BTS (band)

BTS
BTS (2018)
General information
origin	Seoul , South Korea
Genre (s)	K-pop , hip-hop , R&B
founding	2010
Website	bts.ibighit.com
Current occupation
Jin Jimin V Suga RM J-Hope Jungkook

BTS (also Bangtan Boys ; Hangeul : 방탄 소년단 , RR : Bangtan Sonyeondan ) is a South Korean boy group consisting of seven members that was founded by Big Hit Entertainment in 2010 and debuted in 2013. The name of the band Bangtan Sonyeondan is a combination of 방탄 ("bulletproof") and 소년단 ("scouts"). In July 2017, the acronym "BTS" was also the meaning Beyond the Scene ( English for beyond the scene ) added.

history

Before the official debut

The first group members were selected through Big Hits Hit It casting in 2010 and 2011 . Until the official roster in 2012, some original members were replaced by new ones. Six months before their official debut, the Bangtan Boys began to interact with their fans on various platforms, such as Twitter , YouTube or SoundCloud , in order to be able to build a strong relationship with them.

Before BTS, RM and Suga were underground rappers. Jin graduated from Konkuk University . J-Hope participated in various dance competitions as a member of a street dance team. Jimin studied modern dance at the Busan High School of Arts, which he later left to go to the Arts Korea High School, where he V met. After leaving the talent show Superstar K, Jungkook received offers from seven agencies. Ultimately, he went to Big Hit Entertainment because he was passionate about RM's rap.

2013–2014: Debut with 2 Cool 4 Skool , O! RUL8, 2? , Skool Luv Affair and Dark & ​​Wild

In June 2013 the group released their debut single No More Dream , coupled with their first EP 2 Cool 4 Skool . With 2 Cool 4 Skool they won numerous prizes in the “Best Newcomer Award” category, including the 2013 MelOn Music Awards , Golden Disk Awards and the Seoul Music Awards 2014. One month after No More Dream , their second single We are was released Bulletproof Pt. II . In September they released their single NO and the EP O! RUL8,2? (Oh! Are You Late, Too?) , Which reached number 4 on the weekly South Korean Gaon Charts . The EP Skool Luv Affair , released in February 2014 , also reached number 4 and number 3 on Billboard's World Albums Chart.

BTS at Mnet M! Countdown, 2014

In March 2014 they released the Japanese version of 2 Cool 4 Skool with No More Dream as a single. In the same year, BTS attended the Bridge to Korea Festival in Russia , where they performed in front of 10,000 spectators.

On August 10, 2014, they were guests at KCON in Los Angeles.

In the same month, Danger was released with music video as the comeback single from the first album Dark & ​​Wild , which sold more than 161,939 records.

From October to December, BTS held their first concert tour, 2014 BTS Live Trilogy - Episode II: The Red Bullet. They played in South Korea , the Philippines , Singapore , Japan , Thailand and Malaysia .

2015: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life , world tour and rising popularity

From February 10th to 19th, 2015, BTS were on the Wake Up: Open Your Eyes Tour in Japan. They performed in front of a total of 25,000 fans in the cities of Tokyo , Osaka , Nagoya and Fukuoka . At the end of March they gave their second solo concert in Korea, entitled BTS Live Trilogy - Episode 1: BTS Begins . Her third EP, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1 , was released on April 29, 2015. In June it landed as the only Korean album on Fuse's list of "27 Best Albums of 2015 So Far".

With their single I Need U the Bangtan Boys won on May 5, 2015 first place at SBS MTV 's The Show. The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1 sold 200,000 records. To celebrate their debut in Japan, they released their fourth Japanese single, For You , on June 4th , which topped the Oricon weekly charts within hours and sold 42,611 copies on its first day.

On June 23, the music video for their follow-up single Dope ( 쩔어 Jjeoreo ) from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1 came out and became BTS 'first music video to reach 100 million views. Dope reached number 3 on the Billboard World Digital Chart. As part of their 2015 World Tour Live Trilogy Episode: The Red Bullet , they visited Malaysia , South America , Australia , the United States and Hong Kong . BTS performed in Japan at the Summer Sonic Festival (August 15, Tokyo , August 16, Osaka ).

On November 30th, the next EP, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2, was released . Before that, they played three concerts ( The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: On Stage) from November 27th to 29th , where Run was presented to the audience as the title track. At the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2015, they were awarded the Best World Performer award due to their high level of international recognition . During the event they performed together with GOT7 . On December 8th, the Japanese version of I Need You was released as the fifth single in Japan.

2016: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever , Youth and Wings

In March 2016, BTS released Run as their fifth Japanese single. The last EP of the Most Beautiful Moment In Life trilogy, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever , was released on May 2nd . To promote their albums, the Bangtan Boys held two concerts at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul . A total of 24,000 tickets were sold. Then they went on their Asia tour, for which 144,000 tickets were purchased. They performed at the KCONs in Los Angeles (June 2016) and New York (July 2016), both times to a sold-out audience.

The second Japanese album Youth was released on September 7, 2016 and was bought 44,000 times within 24 hours, whereupon it shot to number 1 on the Japanese album charts.

On October 16, 2016, BTS released their second album Wings with the title track Blood Sweat & Tears. The album was pre-ordered 500,000 times. With Wings they achieved an '' All-Kill '' in the Korean charts. The music video for Blood Sweat & Tears was viewed six million times in the first 24 hours, breaking the record for the most clicks on a K-pop music video in one day. The song landed in the UK music charts , something no other Korean artist had done before. The album debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard 200, breaking the record for the highest chart placement by a K-pop act in the United States. With Wings , BTS became the first K-Pop artist to stay in the US charts for more than a week. Blood Sweat & Tears also debuted at # 86 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 , while Wings debuted at # 19 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart.

All 38,000 tickets were sold for the subsequent official fan meeting in Seoul.

On November 19, 2016, BTS announced their World Tour Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour . That same evening, they won their first grand prize ( Daesang ) Album of the Year for The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever at the Melon Music Awards. Her second Daesang followed on December 2nd in the category Artist of the Year at the Mnet Asian Music Awards . With this win, the Bangtan Boys made history as the first winners who are not under contract with one of the “Big 3” agencies ( SM , YG and JYP ).

2017: You Never Walk Alone and Love Yourself 承 'Her'

In February 2017, Wings was re-released as Wings: You Never Walk Alone . The album was pre-ordered over 700,000 times. The single Spring Day achieved an all-kill on the eight largest South Korean music portals. Spring Day debuted at number 15 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 . On May 21, 2017, they were the first South Korean boy band to receive the “ Billboard Music Award ” in the “Top Social Artist” category. In July 2017 a remake of the song "Come Back Home" by Seo Taiji and Boys was released .

Her fifth EP, Love Yourself 承 'Her' , was released in September . The EP contains the song Best Of Me , a collaboration with Andrew Taggart from The Chainsmokers . Love Yourself 承 'Her' was the first album by a K-Pop group to make it into the official German charts when it debuted at number 57 in the German Top 100 Album Charts. On September 25, 2017, BTS made their first Hot100 debut with the title track DNA at number 85 and stayed in the charts for a total of four weeks. They are the first K-Pop boy group to reach the Hot100 and, after PSY, the second artist to do so with a Korean song. The music video for DNA reached 21 million views in its first 24 hours and was the 13th most viewed video in a day. A remix by Steve Aoki of the song MIC Drop with US rapper Desiigner was released as a second single. The song broke DNA's record and topped the chart on the Hot100 when it debuted at number 28 and stayed in the charts for ten weeks. In South Korea, the song landed at number 23 on the Gaon Charts. In Germany, the song debuted at number 71 in the official German charts and became the group's first German chart entry. DNA and MIC Drop were later released as an EP in Japanese with another song ( Crystal Snow ). The EP was awarded double platinum certification and has sold more than 500,000 times - the highest sales for a non-Japanese artist in Japan in 2017.

In November 2017, the Bangtan Boys became the first Korean group to perform at the American Music Awards .

They became the first artist to win the Artist of The Year Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2017 for the second time in a row . Spring Day was named Song of the Year at the Melon Awards.

In December 2017, they became the first South Korean artist to appear on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin 'Eve . That same month they made their Japanese TV debut on Japan Music Station Super Live .

2018: International breakthrough with Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' and Love Yourself 結 'Answer'

In January 2018, the Bangtan Boys won the main prize ( Daesang ) at both the Golden Disc Awards and the Seoul Music Awards as the first group not under contract with the three major South Korean labels ("Big Three") . In February, they were the first idol group to receive the Musician Of The Year award at the Korean Music Awards. In the same month, DNA and MIC Drop were awarded gold by the RIAA . This makes the Bangtan Boys the first and only South Korean artist to receive two RIAA awards. In March, the first of eight episodes of the YouTube -red- documentary Burn The Stage , which accompanies the band on their Wings tour , was released. BTS 'third Japanese album Face Yourself was released on April 3, 2018 . Her third Korean album Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' was released on May 18, 2018.

On May 20, 2018, they won the Top Social Artist award for the second year in a row at the Billboard Music Awards , where they had the first live performance of the single Fake Love from Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' .

In August 2018, the single Fake Love from their album Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' was awarded gold by the RIAA . The last album of the Love Yourself trilogy Love Yourself 結 'Answer' with the title track Idol was released on August 24th . Its music video broke the YouTube record for most views within the first 24 hours after uploading. A version with Nicki Minaj has been published online. The Love Yourself World Tour began in Seoul on August 25, 2018 . As part of the world tour, the group performed on October 16 and 17 in Berlin in the Mercedes-Benz Arena .

On 24 September, the group presented at the event of the United Nations in New York City, the project Generation Unlimited by UNICEF before and Leader RM stopped in front of politicians a speech on the topic of self-love. In October, South Korean President Moon Jae-in awarded each member a medal for their exceptional contribution to Korean culture and its spread. BTS are the youngest and first idols to receive this medal in the cultural awards. On October 25th, US DJ Steve Aoki released his single Waste It On Me with Jungkook and RM. The song debuted at number 89 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In Germany the song reached position 98 in the German single charts. On November 15, the group's first feature film, Burn The Stage: The Movie, was released . The film, based on the YouTube Red Series, broke the box-office record for a documentary about musicians. In the first week, 2,500 cinema tickets were sold worldwide. In the US, the film grossed $ 3.6 million in 4 days. Worldwide, the documentary grossed $ 14 million in the first week. One Direction last set the record in 2014 with their concert film One Direction - This is us .

2019: Map of the Soul: Persona

In February 2019, BTS were the first Kpop group to join the GRAMMYs , where they presented the award for “Best R&B Album” to the singer HER

That same month, BigHit announced the group's first stadium tour called Love Yourself: Speak Yourself . Tickets for stadiums such as Wembley , Stade de France and MetLife were sold out within a few hours, so additional concerts were announced for all cities.

On March 12, 2019, the group finally announced their new album, which was released on April 12, 2019. The album is called Map of the Soul: Persona . Just six days later, on March 18, 2019, the album had been pre-ordered over two million times. In Germany the album debuted at number three and became the group's highest entry in the official German charts. BTS made her first appearance with the single "Boy With Luv" (originally with US singer Halsey ) on Saturday Night Live in New York. In the UK, it is the first album by a Korean artist to top the album charts. In South Korea, the album broke a 24-year-old record when over 3.2 million records were sold and Persona became the best-selling music album of all time.

In April 2019, BTS was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of the Year .

On May 2, 2019, they won the “Top Social Artist” award for the third time in a row and were the first Korean group to win “Top Duo / Group” at the Billboard Music Awards , where they performed their first performance of “Boy With Luv” with the Singer Halsey had.

In June 2019 it was announced that the Recording Academy had offered BTS a membership that would allow them to officially vote for the 2020 Grammys.

For the simulation game BTS WORLD, in which the player slips into the role of the boys' manager, three soundtracks have been released: "Dream Glow" by Jimin, Jungkook and Jin with Charli XCX , "A Brand New Day" by J-Hope and V. with the Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson and "All Night" by RM and SUGA with US rapper Juice Wrld . The game's soundtracks were released on June 28, 2019 as a CD box, which sold 553,364 copies in Korea.

Members

The band consists of seven members.

stage name		Birth Name		Date of birth
Romanized	Hangul	Romanized	Hangul
Jin	진	Kim Seok-jin	김석진	4th December 1992
Suga	슈가	Min Yoon-gi	민윤기	March 9, 1993
J-Hope	제이 홉	Young Ho-seok	정호석	February 18, 1994
RM		Kim Nam-joon	김남준	September 12, 1994
Jimin	지민	Park Ji-min	박지민	October 13, 1995
V	뷔	Kim Tae-hyung	김태형	December 30, 1995
Jungkook	정국	Jeon Jung-kook	전 정국	September 1, 1997

Awards

→ Main article : List of awards and nominations from BTS

BTS Universe

The BTS Universe (or BU , formerly: HYYH ) is a fictional universe that was independently produced by BigHit Entertainment and is based on the seven members.

Origin and content

The franchise began with the album trilogy The Most Beautiful Moment In Life April 2015 with the music video for I Need U . Music videos belonging to the BTS Universe are flagged by BigHit.

In August 2017, before the start of the Love Yourself trilogy, BigHit released a series of short films called Highlight Reels , which are also part of the BTS Universe.

The albums in the Love Yourself series ( Her , Tear and Answer ) contain so-called "HYYH Notes". There are various diary entries from the past and the future of the seven members.

In January 2019, a webtoon called The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt.0 <SAVE ME> was published , which shows the content of the BTS Universe in the form of a cartoon. The oldest member Jin travels through time to protect the remaining members from death (Jungkook and Suga ) or other events, so that they can all come together again after 2 years. He always comes back to April 11, 2022 if something happens to a member.

The book 花樣 年華 THE NOTES 1 was published in March 2019 .

chronology

List of BTS Universe Materials featured by BigHit Entertainment.

line	title	shape	date
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life	'I NEED U' Official MV	Music video	April 29, 2015
	'I NEED U' Official MV (Original ver.)	Music video	May 10, 2015
	화양연화 on stage: prologue	Short film	October 1, 2015
	'RUN' Official MV	Music video	November 29, 2015
	'I NEED U (Japanese Ver.)' Official MV	Music video	1st December 2015
	'RUN -Japanese Ver.-' Official MV	Music video	March 11, 2016
	'EPILOGUE: Young Forever' MV	Music video	April 19, 2016
Wings	WINGS Short Film # 1 BEGIN	Short film	4th September 2016
	WINGS Short Film # 2 LIE	Short film	5th September 2016
	WINGS Short Film # 3 STIGMA	Short film	September 7, 2016
	WINGS Short Film # 4 FIRST LOVE	Short film	September 8, 2016
	WINGS Short Film # 5 REFLECTION	Short film	September 9, 2016
	WINGS Short Film # 6 MAMA	Short film	September 10, 2016
	WINGS Short Film # 7 AWAKE	Short film	13th September 2016
	'피 땀 눈물 (Blood Sweat & Tears)' Official MV	Music video	October 9, 2016
	'血 、 汗 、 涙 -Japanese Ver.-' Official MV	Music video	May 9, 2017
	BTS WINGS CONCEPT BOOK	book	June 29, 2017
Love yourself	#LOVE_YOURSELF poster	poster	August 11-13, 2017
	LOVE YOURSELF Highlight Reel '起'	Short film	15th August 2017
	LOVE YOURSELF Highlight Reel '承'	Short film	16th August 2017
	LOVE YOURSELF Highlight Reel '轉'	Short film	17th August 2017
	LOVE YOURSELF Highlight Reel '起 承 轉 結'	Short film	18th August 2017
	花樣 年華 The Notes in LOVE YOURSELF 承 'Her'	Short stories	18th September 2017
	'Euphoria: Theme of LOVE YOURSELF 起 Wonder'	Short film	5th April 2018
	'FAKE LOVE' Official Teaser 1	Teaser	May 14, 2018
	'FAKE LOVE' Official MV	Music video	18th May 2018
	花樣 年華 The Notes in LOVE YOURSELF 轉 'Tear'	Short stories	18th May 2018
	'FAKE LOVE' Official MV (Extended ver.)	Music video	June 1, 2018
	LOVE YOURSELF 結 Answer 'Epiphany'	Comeback trailer	August 9, 2018
	花樣 年華 The Notes in LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer'	Short stories	August 24, 2018
	SAVE ME	Webtoon	January 17 - April 11, 2019
	花樣 年華 THE NOTES 1	book	5th March 2019
Map of the Soul	花樣 年華 The Notes in Map of the Soul: Persona	Short stories	April 12, 2019

Trivia

All members, especially RM , Suga and J-Hope , are actively involved in composing their songs, which is not often the case in the K-pop industry as the Idols are very heavily directed by their agency. The members write about the dreams and goals of the youth, bullying, the ideals of the current and next generation and political / social problems (e.g. the Sewol disaster). The latter is deliberately avoided by many idol groups, which led to BTS being referred to as "K-Pop revolutionaries".

Your fans are organized in a fan club called "ARMY" ( 아미 ), which stands for "Adorable Representative MC for Youth".

Other activities

In October 2015, BTS was presented as a testimonial for Puma .

In 2016, the Bangtan Boys were the new faces of SK Telecom , BBQ Chicken , and Smart Uniform . Nexon also announced member-based characters for their game Elsworld . In the same year, BTS topped the monthly Boy Group Brand Power Ranking nine times, which examined the marketability of male idol groups in the Korean advertising industry.

In 2017, BTS was presented as an ambassador for tourism in Seoul. The promotional song With Seoul was released. They were also introduced as the new models for Lotte Duty Free. That same year the band worked with Line , a Japanese instant messaging service, and each member created a personal character for Line Friends . Fan merchandise based on these BT21 characters are sold in pop-up shops around the world.

In 2018, BTS were presented as testimonials for Kookmin Bank . In April 2018, LG announced a collaboration with BTS. They promoted Coca-Cola Korea during the 2018 World Cup .

With the release of the Love Yourself series, BTS announced their "Love Myself" campaign in collaboration with UNICEF . The group has raised more than 1.4 million US dollars for the project, which aims to stop violence against children and teenagers worldwide.

In November 2018, Hyundai introduced BTS as their international brand ambassador for the new SUV Palisade .

In May 2019, the group's perfume collection called L'Atelier des Subtils was released in collaboration with VT Cosmetics.

In December 2019, the FIA Formula E Championship announced that it would work with BTS as a brand ambassador in the future to raise awareness of the consequences of climate change worldwide.

BigHit has announced that it will be releasing a drama series on BTS with the theme of Coming of Age in the second half of 2020 .

Tours

• 2014: 2014 BTS Live Trilogy-Episode II: The Red Bullet
• 2015: BTS Live Trilogy Episode I: BTS Begins
• 2015: BTS's First Japan Tour-Wake Up: Open Your Eyes
• 2015: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage
• 2015: 2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet
• 2016: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage: Epilogue
• 2017: 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour
• 2018: Love Yourself World Tour
• 2019: Speak Yourself Stadium World Tour

Discography

→ Main article : BTS (band) / discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		KR	JP	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	Dark & ​​Wild Big Hit Entertainment	KR2 (... weeks) KR	JP78 (1 week) JP	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 19, 2014 Sales: +320,000
	Wake Up Pony Canyon	-	JP3 (13 weeks) JP	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 24th, 2014 Sales: +28,000
2016	Youth Pony Canyon	-	JP1 gold (18 weeks)JP	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 7, 2016 Sales: + 100,000
	Wings Big Hit Entertainment	KR1 (... week) KR	JP57 (5 weeks) JP	-	-	CH62 (1 week) CH	UK62 (1 week) UK	US26 (3 weeks) US	First published: October 10, 2016 Sales: + 2,550,000
2017	Wings: You Never Walk Alone 1 Big Hit Entertainment	KR1 (... week) KR[JP: ↑]		-	-	-	-[US: ↑]		Initial release: February 13th, 2017 Sales are added to Wings
2018	Face Yourself Universal Music Japan	-	JP1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)JP	-	AT42 (1 week) AT	CH62 (1 week) CH	UK78 silver (2 weeks)UK	US43 (1 week) US	First published: April 4, 2018 Sales: + 410,000
	Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' Big Hit Entertainment	KR1 × 2 Double diamond (… Where.)KR	JP3 gold (… Where.)JP	DE17 (21 weeks) DE	AT5 (2 weeks) AT	CH8 (9 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (11 weeks)UK	US1 (15 weeks) US	First published: May 18, 2018 Sales: + 2,800,000
2020	Map of the Soul: 7 Big Hit Entertainment, Columbia Records	KR1 × 4 Quadruple diamond (… Where.)KR	JP1 platinum (… Where.)JP	DE1 (... week) DE	AT1 (... week) AT	CH1 (... week) CH	UK1 silver (… Where.)UK	US1 (... week) US	Initial publication: February 21, 2020 Sales: + 4,398,500
	Map of the Soul: 7 ~ The Journey ~ Def Jam, Virgin Records	-	JP1 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)JP	DE6 (... weeks) DE	AT5 (... weeks) AT	CH7 (... weeks) CH	UK35 (... weeks) UK	US14 (... weeks) US	Initial Release: Jul 14, 2020 Sales: + 750,000 (JP)

¹Reissue of Wings

Filmography

• 2018: Burn The Stage: The Movie
• 2019: BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul
• 2019: Bring The Soul

Web links

Commons : BTS  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official South Korean website
• Official Japanese website

Individual evidence

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140. ↑ Sales from Face Yourself :
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