It was a happy first half of 2018 with BTS (RM Jean Ji Min Jay Hop Sugar V government).
On the 20th of last month, a new history was written in the Korean music industry. In the "2018 Billboards Music Awards", he beat World-class stars such as Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Sean Mendes and "Top Social Artist" The one named the winner of the "tist" category. It was a BTS that showed off its prestige by winning this award for the second consecutive year after last year.
Following the award, BTS appeared as the 15th of 16 performances on the day, and set the World premiere of "Fake Love (FAKE Love)", the title song of the third full-length album, "Love Yourself Former "Tear" (Love YOURSELF "Tear"; hereinafter "The former Tier"), released on the 18th. Asia The Artist's first Billboards comeback. BTS, which was introduced as "the best boy band in World" in line with the overwhelming formula, proved its reputation by showing the live performance of the sword and the live performance of the high quality in response to the need for earplugs.
It is also a great success to be recognized as a K-pop album in Korean from United States of America, the mainstay of popular culture. This tremendous career was just the beginning for BTS.
Seven days later, "The Ex-Tier" reached number one on the Billboards 200, the Billboards album chart for the first week of its release; the first record in K-pop history. The number one album in the "Billboards 200" is a record for 12 years since the album "Ancora" by the male four-member popper group Il Divo in 2006. BTS, which had set the record for the Korean singer by putting its previous "Love Yourself" win "Her" in seventh place, broke their record with a new work in eight months.
In addition, BTS succeeded in entering the 10th place of 'Fake Love' single chart 'Hot 100' at the same time. Initially, they achieved the first place in the Billboards 200 and the Hot 100 TOP 10, which they set up as the album goal, and showed a miracle that it was done as they said. On the 10th, 'I Tier' activity was completed, but the name of BTS is located on the Billboards two charts for the fourth week.
In addition, BTS has changed its number of first and best records. BTS, which boasted a remarkable firepower beyond the Million Sellers by pre-order alone, sold 1,664,041 copies in 14 days of release, recording the highest monthly album sales in the history of Gaon charts. It is the record of 1.66 million copies in 17 years and 8 months since Cho Sung-mo's third album (1.75127 copies, Korea Music Industry Association) in September 2000.
In addition, 'Fake Love' music video has exceeded 10 million in 4 hours and 55 minutes, 20 million in 8 hours and 54 minutes, and 100 million in 9 days, respectively.
The Solo Day trophy was also the best ever: KBS2 Music Bank', MBC 'Show! Music center ', SBS 'popular song', Mnet 'M countdown', MBC MUSIC 'show! Champion 'and other BTS won all the top prizes on Solo Day and achieved the feat of 12 gold medals.
As World was a great example, the 'BTS effect' was really great. BTS agency Big Hit Entertainment was evaluated for its corporate value in the group, despite being an unlisted company. It was also said that the stock market has risen as the so-called "BTS-related stocks" have also risen.
Representative Bang Si-hyuk's ability to develop BTS was also noted. He was named to "The International Music Leaders of 2018" by Billboards in May, as well as 73 "The International Power Players" by Billboards, as well as "The International Music Leaders of 2018" by the United States of America pop culture magazine Variety. It was recognized in the ld market.
The fan club "Ami" (ARMY), which means "army of bulletproof," has also been reexamined. 'Ami', who has made a brilliant effort to become a 'top social artist' with active SNS communication based on solid solidarity, showed off his good influence by sharing their World view mentally. The Love Myself campaign, which started last November, is an example. The campaign fundraiser exceeded 1.1 billion won in six months, and Thailand's "Ami" donated 200,000 cc to become a model for fan culture.
BTS will continue its tour in the second half of the year, starting with Seoul performances on August 25 and 26, and holding a global tour of 'Love Your Self' in 11 cities in North America and Europe. The tour, which has a total of 280,000 seats, was sold out at the same time as the reservation was started, proving the popularity of BTS' global superstar.