Claim: The first album of BTS, a seven member South Korean boy band, was 2 Cool 4 School in 2013 and they have been awarded eight Guinness World Records from 2017 to 2020.
Evidence: BTS have a large social influence and as of 2020, have attained fifteen Guinness World Records, including the world record for most Twitter engagements. Most viewed music video online in 24 hours by a K-pop group 2017 2018 2019 2020 Most Twitter engagements (average retweets) for a music group Most Twitter engagements (average retweets) overall Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours First Korean act to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart First Korean act to reach No.1 on the Billboard Artist 100 First K-pop group to reach the Top 10 on the US singles chart Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop group Most viewed YouTube video in 24 hours Best-selling album in South Korea Fastest to reach one million followers on TikTok Most weeks at No.1 on Billboard Social 50 chart Best-selling album in South Korea Most viewers for a music concert live stream Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop group Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours Most viewed YouTube video in 24 hours Most "daesang" ("grand prize") awards won at the Mnet Asian Music Awards