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BTS
BTS at Golden Disc Awards on January 14, 2017. From left to right: Rap Monster, Jimin, Jin, V, Jungkook, Suga, and J-Hope.
Background information
Also known as	Bangtan Boys Bulletproof Boy Scouts Beyond The Scene Bangtan Sonyeondan
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop hip hop pop electronica rock R&B EDM
Years active	2013 (2013)–present
Labels	Big Hit Entertainment Pony Canyon (2014–2017 in Japan) Def Jam Japan (Japan, 2017–present)
Website	bts.ibighit.com
Members	Jin Suga J-Hope Rap Monster Jimin V Jungkook

BTS, also known as Bangtan Boys or Beyond The Scene, is a seven-member South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment. They debuted on June 12, 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 at the 2013 Melon Music Awards and Golden Disc Awards and the 2014 Seoul Music Awards. The band continued to rise to widespread prominence with their subsequent albums Dark & Wild (2014), The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 (2015) and The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever (2016), with the latter two entering the Billboard 200.The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever went on to win the Album of the Year award at the 2016 Melon Music Awards.

Their second full album, Wings (2016), peaked at #26 on the Billboard 200, which marked the highest chart ranking for a K-pop album ever. In their native South Korea, Wings became the best selling album in the Gaon Album Chart history at the time. The album went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies, making it BTS's first "million seller", and the group was subsequently awarded Artist of the Year at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards. Over their discography, BTS has sold an estimated four million albums worldwide.

Known for their large social media presence, BTS were listed by Forbes as the most retweeted artist on Twitter in March 2016. Following that, Twitter launched its first ever K-pop Twitter emoji featuring BTS. In 2017, BTS won a Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist. In June 2017, Time magazine named the band one of the 25 most influential people on the internet. BTS's achievements have also led the group to be ranked #5 on Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list for 2017, a list ranking South Korea's most powerful and influential celebrities.