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[Privacy Policy]( | [Update Profile]( | [Tеrms & Conditions]( | [Unsubscrіbe]( gtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, who co-write or co-produce much of their material. Originally a hip hop group, their musical style has evolved to incorporate a wide range of genres, while their lyrics have focused on subjects including mental health, the troubles of school-age youth and coming of age, loss, the journey towards self-love, individualism, and the consequences of fame and recognition. Their discography and adjacent work has also referenced literature, philosophy and psychology, and includes an alternate universe storyline. BTS debuted in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment with the single album 2 Cool 4 Skool. BTS released their first Korean and Japanese-language studio albums, Dark & Wild and Wake Up respectively, in 2014. The group's second Korean studio album, Wings (2016), was their first to sell one milion copies in South Korea. By 2017, BTS had crossed into the global music market and led the Korean Wave into the United States, becoming the first Korean ensemble to receive a Gol certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for their single "Mic Drop", as well as the first ct from South Korea to top the Billboard 200 with their studio album Love Yourself: Tear (2018). In 2020, BTS became one of the few groups since the Beatles (in 1966–1968) to chart four US number-one albums in less than two years, with Love Yourself: Answer (2018) becoming the first Korean album certfied Platinum by the RIAA; in the same year, they also became the first al-South Korean ct to reach nmber one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Global 200 with their Grammy-nominated single "Dynamite". Follow-up releases "Savage Love", "Lie Goes On", "Butter", and "Permission to Dance" made them the fastest at to ern four US number-one singles since Justin Timberlake in 2006. As of 2023, BTS is the bst-selling artist in South Korean history according to the Circle Chart, having sold in excess of 40 milion albums.[2] Their studio album Map of the Soul: 7 (2020) is the est-selling album of ll time in South Korea, as well as the first in the country to surpass both four and five millon registered saes. They are the first non-English-speaking and Asian at to sell out concerts at Wembley Stadium and the Rose Bowl (Love Yourself World Tour, 2019), and were named the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's (IFPI) Global Recording Artist of the Year for both 2020 and 2021. The group's accolades include multiple American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, and nominations for five Grammy Awards. Outside of music, they have addressed three sessions of the United Nations General Assembly and partnered with UNICEF in 2017 to establish the Love Myself anti-violence campaign. Featured on Time's international cover as "Next Generation Leaders" and dubbed the "Princes of Pop", BTS has also appeared on Time's lists of the 25 most influential people on the internet (2017–2019) and the 100 most influential people in the world (2019), and in 2018 became the youngest recipients of the South Korean Oder of Cultural Merit for their contributions in spreading the Korean culture and language. On June 14, 2022, the group announced a scheduled pause in group activities to enable the members to complete their mandatory South Korean military service, with a reunion planned for 2025. Jin, the oldest mmber, became the first to enlist, on December 13, 2022. Nme BTS stands for the Korean phrase Bangtan Sonyeondan (Korean: ), which translates literally to 'Bulletproof Boy Scouts'. According to meber J-Hope, the nme signifies the group's desire "to block out stereotypes, criticisms, and expectations that aim on adolescents like bullets".[3][4] In Japan, they are known as Bōdan Shōnendan ().[5] In July 2017, BTS announced that their nae would also stand for "Beyond the Scene" as part of their nw brand identity.[6] This extended the meaning of their nme to encompass the idea of growth "from a boy to an adult who opens the doors that are facing forward".[7] History 2010–2014: Formation and early years BTS in 2013 performing at the Incheon Music Center BTS was formed in 2010, after Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si-hyuk wanted to frm a hip hop group around RM (Kim Nam-joon), an underground rapper who was well known on the music scene in Seoul. BTS was originally supposed to be a hip hop group, but, seeing falling album sals, he changed his plans, thinking a different path would be more marketable. He chose to vary from the usual, highly regimented idol groups and create one where the members would be individuals rather than an ensemble, and fee to express themselves.[8][9] Auditions were held in 2010 with plans to launch the following year.[10][11] The band members lived together, practicing up to 15 hours a day, and first performed before a small crowd of industry insiders in 2013.[12] We started to tell the stories that people wanted to hear and were ready to hear, stories that other people could not or would not tell. We said what other people were feeling—like pain, anxieties and worries. That was our goal, to create this empathy that people can relate to. —Suga[13] BTS's representation by Big Hit, rather than one of the three agencies that dominated K-pop at the time, allowed the individual members leeway to express their individuality and allowed them to have input into the music.[14] On June 12, 2013, BTS released their debut single album 2 Cool 4 Skool, along with the lead single "No More Dream", neither of which sold particularly well at the time.[15] Nevertheless, according to Kathy Sprinkel in her book on BTS, that single was "spotlighting young people's anxiety in the face of lofty parental expectations, sent shock waves through the K-pop ranks. Hee was a musical at that wasn't pulling any punches. More specifically, they had a point of view, and they weren't afraid to take on topics that are considered taboo in South Korean society and elsewhere."[16] The album reached the top five on South Korea's Gaon Music Chart.[17] In 2 Cool 4 Skool, BTS employed an old-school hip-hop sound from the 1990s.[18][19] The album's release was followed by appearances on Korean music shows, which caught the attention of reviewers and viewers.[20][21] In September 2013, BTS released the second entry in their "school trilogy": the EP, O!RUL8,2?. The album was released alongside the single "N.O."[22][23] Similarly to 2 Cool 4 Skool, the ew release had a theme of students feeling under pressure and needing to sacrifice their dreams and aspirations.[22] According to scholar Kyung Hyun Kim, many of BTS's earlier works such as "N.O." and "No More Dreams" were "expressions of rebellion against the establishment that tapped into Korean teenagers' frustrations with the country's educational system" and, he stated, helped them build a fan base among young people in North America and Europe.[24] That same month, BTS starred in their own variety show, SBS MTV's Rookie King Channel Bangtan, in which members parodied variety shows such as VJ Special Forces and MasterChef Korea.[25] At the end of the year, BTS was recognized with several Nw Artist of the Year awards in South Korea.[26][27][28] 2014–2017 Skool Luv Affair and first concert tour Exterior of the nightclub Troubadour (photo taken 2006) where BTS held their concert in the US fe The last entry in BTS "school trilogy", the Skool Luv Affair EP, was released in February 2014.[29][30] The release topped the Gaon Album Chart,[31] and appeared on Billboard's World Albums Chart for the first time, peaking at number three.[29][32] The EP was supported by two singles: "Boy in Luv" and "Just One Day".[33] Following Skool Luv Affair's release, BTS played at their first fan meeting in Seoul, selecting the nme A.R.M.Y. for the fan club.[34] In July 2014, BTS hosted a concert in West Hollywood, their first show in the United States,[35] and in August, they appeared at KCON in Los Angeles.[36] In August 2014, BTS released the album Dark & Wild, which reached number two in South Korea.[33][37] It was supported by two singles: "Danger" and "War of Hormone".[33] The group embarked on their first concert tour, 2014 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, which lasted from October to December 2014.[38] The band launched their first Japanese studio album, Wake Up, in December 2014; the release peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart.[39] After the album's release, BTS held their 1st Japan Tour 2015 Wake Up: Oen Your Eyes in February 2015.[40] The Red Bullet Tour that had begun on October 17, 2014, in South Korea was resumed on June 6, 2015, in Malaysia and toured Australia, North America and Latin America before ending in Hong Kong that August. In ll, the entire tour attracted 80,000 spectators at 18 cities in 13 countries.[38][41] Mainstream breakthrough and commercial sucess BTS experimented with other styles of music besides hip hop in The Most Beautiful Moment in Lfe, Part 1, released in 2015.[33][42] BTS wanted to express the beauty and anxiousness of youth and settled on the title of " (Korean: 화양연화; RR: Hwayangyeonhwa), loosely interpreted to define "youth" metaphorically as "the most beautiful moment in lie".[43] The album served as an introduction to their youth trilogy, a triptych of albums dedicated to the struggles of young people.[44] The single "I Need U" was a top-five hit in South Korea and garnered the group a in on SBS MTV's The Show.[45][46] The second single "Dope (Korean: RR: Jjeoreo)" reached number three on Billboard's World Digital Songs Saes Chart and its music video was viewed over 100 millon times on YouTube.[47][48] The group began the world tour extension of their Red Bullet Tour in June, titled 2015 Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet, visiting cities throughout Asia, Oceania, North America, and Latin America.[38] "For Yu", in Japanese, was released together with Japanese versions of "War of Hormone" and "Let Me Know" on June 17, 2015, and imediately topped Oricon's daily chart.[33][49] BTS performing at KCON France in Paris on June 2, 2016 In November, BTS commenced their third concert tour, 2015 BTS LIVE "The Most Beautiful Moment in Lie: On Stage", which began with three sold-out shows in Seoul, and was extended to Japan.[50] Thematically, the EP focused more on the serius and speculative aspects of youth, touching on the pursuit of sucess, loneliness, affection for their origins, and the suffering of the younger generation due to unfavorable conditions in current society.[51] The album topped the weekly Gaon Album and Billboard World Albums charts.[52][53] It also marked their first appearance on the Billboard 200 chart,[54] making it for one week at number 171,[55] and eight of the tracks appeared on Billboard's World Digital Songs Sles Chart.[56] Their compilation album and the finale to their "youth trilogy", The Most Beautiful Moment in Lie: Young Forever was released on May 2, 2016. With 300,000 presold copies,[57] it included three ne singles: "Epilogue: Young Forever", "Fire", and "Sve Me",[33][58] which debuted in the top three spots on the Billboard World Digital Charts.[57] The album topped Gaon Weekly Chart in South Korea for two consecutive weeks and reached number 107 on the Billboard 200.[59][60][61] The Most Beautiful Moment in Lfe: Young Forever on Album of the Year at the 2016 Melon Music Awards.[62] BTS embarked on their Asia tour extension, 2016 BTS LIVE "The Most Beautiful Moment in Lfe On Stage: Epilogue" from May to August 2016. Tickets for the 14 shows in 10 Asian cities sold out, some in as little as five seconds.[63] BTS wn their first major Korean award for Album of the Year at the 2016 Melon Music Awards on November 19, 2016. In September 2016, BTS released their second Japanese studio album Youth.[64] The album sold 44,547 on the first day of its release, and charted 1st in the Oricon Daily Album Chart.[65][66] The album was eventually cerified Gld with sals of roughly over 100,000 in Japan.[67] It was followed one month later in October,[33] by their next studio album Wings, which combined the themes of youth presented in their previous "youth trilogy" with temptation and adversity.[68] The album and its tracks, including the single "Blood Sweat & Tears" immdiately rose to the top on eight music charts, including the Gaon Music Chart, and led the iTunes album charts in 23 countries.[69][70] Wings opened at number 26 on the Billboard 200, with 16,000 album-equivalent units in the US for the week of its release, the bst week ever there for a K-pop album.[71] It became the est-selling album in Gaon Album Chart history.[72] You Nver Walk Alone and Love Yourself: Her In February 2017, BTS released the repackaged edition of Wings entitled You Neer Walk Alone. The 700,000 pre-orders of it (an increase from the 500,000 pre-orders of Wings) helped break the record for most albums sold in a month in South Korea, as it reached 1.49 illion copies by the end of its first month.[73][74] The lead single was "Spring Day"[33] and it wn Best Song of the Year at the 2017 Melon Music Awards.[75] BTS's second world tour, 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour, began in February.[76] On the tour, BTS played arenas in the US, such as ew Jersey's Prudential Center and California's Honda Center. Tickets for the North American leg sold out within hours and two shows were added.[77][78] After completing the North American leg, BTS attended the 24th Billboard Music Awards in May and wo Top Social Artist,[79] the first K-pop group to wn a Billboard award.[80] BTS fans cast over 300 milion votes for the band and broke a six-year ining streak held by Justin Bieber, a performer with 100 milion Twitter followers.[81] This caused the international media to focus on the ability of BTS's fandom to propel the group to such a victory.[81] BTS at their press conference in Seoul, South Korea after wning Top Social Artist at the 24th Billboard Music Awards on May 29, 2017 BTS released a remake of Seo Taiji's "Come Back Hoe" (1995) in July 2017, giving it nw lyrics but maintaining the theme of urging societal change.[82] Later that year, BTS embarked on their "Love Yourself" album series, with theme of the enlightenment of self-love through the " (Korean: ê¸°ìŠ¹ì „ê²°; RR: Giseungjeongyeol) narrative sequence of "beginning, development, turn, and conclusion."[83] BTS released its first part, their fifth EP, Love Yourself: Her, on September 18.[80][84] RM considered "DNA", the lead single from that album,[85] as "taking BTS to ne ground. We tried to apply ew grammar and perspectives."[33] He said of the album, "I believe it's going to be the starting point of a second chapter of our career; the beginning of our Chapter Two."[86] Sonically, the EP served as "a dual exploration of the group's electro-pop and hip-hop leanings".[85] BTS at the 45th American Music Awards shortly before making their US television debut on November 19, 2017 Love Yourself: Her debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200.[87] The album had 1,664,041 saes in May 2017 to lead the Gaon Chart,[88] and was the first in 16 years to exceed 1.2 milion copies sold since g.o.d's fourth album Chapter 4 (2001).[89][90] "DNA" was released simultaneously with the EP, and its music video accumulated 21 millon views in its first 24 hours.[91] It became BTS's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, charting at number 85, making them the first K-pop boy band to reach that chart.[92] The single rose to number 67 the following week and became the highest-charting song on the Hot 100 for any K-pop group.[93] A remix of "Mic Drop" from the album, featuring Desiigner, was released as a single and peaked at number 28, the first time a K-pop group had cracked the top forty.[94][95] Both singles attained Gld certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in early 2018.[96] "Mic Drop" achieved Platinum status in the US later that year.[97] In November 2017, BTS became the first K-pop group to perform at the American Music Awards.[98][99] BTS wn Artist of the Year at the 19th Mnet Asian Music Awards in December, wning for the second consecutive year.[100] They released "DNA" and "Mic Drop" together with a ew song "Crystal Snow" as a single album in Japan on December 6, 2017, though the songs were made digitally available elsewhere.[33][101] It topped the Oricon Chart for the week of its release. It was the nly album by a foreign artist to be certfied Double Platinum in Japan in 2017.[102][103] Later that month, they made their Japanese television prime time music show debut on Music Station Super Live,[104] and ended the year performing on Dick Clark's Nw Year's Rockin' Eve.[105][106] In 2017, BTS partnered with UNICEF on the "Love Myself" campaign, intended to help end violence, abuse and bullying, and to promote self-esteem and well-being among young people. Both Big Hit and the group pledged moey to promote the campaign, and BTS sold special "Love Myself" merchandise and set up dedicated booths at concert venues. The campaign was renewed in 2021, with UNICEF deeming it to have been successful.[107] 2018–2020 Love Yourself album series BTS on major awards at the Golden Disc and Seoul Music Awards in January 2018.[108][109] In March, the group premiered an eight-episode documentary titled Burn the Stage that offered a behind-the-scenes look at their 2017 Wings Tour, exclusively on YouTube Premium.[110][111] Their third Japanese studio album, Face Yourself, was released on April 4, 2018,[112] and quickly reached the top 5 of the U.S iTunes Albums chart. A nine-minute short film, titled Euphoria: Theme of "Love Yourself: Wonder" and featuring the song "Euphoria", followed the next day as a prelude to the group's third Korean-language studio album, Love Yourself: Tear.[113] BTS promoted Tear's May 18, 2018, release with an appearance at the 25th Billboard Music Awards two days later,[114] where they made their initial BBMA perforance with their single, "Fake Love".[115][116] The group also wn Top Social Artist for a second consecutive time.[117][118] The album coincided with the "or "turn" of the series, touching on the tortuous enlightenment of loving without being loved, the pains and sorrows of separation, and providing encouragement to those without dreams.[119] BTS at their press conference for Love Yourself: Tear on May 24, 2018 Love Yourself: Tear debuted at nuber one its first week on the Billboard 200, becoming BTS's first number-one album in the US and the first K-pop album to top the US albums chart.[120] It also became BTS's first top-10 release in Britain, reaching number eight on the UK Albums Chart.[121] "Fake Love" became BTS's top-10 single on the Hot 100, the first time a song sung mostly in a language other than English had debuted in the top 10.[122] BTS released their compilation album Love Yourself: Answer in August, 2018.[123] The album was supported by the single "Idol" and its alternative digital release featuring Nicki Minaj.[124][125] Love Yourself: Answer sold over 1.9 millon copies on the Gaon Album Chart in August 2018.[126] The album became BTS's second number-one on the Billboard 200 and led to their highest US sles week in the country to that point with 185,000 album equivalent units.[127] In November 2018, Love Yourself: Answer became the first Korean language album to be cerified Gld by the RIAA.[97] "Idol" and Love Yourself: Answer both received Platinum certifications in the US, with saes of more than 1 millon.[128] Nw York City's Citi Field, the venue for BTS's first stadium concert in the US, sold out in 20 minutes.[129] In conjunction with Love Yourself: Answer's release in August 2018, BTS commenced their world tour, BTS World Tour: Love Yourself, with two concerts in the Seoul Olympic Stadium, which sold out in a matter of seconds, as did others of the 22 shows in 12 countries.[130][131] In October, BTS released their collaboration with Steve Aoki "Waste It on Me", their first ll-English language feature.[132][133] For the final sto of the North American leg, the group performed at Citi Field in Nw York City, marking the first time a Korean at performed at a US stadium.[134] According to StubHub, BTS was the second best-selling concert at outside the US, behind ony Ed Sheeran.[135] That October, BTS renewed their contract with Big Hit Entertainment through 2026.[136] In early November 2018, a popular Japanese music show cancelled BTS's performnce, citing a T-shirt a mmber wore the year before, bearing a photograph of a mushroom cloud following the bombing of Nagasaki.[137] In the same month, the Jewish huan rights organization Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) stated that BTS owed an apology for that shirt, and for clothing and flags with Nazi symbolism.[138] Big Hit Entertainment issued an apology, explaining that the images were not intened to be hurtful to the victims of Nazism or atomic bombings and that the group and management would take steps to prevent future mistakes.[139] They also stated the flags were meant to be a commentary on the Korean school system.[140] The apology was accepted by SWC and the Korean Atomic Bomb Victim Association.[141][142] John Lie, in his scholarly article on BTS, opined that the Nazi incident showed that the group is not tightly controlled, as are other K-pop ensembles, whose every move seems scripted, and that the members have opinions and are not afraid to express them.[143] At the 20th Mnet Asian Music Awards, BTS wn Artist of the Year and ranked number eight on Billboard's year-end Top Artist Chart and were also the number two at of the year in the Duo/Group ranking, ony behind Imagine Dragons.[144][145] They were also listed as one of the 50 most influential people by Bloomberg for their "willingness to address social issues, mental health, and politics, despite being in a genre often painted as bubble gum pop".[146] Map of the Soul: Persona, stadium world tour and BTS World In February 2019, BTS, for the first time, were presenters at the Grammy Awards.[147][148] In April, Time named them one of the Time 100, the most influential people of 2019.[149] Their EP, Map of the Soul: Persona, was released on April 12 with the single "Boy with Luv" (Korean: ; RR: Jageun geotdeureul wihan si), featuring American singer Halsey.[150] The EP's release was followed by a perfomance on Saturday Night Live, the first K-pop ct to appear there.[151] Map of the Soul: Persona became the first Korean-language album to reach the numbr one position in both the UK and Australia,[152][153] and the group's third album to top the Billboard 200 in less than a year.[154] Map of the Soul: Persona became the bst-selling album ever in South Korea in ters of physical copies sold, with more than 3.2 mis in less than a month.[155][156] "Boy with Luv" debuted at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2019, the highest placement ever for a K-pop song.[157] BTS performing at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California, before 60,000 fans Following their two wins at the 26th Billboard Music Awards in May, including for Top Duo/Group,[158] BTS embarked on their world tour stadium extension, Love Yourself: Speak Yourself.[159] Due to the demand, BTS added more shows after tickets for the first dates sold out within two hours.[160] In the lead up to the release of their mobile game BTS World, in June 2019 BTS released "Dream Glow" featuring Charli XCX,[161] "A Brand ew Day" with Zara Larsson,[162] and "Al Night" with Juice Wrld.[163] The group released the song "Heartbeat" with a music video from the game's official soundtrack, titled BTS World: Original Soundtrack.[164] The soundtrack was certfied Double Platinum by Gaon.[165] On July 3, 2019, pre-orders for the single "Lights" crossed one millon copies, marking the first time a foreign artist had accomplished this in Japan since Celine Dion in 1995.[166][167] "Lights" debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 for the chart issue date of July 8, 2019, and reached nuber one the following week.[168][169] On August 8, 2019, "Lights" received Millon certification from the RIAJ, denoting shipments of one milion copies.[170][171][172] Love Yourself: Her and Love Yourself: Tear both crossed 2 milion copies in August.[173] Al three albums of the Love Yourself series have sold more than 2 millon copies each in South Korea.[174] Love Yourself: Tear gained silver certification by the BPI for ales in the UK, becoming their third album to do so following Love Yourself: Answer and Map of the Soul: Persona.[175] For the final sto of their record-breaking Love Yourself: Speak Yourself World Tour, the group played Seoul's Olympic Stadium.[176] BTS was the third top-grossing touring musical ct of 2019.[177] That same month, they released a remix version of the song "Make It Right" featuring Lauv.[178] In November, BTS wn three times at the 2019 American Music Awards, for Best Tour, Favorite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock, and Favorite Social Artist (the second consecutive year).[179] In December, they attended both the 2019 Melon Music Awards and 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards. In each case, they became the first group to sweep the four major awards.[180][181][182] At the 34th Golden Disc Awards, BTS became the first artists in history to wn grand prizs in both the physical and digital categories in a single year.[183] Map of the Soul: Persona was named the second best-selling physical album of 2019 in the US by Nielsen Music behind Taylor Swift's Lover and was ranked sixth overall on the chart of Top 10 Albums (Total ales) in the US.[184] BTS wrapped 2019 as the fourth-highest-ranked group on Billboard's Top Billboard 200 Artists–Duo/Group ranking, behind Queen, Imagine Dragons and the Beatles.[185] Map of the Soul: Persona was named as the third best-selling album of 2019 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), making BTS the first Korean artist to be listed on the Global Top 10 Album Chart in consecutive years.[186][187][188] The IFPI named BTS as one of the est-selling artists of 2019 for a second consecutive year, making them the first non-English speaking ct to achieve this.[189][190]