It is well known to us that in the last few years BTS has emerged as the most popular and strong boy band the world has ever seen. Their popularity knows no bounds and has fans in every corner of the world. With songs that will make you dance to their choreography - everything is spot on and their fans love it. Now, breaking 23 records BTS has officially been inducted into the Guinness World Records 'Hall of Fame' 2021.
The news came after Guinness World Records announced it in a statement on Friday (September 3). The statement said, "The Boys are in the book. After breaking countless records throughout 2021, they have also cemented their place in the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame."
The most heard and celebrated records of BTS by Guinness are:
- Most streamed group on Spotify (16.3 billion)
- 'Butter' - the most streamed track on Spotify in the first 24 hours
- Most Twitter engagements for a music group
- Most viewers for the premiere of 'Butter' music video on YouTube - 3.9 million, which replaced their previous record for 'Dynamite'
- 'Dynamite' - Most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's digital song sales chart, 18 weeks
- 'Butter' - Most streamed track on Spotify in first 24 hours
- 'Butter' - Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours, approximately 108,200,000 times
- Most tickets sold for a live-streamed concert, 756,000
- Most followed music group on Instagram
- Most Nickelodeon Kids Choice awards won by a music group
The list is truly neverending. Guinness further wrote in its article, "Despite their young age, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook have left a mark in the present cultural landscape, breaking free from the limitations of their home market and of a language - Korean - that remains widely unknown to the international public. In fact, through their art, the seven artistes are raising awareness around Korean culture and language (which earned them the ambitious 5th class of the Order of Cultural Merit, the Flower Crown)."
For the unversed, BTS is also known as the 'Bangtan Boys', is a seven-member South Korean boy band that was formed in 2010 and debuted in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment which is now known as Hybe Entertainment. The septet - composed of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook - co-writes and co-produces much of their own output. Originally a hip-hop group, their musical style has evolved to include a wide range of genres.
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