music awards, and won the Musician of the Year for two consecutive years at the Korean Popular Music Awards, becoming a music group that was recognized for both musicality and commercial achievements. In 2020, with the release of ``MAP OF THE SOUL: 7'', it sold 3.37 million copies of the first week of release, setting a record as the first album in all records in Korea, and ranked No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and the most sold album ever in Korea. Became. The title song 〈ON〉 entered the Billboard Hot 100 4th place. After that, the single 〈Dynamite〉 was released, ranking first in the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, and BTS became the first and only Korean music group to be ranked No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently, BTS ranked first in the Billboard Hot 100 again with the remixed version of <Savage Love>.

To date, BTS has sold about 20 million records worldwide, and is a music group with the highest record sales in Korea. BTS has 24 Mnet Asian Music Awards, 23 Melon Music Awards, 20 Golden Discs, 19 Guinness World Records, 14 High1 Seoul Music Awards, 13 Gaon Chart Music Awards, 6 MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Europe. He has won the Music Awards, 5 Billboard Music Awards, 4 American Music Awards, Korean Popular Music Awards, and 2 Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards.

Bulletproof Boy Scouts have been actively communicating with their fans through social media, making it the Guinness World Records as a celebrity with the most retweets in the world in 2017 & 2018 and the most active music group on Twitter. In addition, in 2017, in collaboration with Line Friends, they introduced the character 《BT21》, which they created themself, and is currently releasing various character products. Bulletproof Boy Scouts are actively participating in social activities and charity activities according to the meaning of the group name, and in 2017, together with their agency Big Hit Entertainment, they donated 100 million won to the families of the Sewol ferry sinking accident. And while conducting the LOVE MYSELF campaign with UNICEF for the fourth year, he gave a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in 2018, and with this opportunity, he decorated the cover of Time magazine with the title of'Next Generation Leader'. The fandom of BTS is ARMY, which means'a lovely representative for youth', and it means that BTS is always with the fan club like bulletproof clothes and the army. While participating in various social & charitable activities, ARMY also donated 500 million won in 2020 to prevent the spread of Corona 19.

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Before debut

Bang Si-hyuk, the CEO and producer of Big Hit Entertainment, announced that on September 2, 2010, a nationwide audition will be held to recruit new members of the hip-hop group BTS. This audition was held under the title of'HIT IT' along with the portal site Daum. About Kim Nam-jun, who has already been selected as a member of BTS, Bang Si-hyuk introduced, "As a high school student rapper who has been recognized for his skills in the under-hip scene, he is excellent in rap making and has as good as a professional."As a trainee, he participated in albums of senior singers of companies such as Lim Jung-hee and 2AM, and also worked as a backdancer for Glam, a joint girl group between Big Hit and Source Music.Under the leadership of Bang Si-hyuk, a total of 7 final members, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, who are good at rap, vocal, and dance, centered on leader RM, were selected and made their debut as a hip-hop idol group after spending 3 years of practice time. I'm ready.

2013

Bulletproof Boy Scouts closed their own blog on May 20, 2013, ahead of their debut, and opened an official website. On May 27, 2013, BTS announced their debut trailer in earnest. In January 2013, BTS released a mixtape called 《Tears of School》. On June 12, at the same time as the release of their debut single album 《2 COOL 4 SKOOL》, they held their debut showcase held at Ilji Art Hall in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul. This showcase was first released through the online music site Melon. After that, he officially debuted through Mnet 《M Countdown》 on June 13th. On September 11th, the first mini album 《O!RUL8,2?》 was released. From September 3 to October 22, 2013, he made a fixed appearance on the first reality program 《Rookie King BTS-Channel Bangtan》, which aired through SBS MTV. By setting up a virtual broadcasting station, it was aired in a format in which members challenged TV programs in various formats. BTS won the Rookie Award for the first time with their debut single album 《2 COOL 4 SKOOL》.

2014 

On January 16, 2014, they received the New Artist Award at the Golden Disc Awards Ceremony at the Peace Hall at Kyunghee University, and the Rookie Award at the 25th High1 Seoul Music Awards held at the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on January 23 and the Olympics on February 12. Won the Rookie of the Year Group at the 3rd Gaon Chart Music Awards held at the Park Gymnastics Stadium. On February 12, 2014, BTS released their second mini-album ``Skool Luv Affair,'' and became the first music broadcaster nomination and sold more than 150,000 copies so far (as of 2017). The official fan club'ARMY' (Army) was formed by holding the first fan club inauguration ceremony 《2014 BTS: 1st Fan Meeting MUSTER》 at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park. After that, on May 14th, the first repackaged album, SKOOL LUV AFFAIR SPECIAL ADDITION, was released. On June 4th, he made his Japanese debut by releasing his Japanese debut single 《No More Dream (Japanese Ver.)》, and ranked 8th on the Oricon single weekly chart. After that, it released Japan's second single, 《Boy In Luv (Japanese Ver.)》, released on July 16, ranking 4th on the Oricon single weekly chart. From July 2014, she appeared on Mnet's reality program 《American Hustle Life of BTS》, which was filmed on all locations in Los Angeles, USA and was forced to study in hip-hop. On August 20, 2014, BTS released their first full album 《DARK&WILD》, and so far (as of 2017) more than 160,000 copies have been sold. First solo concert after 1 year and 4 months of debut at Yes24 Live Hall (formerly Ax Hall) for a total of 3 days from October 17 to 19 ‘BTS 2014 LIVE TRILOGY: EPISODE Ⅱ. The RED BULLET' was held and completed successfully. The first solo concert, which was originally scheduled to perform twice, lasted for three days, adding one. BTS conducted Asian tours to Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, starting with the Seoul performance, and met with global fans. Since the end of October, BTS has been active as a follow-up song with "War of Hormones", the track included in the regular album "DARK&WILD". On November 19, 2014, Japan's third single 《Danger (Japanese Ver.)》 was released and also ranked 5th on the Oricon singles weekly chart, and all singles entered the top 10. On December 24th, Japan's first full album 《 WAKE UP” was released and ranked 3rd on the Oricon album weekly chart. 

2015

On January 15, 2015, BTS won the first main prize for their mini-album 《Skool Luv Affair》 and their first full album 《DARK&WILD》 at the Golden Disc Awards Ceremony at the Central Xin Wansuda, Beijing, China. He won the first main prize at the 26th High1 Seoul Music Awards held at the Park Gymnastics Stadium and the World Rookie of the Year's Discovery at the 4th Gaon Chart Music Awards on January 28th. BTS held their second solo concert '2015 BTS LIVE TRILOGY: EPISODE I. BTS BEGINS' at Olympic Hall in Seoul Olympic Park on March 28 and 29, 2015. Bulletproof Boy Scouts held their first solo concert in October 2014, “BTS 2014 LIVE TRILOGY: EPISODE Ⅱ. Starting with'THE RED BULLET', the first trilogy of idols (BTS LIVE TRILOGY) was held with the theme of the team's birth and growth period, and this second concert is a performance corresponding to EPISODE I. Under the theme of'BTS BEGINS', teenage boys gathered under hip-hop to show the process of being reborn as BTS. On April 29, BTS made a turning point by releasing their third mini-album ``Hwayang Yeonhwa pt.1.'' This album was written and composed by all members of BTS, and is the starting point of the youth trilogy of BTS. This feeling of agony, anguish, conflict, and pain are captured. The title song "I NEED U" is a song about youth's love, and it contains the desire to capture the ending love. For the first time since their debut, BTS ranked first in various music broadcasts and charts, winning five music broadcasts, and has sold 300,000 copies (as of 2017). Since then, BTS has expanded their activities to Japan and the United States. On June 1st, Japan's fourth single 〈FOR YOU〉 was released and climbed to No. 1 on the Oricon single weekly chart. Bulletproof Boy Scouts successfully held the third solo concert “2015 BTS LIVE «Hwayang Yeonhwa on Stage»” held at the SK Olympics Handball Stadium in Seoul Olympic Park for three days from November 27 to 29, 2015. In addition, BTS will host a tour concert '2015 BTS LIVE «Hwa-Yang Love on stage» ~Japan Edition~' held five times at Yokohama Arena in Japan on December 8th and 9th, and Kobe World Memorial Hall from December 26th to 28th. However, an official from the agency Big Hit Entertainment said on the official Twitter on December 27, “The performance of the '2015 BTS Live Hwayang Love On Stage Japan Edition', which was scheduled to be held at the Kobe World Memorial Hall on the 27th and 28th, was canceled. Before the performance, Suga and V complained of dizziness, so they stopped rehearsing, and quickly moved to a local hospital to receive medical treatment. As a result of the CT scan, no major abnormality was found, but during the performance, I was diagnosed with dizziness due to violent movement and received a suggestion that I should watch the condition later. He expressed a strong desire to get on the stage in order to do so, but he is taking a break according to the recommendations of the medical staff, and fortunately, it is showing a rapid improvement. However, it was decided that all the schedules of Kobe concerts, including today's concerts, were to be canceled, as it was judged that it could not be possible to show the lack of performance by conducting a performance that all the members did not attend. The performance was canceled due to the health of the members.” In addition, they officially apologized for the cancellation of the performance, and Suga and V announced that tickets for the canceled performances will be refunded in full because they will undergo a close inspection in Korea after returning home.

On October 15, 2015, BTS was selected as the representative of Korea in the World Wide Act category, which selects the most active artists at the MTV EMA 2015 (European Music Awards), the largest music awards ceremony in Europe. It is evaluated as a leading role in leading the next generation of Korean Wave not only in Korea but also in Asia and all over the world.” Bulletproof Boy Scouts released their 4th mini album ``Hwayang Yeonhwa pt.2'' on November 30th, and the title song "RUN" was first unveiled at BTS' solo concert'Hwayang Yeonhwa on stage' held on November 27th. With this song, it once again won 5 crowns in music broadcasts, swept the top spot, and has sold 370,000 copies to date (as of 2017). With this album, they ranked 171 on the US Billboard 200 chart and made their first entry into the Billboard. In addition, on December 8th, Japan's fifth single 《I NEED U (Japanese Ver.)》 was released, and also ranked third on the Oricon single weekly chart. On December 8, 2015, Twitter Korea announced that BTS' tweet was selected as the most retweeted golden tweet in Korea this year. The tweet is a group photo of BTS uploaded after winning the Music Style Award in the Men's Dance Category at the 2015 Melon Music Awards.This Tweet is an automatic retweet of more than 60,000 times and more than 90,000 favorites as of 1 p.m. on the 8th. It recorded 2.9 million views through the accounts of fans around the world, such as Jeong Jeong. In addition, BTS ranked 2nd in the "Music section of the account with the fastest increase in the number of Korean Twitter keywords and followers this year" announced together, and ranked 6th in the music category in the global top keywords. BTS was on December 18th. On the US iTunes K-POP chart, BTS' album 《Hwayang Love pt.2》 and the title song "RUN" topped the top album charts and top song charts. On December 30th, Billboard ranked 4th in 2015's Best K-POP Album and the Song Category '2015 Best K-POP Album and 2015 Best K-POP Song 20' at the same time. The album title song'RUN' was selected at No. 4 and No. 3 respectively. Billboard said, “BTS succeeded in entering the chart with a unique combination of intense rap and sensibility with the title song “I NEED U” of “Hwayang Yeonhwa pt.1”. The group's new formula, based on hip-hop, became more complete with the second album, “Hwayang Love pt.2”.”

2016

On January 14, 2016, BTS at the 26th High1 Seoul Music Awards held at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium with their mini-albums 《Hwayang Soft pt.1》 and 《Hwayang Soft pt. He won the main award at the Golden Disc Awards Ceremony in the album category, and was awarded the K-POP World Hallyu Star Award at the 5th Gaon Chart Music Awards on February 17th. On January 24, 2016, BTS held their official fan club'ARMY' (Army) 2nd fan meeting 《2016 BTS 2ND MUSTER [ZIP CODE: 22920]'' at Hwajeong Gymnasium at Korea University and successfully held the second official global fan meeting. Finished with. On March 15th, Japan's sixth single 〈RUN (Japanese Ver.)〉 was released and ranked 2nd on the Oricon single weekly chart. On March 21, 2016, according to a report by Forbes, an American economic magazine, on the 10th anniversary of Twitter, BTS recorded over 5.37 million retweets, becoming'the most retweeted artist on Twitter in the past month'. It was selected as number one, and on May 2, he released his second repackage album, Young Forever. With 23 songs up to the remix version, BTS released the track list of the special album'Hwayang Yeonhwa Young Forever' through the official channel at midnight on April 27th. In the released tracklist image, the titles of three new songs, such as "EPILOGUE: Young Forever" released as the first music video of this special album, "FIRE", and "Save ME", are written. Since it is a special album covering the entire series of'Hwa-Yang-Yeonhwa', the 2CD contains a total of 23 tracks, including songs from 《Hwa-Yang-Yon-Hwa pt. The title song is "FIRE", a song in the Electro Trap genre. As this album is a special album planned for fan service, BTS only appeared on the music broadcast stage during the second week of May. With this song, it ranked first again, and sold 360,000 copies in 2017. Also, with this album, it ranked 107th on the US Billboard 200 chart and was once again on the Billboard 200. Bulletproof Boy Scouts, which first entered #171 on the Billboard 200 chart with the mini-album 《Hwayang Yeonhwa pt.2》 released last November, climbed about 70 places with this special album. In addition, on the World Digital Song Chart, the title song "FIRE", "Save ME", and "EPILOGUE: Young Forever" ranked first to third, and all three new songs entered the chart. BTS entered the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium for the first time by holding the fourth solo concert “2016 BTS LIVE Hwayang Yeonhwa On Stage: epilogue” held at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in Seoul on May 7th. 

From June to August, it will be held 13 times in 10 cities in 7 countries including Taiwan, Macau, China (Nanjing, Beijing), Japan (Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo), Philippines (Manila), and Thailand (Bangkok). Started on an Asian tour. On September 8, 2016, it released Japan's second studio album 《YOUTH》, ranking first on the Oricon album weekly chart. On the Twitter Top Track Chart (as of October 1), which is selected based on the most shared or mentioned songs on Twitter, the songs "Save Me" and "Fire on Fire" . Bulletproof Boy Scouts continued their activities by releasing their second full album 《WINGS》 on October 10th. This album is a regular album released two years after 《DARK&WILD》. It contains the story of the conflict and growth of boys who met temptation . For the first time since their debut, all the members' solo songs were recorded. In addition, it won the top Korean music charts and 6 crowns on music broadcasting programs, and broke the record-high sales record with a total of 750,000 copies for two months from October to December 2016. In particular, this sales volume set the record for the highest sales volume recorded on Gaon Chart. As of 2017, over 840,000 copies were sold. With this album, they ranked 26th on the Billboard 200 charts in the United States. In addition, it ranked first on the Billboard World Album Chart and the Billboard Digital Song Chart. In addition, the first Korean singer entered the UK official album chart at No. 62 and indie album chart at No. 16. In addition, it ranked 1st on the latest weekly chart of the tower record comprehensive album in Japan, the Chinese video site Inyuetai V Chart, Korea's weekly ranking, #1 on iTunes in 97 countries around the world, and #1 on the Apple Music Chart in the US. Awarded at the 44th Korean Broadcasting Awards on July 31, 2016 and at the 2017 Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards ceremony held at the Haeoreum Theater, the National Theater of Korea hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency on October 27, from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Was awarded. On November 19th, he won the Melon Music Awards Album of the Year and the Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 2nd. BTS held the 3rd fan meeting of the official fan club'ARMY' (ARMY) 《2016 BTS 3RD MUSTER [ARMY.ZIP+]'' on November 12th and 13th at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, mobilizing 38,000 audiences. And finished the third official global fan meeting.

2017

BTS won the Global K-Pop Artist Award and two crowns for three consecutive years with their second full album 《WINGS》 at the Golden Disc Awards Ceremony held in KINTEX, Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do on January 13, 2017. At the 26th High1 Seoul Music Awards on the 19th of the month, he won the main award and the best album award and 4 theaters for 3 consecutive years. On February 22, he won the fourth quarter and two crowns in the album category of the Artist of the Year at the 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards. On February 13, 2017, BTS made a comeback by releasing a special album 《YOU NEVER WALK ALONE》. This album recorded the highest number of pre-orders of 700,000 copies in pre-orders alone, and reached 10 million YouTube views in 26 hours and 38 minutes, breaking the K-pop group's previous YouTube views. It also took 61st place on the US Billboard 200 chart with this album. The title song "Spring Day" was ranked 8th on iTunes in the United States and entered the top 10 for the first time in the K-pop group. In particular, "Spring Day" ranks 15th on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the United States, and there was no promotion at all in the United States, and despite the short data collection period unlike competing songs, a new history as a K-pop singer. Wrote. This chart is a chart showing the ranks of the 25th place that did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, and is selected based on song sales, radio airplay, and streaming data, similar to the Hot 100 chart. In addition, the music video for "Spring Day" exceeded 10 million views in 26 hours and 38 minutes after the release, setting the record for the K-pop group, followed by the music video for "Not Today" with 1,029 million YouTube views in 21 hours and 38 minutes. With a record of 3859, it broke its own record by exceeding 10 million views. Bulletproof Boy Scouts held the '2017 BTS LIVE TRILOGY: EPISODE III.' at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul from February 18th to 19th, 2017. THE WINGS TOUR’ was held. Afterwards, the world tour continued with a total of 7 performances in 5 cities in 4 countries, including Santiago, Chile, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Newark and Anaheim, USA. At the 3rd fan meeting of the official fan club'ARMY' (Army), 38,000 people were mobilized. In April 2017, BTS was the only Asian singer to receive an award in the Music Award category at the American Shorty Awards, a global social media awards ceremony. In May, he was officially invited to the Billboard Music Awards, the largest music awards ceremony in the U.S. held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, U.S., the first K-pop group to attend the awards ceremony, beating Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and Sean Mendes. Winning the Social Artist Award category caused a surprise. Bulletproof Boy Scouts ranked first for the third time since Billboard's social 50 chart was compiled, proving their popularity across Asia and around the world, achieving the first feat as a K-pop group, followed by the second in Japan, released on May 30. The single 〈Blood, Sweat, Tears (血, Sweat, Tears (血, Sweat, Tears) (Japanese Ver.)) recorded 141,243 points on the first day of its release, ranking 1st in the Daily Singles Chart. The Shibuya Store ranked first on the Daily Comprehensive Chart, the HMV Asian Album Chart, and the iTunes Japanese Music Video Chart. In the first week of its release, it recorded a total of 238,795 points, ranking first on the Oricon weekly singles chart. As the second overseas artist in history, it set a record of exceeding 200,000 points in the shortest period (2 years and 11 months), and was the first overseas hip-hop artist to break through 200,000 points on the weekly single chart. Proved. On September 2, 2017, BTS participated as a special guest in the 25th anniversary performance of Seo Taiji's debut held at the Seoul Olympic Main Stadium, ‘Lotte Card MoveːSound Track vol.2 Seo Taiji 25’ and went on stage. After receiving an official invitation from Seo Taiji, BTS went on stage together as a special guest. 

On September 18, 2017, BTS released their fifth mini-album 《LOVE YOURSELF 承'Her'》. The title song is "DNA", a song that expresses the youth's fresh and energetic love. Based on electro-pop, the addictive whistle and acoustic guitar sound harmonizes, making it BTS-like, but an upgrade that differentiates it from the existing team colors. Gave a good sound. Bulletproof Boy Scouts opened their own comeback show 《COMEBACK SHOW-BTS DNA》 on Mnet on September 21 and released the stage of their new album for the first time. According to Gaon Chart's October 2017 album chart released on November 9, it sold 1.37 million copies in Korea only at the time. It has been 16 years since the market. In particular, with this album, it entered the Billboard 200 in the first week of its release (the highest ranking among Korean singers and a new record in Asia), and five albums in a row rose to the Billboard 200 chart. It was re-listed in a month, and the first Korean singer to rise to the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, the US Billboard main chart for four consecutive weeks, was vomiting. After that, he stayed on the Billboard 200 for 21 weeks (as of March 6, 2018), proving its popularity worldwide. In particular, "DNA" is BTS' first hot 100 entry song, and after entering 85th place in the Billboard Hot 100, it jumped to 67th place in a week, and Wonder Girls ranked 76th with "Nobody" (English version) in 2009. -Pop group's top ranking was also changed. On September 23, it entered 14th on the UK official album chart and 90th on the single chart, setting a record for a Korean singer, and was listed on the UK official single and album chart for two consecutive weeks. A Korean singer entered the album chart on the British official chart, which is evaluated by the US Billboard and the two major pop charts, the first time that a Korean singer entered the album chart in October 2016, with the record of 62nd place, set by BTS as the 《WINGS》 album, and re-entered itself after a year. It was renewed. Also, the title song "DNA"'s entry to the 90th place on the single chart is the second record for Korean singers after Psy. On the same day, album charts from major European countries, such as Sweden (sverigetopplistan) 13th, Belgium (ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS) 18th, Ireland (IRMA) 19th, Italy (Top Of The Music) 56th, Germany (Offizielle Deutsche Charts) 57th, etc. At the same time, he set a record of entering a large number of times and once again proved his status as a world star, ranking first on the iTunes album chart in 73 countries. In addition, the "DNA" music video was released on the official YouTube channel on September 18th at 6pm, and then exceeded 10 million views around 2:4am on the 19th, which was 8 hours and 4 minutes. It set a breakthrough record, exceeding 20 million views around 14:48 on the 19th, which is 6:20 hours and 48 minutes on September 18, followed by a record of 10 million views on YouTube in the shortest period of a Korean singer, and a new record one after another. Renewed. On October 12, at 7:23 p.m., it exceeded 100 million views on YouTube, and reached a record in 1 hour and 23 minutes on the 24th, exceeding 100 million views in the shortest period in the history of K-pop group, and on December 17, 3 months, 10 It has exceeded 200 million views on YouTube at around 30 o'clock, exceeding 200 million views in the shortest period in the history of the K-pop group, and then reached 300 million views around 11:19 AM on March 7, 2018. This is the shortest record in the history of a K-pop group, which has been achieved in 5 months since its release at 6 pm on September 18, 2017. On October 12, BTS successfully ended their activities in Korea with a special program 《BTS Countdown》 reminiscent of a concert at Mnet, giving fans joy. Japan's eighth single 〈MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow〉, which started pre-sale on October 16, recorded more than 300,000 pre-orders until November 19, and the representative chart of Japan for 6 consecutive days immediately after release on December 6 It proved its popularity by ranking first on the Oricon Daily Chart and #1 on the Weekly Chart. The new Japanese song "Crystal Snow" entered the fourth place on the iTunes Global Singles Chart, and among the world's top 200 iTunes singles charts, it was on the charts of 10 countries including Sweden, Slovenia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and United Arab Emirates. Ranked first. Bulletproof Boy Scouts ranked 13th and 22nd in the'Oricon Single Annual Chart 2017' released at the end of 2017 (the seventh Japanese single "Blood Sweat & Tears" released on May 10). This is ranked first and second among Korean singers, which is the highest ranking among all K-pop singers. In addition, according to the'Gold Disc Recognized Works' released by the Japan Records Association on January 15, 2018, BTS's eighth Japanese single "MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow" recorded more than 500,000 copies and recorded'double platinum'. I did. Among the overseas artists who released a single album in Japan in 2017, BTS is the only artist who achieved'double platinum'.

On November 13, 2017, BTS's Twitter Korea official account announced that on November 13, 2017, the BTS group's official Twitter (@BTS_twt) number of followers recorded 10 million for the first time in Korea. In addition, according to the ``Guinness World Record 2018'' released by Guinness World Records in September, BTS recorded 152,112 retweets in the ``most active on Twitter'' male group category, making it a strong influence in the Guinness Book of Records. On November 19th, BTS, who showed its "DNA" stage at the American Music Awards, one of the three major music awards in the United States, held at Microsoft's venue in Los Angeles, California, USA, made a successful debut in the United States, receiving praise from leading American media. Had. BTS, the first K-pop group and the only Asian musician this year to be invited as a'Performer' in 2017, received the treatment of being assigned a stage just before the ending, and received attention from various media such as Forbes, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, and Pop Crush. BTS members said in an interview on the red carpet that they couldn't believe making their debut on American TV and thanked them, saying, "Thanks to'Ami (fan club name)', I can stand here." On November 24th, BTS announced that they will release a remix version of "MIC Drop" in which world-famous DJ Steve Aoki and rapper designer participated. This song first entered #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This is BTS's own record and the K-pop group's best record. In addition, the single, released in Korean, recorded 9.8 million streams and 45,000 downloads in the first week, according to Nielsen Music. In addition, it was ranked 4th on the digital song sales chart, followed by "DNA" at 37th, and ranked 47th in streaming. Including 46th on the UK official singles chart, it was the first in the K-pop group to be ranked 1st in the US iTunes'Top Song Chart' (2 days in a row), as well as in 60 countries including North, South America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, according to the latest chart of January 13 released by Billboard of the United States on January 9, BTS' "MIC Drop" remix ranked 66th on the main chart of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which rose 16 places from 82nd last week. As a result of driving backwards in the rankings, it has set a great record as the main chart-in for 10 consecutive weeks so far (as of February 6, 2018). In addition, the remix music video of "MIC Drop" was released on the official YouTube channel at 6 pm on November 24, and then exceeded 10 million views around 8:47 am on the 25th, 14 hours and 47 minutes. Following "DNA", it achieved the second shortest record among K-pop songs. In particular, this song was used as the official teaser background music (BGM) for the popular American drama 《Silicon Valley Season 5》 and once again attracted attention, and the American cable channel HBO released a remix of "MIC Drop" by BTS. The official teaser video of the drama inserted as background music was fully released through YouTube. BTS won three crowns including the Singer of the Year award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 1st and 5 crowns including the Song of the Year award at the Melon Music Awards on 2nd December . Bulletproof Boy Scouts mobilized 60,000 fans at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul for three days from December 8 to 10, ending '2017 BTS LIVE TRILOGY EPISODE III THE WINGS TOUR THE FINAL' in hot heat. On December 13th, BTS' "DNA" was introduced for the 49th time in '2017 Billboard's 100 Best Songs of 2017', and BTS was selected as the only K-pop singer. On December 31, 2017, BTS appeared on ABC's New Year's New Year's Show 《New Years Locking Eve 2018》, which was broadcast live across the United States on December 31, 2017, and ended 2017 as a Korean singer for the second time since PSY in 2012.

2018

On January 10 and 11, 2018, BTS appeared at the Golden Disc Awards Ceremony held for two days at the KINTEX, Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do, and won the first award in the music category as "Spring Day" at the awards ceremony in the music category on the first day. With the mini-album 《LOVE YOURSELF 承'Her'》, it recorded 1.49 million copies, the highest cumulative sales of Gaon Charts, and won the grand prize by breaking the highest sales of a single album. BTS opened their first official activity with'BTS 4TH MUSTER [Happy Ever After]', the 4th fan meeting of the fan club'ARMY' (Army), at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul from January 13th to 14th. I met 10,000 fans. On January 25th, he won the first grand prize by winning two crowns at the 27th High1 Seoul Music Awards. On February 4, 2018, the American promotion side of BTS revealed that the remix version of "MIC Drop" was recognized as Gold Disc by the American Record Industry Association (RIAA), and was reported on the US Billboard and other media outlets. The American Record Industry Association is an organization that aggregates various album information such as the sales volume and cumulative sales volume of albums released in the United States, and awards gold discs for records that have sold more than 500,000 copies. With the expansion, BTS also received the Gold Disc certification from the American Record Industry Association. On February 12, Billboard of the United States reported that "DNA" also received gold certification (selling 500,000 copies) following the remix version of "MIC Drop" that BTS collaborated with Steve Aoki. At the 7th Gaon Chart Music Awards, Singer of the Year Offline Album 1Q and 2nd Quarter of the Year Offline Album. On February 28, BTS won the Musician of the Year Award for the first time as an idol at the 15th Korean Popular Music Awards Ceremony at the Guro Art Valley Art Theater. Selected member Kim Yun-ha said, “A group that was born in Korean popular music captured the contemporary youth spreading not only in Korea but all over the world with the music and worldview created by itself. '2017' and'BTS', I can never talk separately.” According to the'February 2018 Album Chart' released by Gaon Chart on March 8, BTS's 《LOVE YOURSELF 承'Her' sold 28,090 copies in February, and since its launch on September 18 last year, it has achieved a cumulative sales of 1.163,924 copies. On March 11th, BTS won the Best Boy Band Award and Best Fandom Award at the 2018 iHeartradio Music Awards hosted by iHeartradio. 

On April 5, 2018, BTS released their third full-length album in Japan, 《FACE YOURSELF》, and included a total of 12 songs, including "Don't Leave Me," which was appointed as the theme song for the Japanese drama 《Signal Long-Term Investigation Team》. . According to the Japanese Oricon chart, on the first day of its release, it rose 180,085 points, ranking first in the daily album chart. Also, it first entered 43rd place on the Billboard 200 chart, and six albums of BTS entered the Billboard 200 chart in a row. In addition, it ranked No. 1 on the iTunes “Top Album Chart” in 49 regions around the world . At midnight on April 6, 2018, Big Hit Entertainment released the video of BTS' new'LOVE YOURSELF' series'Euphoria: Theme of LOVE YOURSELF 起 Wonder' through the official SNS channel. This is Ki (起) following the album 《LOVE YOURSELF 承'Her'》, which featured "DNA" as the title song last September. On April 17th, it was announced that the 3rd regular album, 《LOVE YOURSELF 轉'Tear'》, which contains the pain of boys facing a breakup, will be released on May 18th after eight months. Bulletproof Boy Scouts held 6 performances in 2 cities at Yokohama Arena from April 18 to 21 and Osaka Castle Hall from 23 to 24, Japan's official fan meeting'BTS JAPAN OFFICIAL FANMEETING VOL.4 ~Happy Ever After~' On April 24, 2018, BTS confirmed their appearance as a performer at the Billboard Music Awards ceremony. On May 18, 2018, BTS released their 3rd regular album 《LOVE YOURSELF 轉'Tear'》. The title song "FAKE LOVE" is a song that shows the theme of the entire album by realizing that love, which you thought was fate, was a lie. The music video of "FAKE LOVE" released on the same day exceeded 10 million views in 4 hours and 55 minutes after being released around 10:55 pm on May 18th, followed by 8 hours and 54 minutes at 2:54 am on May 19, 2000 Only passed the view. Since then, it recorded 100 million views at around 2:45 am on May 27, 9 days after the release, which is the shortest time ever for viewing BTS' music videos. BTS, who attended the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 20, 2018 and broadcast live on NBC, won the Top Social Artist Award for two consecutive years. Also on this day, BTS released the stage of "FAKE LOVE". On May 24, 2018, BTS's 《LOVE YOURSELF 轉'Tear'》, according to Hanteo Chart, sold a total of 1,3524 copies for one week (May 18-24), and the first week's album sales. It exceeded 1 million copies. On May 24th, BTS held an exclusive comeback show 《BTS COMEBACK SHOW: HIGHLIGHT REEL》 on Mnet and made a comeback on the Korean stage with a comeback special broadcast for fans around the world. In addition, BTS's 7 albums climbed to the Billboard 200 chart in a row, and entered No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the main chart of the US. According to the latest chart of May 29 released by Billboard of the United States, BTS' "FAKE LOVE" first entered the 10th place on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the main chart, and was the first K-pop group to be ranked 10th on the Billboard single chart'TOP 10'. Ranked. On August 24, 2018, he made a comeback with his fourth studio album 《LOVE YOURSELF 結'Answer'》. The title song is'IDOL', and on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, LOVE YOURSELF ``LOVE YOURSELF decision'Answer''' again ranked first. In addition, I originally tried to include "Bird" on BTS' Japanese album, which is scheduled to be released in November 2018. However, the fan club of BTS raised a problem that Yasushi Akimoto, who wrote this song, had a right-wing tendencies so far, and that there was a controversy over women's hatred in the lyrics they worked on in the past. , He announced that he would delete the track "Bird" and add a remixed version of "Idol" (IDOL) and "FAKE LOVE". On September 25, 2018, he gave a speech at the launching ceremony of UNICEF's new youth agenda,'Generation Unlimited', held at the conference hall of the Trusteeship Council at the UN headquarters in New York, USA.

2019

On February 11, 2019, BTS was officially invited to the 61st Grammy Awards as a winner, and was the first Korean to step on the red carpet. He was the winner of the best R&B album category.

On February 25th, ARMYPEDIA's'BTS memory store created by ARMYs' began with photos including QR Code released to the world. Subsequently, in March, BTS announced a love your self tour with meetings at various stadiums such as Stade de France, MetLife Stadium, and Rose Bowl. All dates were sold out in less than two hours. On April 12, 2019, BTS released their sixth mini album, ``MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA.'' The title song "Boy With Luv" is in line with "Boy In Luv" released in February 2014, as can be seen in the subtitle "Boy With Luv". If the'real man' talks about the little love of childhood, "Boy With Luv" feels joy in the trivial everyday life and the little things that get to know happiness. Is the content. It is not about peace in the world or a huge order, but about'interest and love for you, the joy of small and simple love'. In particular, the world-renowned singer'Halsey' participated in the feature, expressing the joy of love and the excitement that comes from the joy in various ways, and the performance was composed so that the members' expressions and acting can be seen a lot. On April 13, the next day, the comeback stage was broadcast live on the American NBC late-night comedy show 《Saturday Night Live》. And, for the first time in Korean singers, it ranked first on the Billboard 200 chart for three consecutive times. Also, he was the first Korean singer to win two crowns at the Billboard Music Awards, a famous American awards ceremony. Also, the sales volume of ``MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA'' exceeded 3 million copies.

World Tour 《LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF》 On June 1-2, the first Korean singer held a solo concert[263] at Wembley Stadium in England on the European Tour. In addition, non-English-speaking singers sold a total of 120,000 tickets in two performances, and sold out as soon as they started. In October, BTS held a solo stadium concert in Saudi Arabia for the first time as a foreign singer.

On October 18, in Make it right (feat. Lauv), a remake version of the song Make it right from 《MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA》, overseas singer Lauv participated and included a song sung in English and Korean in one song. . A total of 3 《SPEAK YOURSELF: THE FINAL》 concerts were held in Korea from October 26 to October 29. It also won grand prizes at several year-end awards.

2020

• On January 17, 2020, BTS first released the pre-release song 〈Black Swan〉, and on January 28th, BTS performed 〈Black Swan〉 on the James Corden Show. On February 3, 《MAP OF THE SOUL: 7》 J-Hope's Outro: Ego comeback trailer was released, and on February 17, the track list of BTS 《MAP OF THE SOUL: 7》 was released. On February 21, the fourth regular album 《MAP OF THE SOUL: 7》 was released.
• On April 11, 12, 18, and 19, 2020, ``MAP OF THE SOUL: 7'' was scheduled for a domestic tour, but it was canceled to prevent the spread of Corona 19, and all concert fees were donated to Corona 19. On February 21, 2020, the music video for 《ON》 was released.
• On February 24, 2020, the scheduled 《MAP OF THE SOUL: 7》 press conference was held by email on February 23, 2020 due to the Corona 19 incident, and was broadcast live on YouTube.
• On March 5, 2020, the official music video for 《Black Swan》 was released.

It was also announced on the 14th that it will be performing Bangbangcon, a paid online concert due to the Corona 19 incident.

• On August 21, 2020, BTS released their single <Dynamite>.
• On August 31, 2020, BTS' single <Dynamite> became the first Korean singer to climb the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
• On November 20, 2020, BTS plans to release 《BE (Deluxe Edition)》 worldwide.