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BTS, also known as Bangtan Boys(Hangul: 방탄소년단; hanja: 防彈少年團;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 2013MelOn 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 theBillboard 200.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]The album also debuted at 26 on theBillboard 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.[4]
Known for their large international fanbase, having performed in Asia,Europe, Australia, North America, andSouth 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 byForbes as the most retweeted artist on Twitter in March 2016.[5] Following that,Twitter launched its first ever K-Pop Twitter emoji featuring BTS.[6] In October 2016, Billboard placed BTS as #1 on their Social 50 chart, making them the first Korean group to top the chart.[7]
