BTS

**BTS** (Corean: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan; lit. Bulletproof Boy Scouts), anke konat como Bangtan Boys, es un grupo de musica pop de Corea del Sud format in 2010. Li consiste de Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, e Jungkook, qui co-scrive e co-produce la majoritate de lor material. Originalmen un grupo hip hop, lor stile musical ha evoluad por incorporar un vasta gama de generes, dumque lor lirisme ha focalisat sur subjectes incluent salute mental, li problemas de juventute in scola-age e maturisation, perdita, li viage vers self-amore, individualisme, e li consecuencias de fame e recognition. Lor discografie e obras adjacente ha etiam referentiat a literatura, filosofia e conceptes psicologic, e include un alternative universe narration.

BTS, formá de sept membri (RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V e Jungkook), debutá in 2013 sotto Big Hit Entertainment con l'album singul "2 Cool 4 Skool". In 2014, BTS publicá lor prim album studio corean e japonés, "Dark & Wild" e "Wake Up" respectivemente. Lor secunde album studio corean, "Wings" (2016), vendé un milion de copias in Corea del Sud. In 2017, BTS superá le mercato musical global e portá la onda corean in US, devené le prim ensemble corean a ricevé le certificato Gold del Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) per lor singul "Mic Drop", e le prim act de Corea del Sud a topá le Billboard 200 con lor album "Love Yourself: Tear" (2018). In 2020, BTS devené un de le poche gruppi, dopo le Beatles (1966–1968), a chartá quatro album US numero uno in men de du ann, con "Love Yourself: Answer" (2018) devené le prim album corean certificá Platinum per le RIAA; in le medie annu, lor singul nominá per Grammy, "Dynamite", portá los a esser le prim act tot-corean a raggiunget numero uno tanto su le Billboard Hot 100 come Billboard Global 200. Seguent releases "Savage Love", "Life Goes On", "Butter", e "Permission to Dance" los rendé le plus rapid act a guadagná quatro singuls US numero uno desde Justin Timberlake in 2006.

En 2022, BTS es li artisti plu vendit in la historik de Corea del Sud, segun li Circle Chart, con plu de 30 milion de albums vendit. Lor album studio "Map of the Soul: 7" (2020) es li plu vendit album de tot témpore in Corea del Sud, e li prim in li país a superar quatr milion e quin milion de vendites registrat. Ili es li prim non-anglofon e asiatic grup qui plenat koncerts in Wembley Stadium e Rose Bowl (Love Yourself World Tour, 2019), e ili esset nominat Global Recording Artist of the Year de la International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) por 2020 e 2021. Li grup ha ottenet mult plu American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, e nomination por cin Grammy Awards. Foris de musica, ili ha adresat tri sessiones del United Nations General Assembly e collaborat con UNICEF in 2017 por establir li Love Myself anti-violence campaign. Presentat sur li international cover de Time quam "Next Generation Leaders" e titulad "Princes of Pop", BTS anc apareet in li listas de Time de li 25 plu influent persones sur li internet (2017–2019) e li 100 plu influent persones in li mundo (2019), e in 2018 devenit li plu juven recipientes del South Korean Order of Cultural Merit pro lor contributiones in diffundir la cultura e lingue corean.