- Formed by Big Hit Entertainment they are often referred to as BTS. They were named 25 Most Influential People On The Internet by Time in 2017. They broke a YouTube record previously held by Taylor Swift for most-viewed video within 24 hours with the song "Idol".
- In 2019, BTS became only the third group in 50 years - after The Beatles and The Monkees - to have three number one albums on the Billboard 200 charts in less than 12 months.
- On October 15 2020 their label, Big Hit Entertainment pulled off South Korea's biggest stock market listing in three years. All seven members of BTS have become multimillionaires after the IPO. The K-pop label issued its shares at 135,000 won ($115) each, Big Hit said in the IPO filing, raising 962.55 billion won ($822 million) and valuing the company at 4.8 trillion won ($4.1 billion). The company is run by CEO Bang Si-Hyuk, a longtime music producer who is credited with creating BTS and setting it on the road to stardom in 2013. Bang owns about 43% of Big Hit, according to a stock exchange filing. Bang gave each of the BTS band members 68,385 shares in August 2020. Those holdings were worth nearly $7.9 million each at the issue price.
- On November 24, 2020, BTS made history as the first Kpop/Korean band to be nominated for a Grammy award - for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
- Their first major world tour was called 2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet.
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