BTS, also known as Bangtan Boys (Hangul: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan; lit. Bulletproof Boy Scouts), is a seven-member South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment. The members are; Rap Monster, Jin, Suga, Jhope, Jimin, V and Jungkook.
They debuted on June 13, 2013, with the song "No More Dream" from their first album, 2 Cool 4 Skool, for which they won several "New Artist of the Year" awards including those at the 2013 MelOn Music Awards and Golden Disk Awards, and the 2014 Seoul Music Awards. A year after their debut, they received major bonsang awards for their subsequent albums Dark & Wild and The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1.
BTS continued rising to widespread prominence with their Most Beautiful Moment in Life trilogy, with The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 and The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever both debuting inside the Billboard 200. The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 2 also charted at number one on the Billboard World Albums Chart and remained there for multiple weeks, making BTS the first K-Pop act to achieve that feat. Known for their large international fanbase, having performed in Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, and South America, BTS's outstanding performances won them the Best World Performer award in the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
BTS are known for their large social media presence, and were named by Forbes as the most retweeted artist on Twitter in March 2016. Following that, Twitter launched its first ever K-Pop Twitter emoji featuring BTS. BTS, also known as Bangtan Boys (Hangul: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan; lit. Bulletproof Boy Scouts), is a seven-member South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment.
They debuted on June 13, 2013, with the song "No More Dream" from their first album, 2 Cool 4 Skool, for which they won several "New Artist of the Year" awards including those at the 2013 MelOn Music Awards and Golden Disk Awards, and the 2014 Seoul Music Awards. A year after their debut, they received major bonsang awards for their subsequent albums Dark & Wild and The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1.
BTS continued rising to widespread prominence with their Most Beautiful Moment in Life trilogy, with The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 and The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever both debuting inside the Billboard 200. The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 2 also charted at number one on the Billboard World Albums Chart and remained there for multiple weeks, making BTS the first K-Pop act to achieve that feat. The group continued to surpass themselves with the release of their second full album, Wings, which charted at #1 on ITunes in over 26 countries. The album also debuted at 26 on the Billboard 200, which marked the highest chart rank for a K-Pop album ever, as well as made BTS the first K-Pop act to log three entries onto the chart. Known for their large international fanbase, having performed in Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, and South America, BTS's outstanding performances won them the Best World Performer award in the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards.BTS continued rising to widespread prominence with their Most Beautiful Moment in Life trilogy, with The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 and The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever both debuting inside the Billboard 200. The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 2 also charted at number one on the Billboard World Albums Chart and remained there for multiple weeks, making BTS the first K-Pop act to achieve that feat. The group continued to surpass themselves with the release of their second full album, Wings, which charted at #1 on ITunes in over 26 countries. The album also debuted at 26 on the Billboard 200, which marked the highest chart rank for a K-Pop album ever, as well as made BTS the first K-Pop act to log three entries onto the chart. Known for their large international fanbase, having performed in Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, and South America, BTS's outstanding performances won them the Best World Performer award in the 2015Mnet Asian Music Awards.
BTS are known for their large social media presence, and were named by Forbes as the most retweeted artist on Twitter in March 2016. Following that, Twitter launched its first ever K-Pop Twitter emoji featuring BTS.
In 2017, the group was the first non western act to be invited and nominated for the BillBoard Awards show. They were nominated for most active on social media and was announced the winner - outwinning Justin Beiber, Ariana Grande and more. This came days before the boys held their annual FESTA (which is a yearly interactive anniversary between ARMY and BTS)
With more western attention aimed at the boys, BIGHIT and the boys dropped a new logo as well as a new international name. As the boys had no official English names, fans had resorted to using the translation of their Korean name (Bullet Proof Boy Scouts). In the West, they will now refer to themselves as "Beyond the Scene" - a play on the meaning of BTS which originally meant "Behind the Scenes".
BTS’ “Wings” Sets New Record for K-Pop Album in U.S. Albums Chart Billboard 200
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