BTS Bangtan Archive

A full chronological archive of all things BTS


2018 Discography

  1. 180302 Hope World – JHope (Solo album)
    1. Tracklist
  2. 180404 Face Yourself- 3rd Japanese Album
    1. Tracklist
  3. 180518 Love Yourself – Tear 3rd studio album (4 versions Y. O. U. R)
    1. Korean Sales 
    2. Sales/Gaon
    3. Billboard 
    4. Billboard 100
    5. Billboard 200
    6. Itunes
    7. Hanteo
    8. International charts 
    9. Music videos
    10. Spotify 
    11. Other
    12. Certifications
    13. Music Shows
  4. 180824  Love Yourself – Answer 3rd repackage album (4 versions S.E.L.F)
    1. Tracklist
    2. Streaming 
      1. Korean Sales 
      2. Economic impact/Korean pride
      3. Korean Charts and sales
      4. Billboard 
      5. Hot 100
      6. Billboard 200
      7. Hanteo /oricon
      8. Itunes/apple/Amazon
      9. Spotify
      10. IFPI
      11. Music videos
      12. International charts 
      13. International shows/events/ magazines
      14. Awards
      15. TIME Magazine
      16. Tours
      17. Certifications
      18. End of Year Charts 
      19. Grammys
      20. Other.
  5. 181023 Mono – RM (Solo album)
    1. Tracklist
  6. 181025 Waste It On Me feat. BTS
  7. 181107 9th Single Album “FAKE LOVE/Airplane pt.2 (Japanese ver) Japanese Single
    1. Tracklist
  8. 181231  Promise by Jimin

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180302 Hope World – JHope (Solo album)

Tracklist

(You tube playlist) (Spotify playlist)

Hope World

P.O.P (Piece Of Peace) Pt.1

백일몽 (Daydream) Title and First Single

Base Line

항상 (Hangsang) (feat. Supreme Boi)

Airplane Second Single

(Outro) Blue Side 

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180404 Face Yourself- 3rd Japanese Album

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3rd Japanese Album: Face Yourself [April 4, 2018]

(You tube playlist) (Spotify playlist)

Tracklist

1. INTRO: Ringwanderung

2. Best Of Me (Japanese ver)

3. 血、汗、涙 (Blood Sweat & Tears)

4. Not Today (Japanese ver)

5. DNA (Japanese ver)

6. MIC Drop (Japanese ver) (MV)

7. Don’t Leave Me

8. Go Go (Japanese ver)

9. Crystal Snow

10. Spring Day (Japanese ver)

11. Let Go

12. OUTRO: Crack

180518 Love Yourself – Tear 3rd studio album (4 versions Y. O. U. R)

Tracklist

(You tube playlist) (Spotify playlist)

Intro: Singularity (solo by V) (MV)

FAKE LOVE Title (MV)

전하지 못한 진심 (The Truth Untold) (Feat. Steve Aoki) (song by Jin, Jimin, V and Jung Kook)

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낙원 (Paradise)

Love Maze

Magic Shop

Airplane Pt.2 Follow-up (MV)

Anpanman Follow-up

So What

Outro: Tear (song by RM, SUGA and j-hope)

Streaming links (1)

▶iTunes: (1 )

▶Spotify: (1 )

▶Amazon: (1)

▶ Melon: (1)

▶ Genie: (1)

▶ Bugs: (1)

FAKE LOVE (Rocking Vibe Mix)

▶Spotify: (1

Korean Sales 

LOVE YOURSELF 轉 ‘Tear’

Format: 3rd Full Album

Release Date: May 18th, 2018

Certification: 3x Million by KMCA | Gold by RIAJ

1st Day Sales (Hanteo): 173,341 copies sold

1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 1,003,141 copies sold

1st Month Sales (Circle): 1,664,041 copies sold

Total Sales in South Korea (Circle): 3,158,735 copies sold

Sales/Gaon

  • First Korean Act to have 100K pure album sales in the USA on debut with LY: Tear (with no bundles and merch).
  • First Korean Act to become the true “double million sellers” (LY: Her and LY: Tear).
  • The album was the second best-selling album of 2018 in South Korea.
  •  It is currently the ninth best-selling album on South Korea of all time

Billboard 

Billboard 100

  • First Artist to get #1 in both Billboard 200 and BB World Albums with LY: Tear.
  • First Korean Act to debut in the Top 10 of Hot 100 with FAKE LOVE.
  • First Korean Group to have a total of 3 entries in Hot 100.
  • First Korean Act to top the Billboard Artist 100.
  • First Asian Act to win the Top Social Artist award for the second year in a row.

Billboard 200

  • First Asian Act to get #1 in the Billboard 200 with LY: Tear.
  • South Korean President congratulated BTS and ARMY for the #1 in Billboard 200.
  • First Asian Act to chart 2 albums on the Billboard 200 simultaneously (LY: Her and LY: Tear).
  • First Asian Act to spend more than 1 week in the Billboard 200 Top 10 with LY: Tear.
  • First Asian Act to have a total of 7 debuts in the Billboard 200.
  • First Korean Act to enter the US Digital Albums with 4 entries.
  • First Korean Group to go #1 in the US Digital Song Sales with FAKE LOVE.
  •  First non-English Act to get an All Kill in the World Digital Song Sales with LY: Tear.
  • First Asian Act to perform at the BBMAs with FAKE LOVE.

Itunes

  • First Korean Act to stay #1 for one week in the WW iTunes Chart with LY: Tear.

Hanteo

  • First Artist to surpass 1M in Hanteo “First Week Sales” with LY: Tear.

International charts 

  • First Asian Act to chart 2 albums on the Canadian Albums simultaneously (LY: Her and LY: Tear).
  • First Asian Act to have a total of 6 entries in the Canadian Albums.
  • First Korean Act to have a total of 6 entries in Canadian Hot 100
  • First Asian Act to go #1 in the US Independent Albums with LY: Tear.
  • First Asian Act to go #1 in the US Top Album Sales with LY: Tear.
  • First Korean Act to have two hits in the Mainstream Top 40 (MDR and FAKE LOVE).
  • First Korean Group to go #1 in the Mexico Ingles Airplay with FAKE LOVE.
  • First Asian Act to have 2 Albums charting simultaneously in the Belgium Albums Chart (Her and Tear).
  • First Korean Act to debut in the Top 10 of the Official Albums Charts of UK, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Estonia (#1), Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland with a Korean album “LY: Tear”.
  • First Korean Act to get a total of 4 entries in the UK Albums Chart.
  • First Korean Act to enter the Top 20 of Official Albums Charts of Germany, Czech, Spain with a Korean album “LY: Tear”.
  • First Korean Act to enter the Official Albums Charts of Lithuania, Slovakia, Czech, Germany  with a Korean album “LY: Tear”.
  • First Korean Group to enter the Official Singles Charts of Argentina, Czech, Estonia, Mexico Airplay, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden with FAKE LOVE.
  • First Asian Act to get all LY: Tear songs charting in the Hungary Single Top 40 chart and get #1 with FAKE LOVE.
  • First Korean Act to chart 2 songs simultaneously (FAKE LOVE & The Truth Untold at #100) in the ARIA Singles chart.
  • First Korean Act to get a total of 3 entries in the UK Singles Chart.
  • First Korean Act to go #1 in the Malaysian RIM Singles with FAKE LOVE.

Music videos

  • First Korean Act to get 2M likes with 10, 11, 12 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 3M likes with 7, 8, 9, 10 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Group to get 4M likes with 3 MVs and first Korean Act to get 4M likes with 4, 5 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 5M likes with 2, 3 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Group to get 6M likes with 1, 2 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Group to get 7M likes on YouTube with FAKE LOVE.
  • First Korean Group to have 400M views with 1, 2 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Group to get 200M views with 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 MVs / First Korean Act to get 200M views with 7, 8, 9 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Group to get 300M views with 4, 5 MVs on YouTube.

Spotify 

  • First Korean Act to debut over 10 songs (11 songs) simultaneously in the Spotify Global and USA Top 200 charts when LY: Tear was released.
  • First Korean Act to debut in Spotify’s Global Top 20, USA Top 30 and UK Top 100 with FAKE LOVE.
  • First Korean Act to reach 10M monthly listeners on Spotify.
  • First Korean Act to get 100M streams with 4 songs on Spotify.
  • First Korean Act to get 5M, 6M followers on Spotify.
  • First Korean Act to get 3 Billion total streams on Spotify.

Other

  • First Korean Group to debut in the Pandora Top 50 Spins with FAKE LOVE. 
  • First Asian Act to enter the top 5 of the Shazam Global Top 100 with FAKE LOVE (#3).
  • First Korean Act to surpass 25M total plays on Anghami.
  • First Korean Act to surpass 1 Billion Digital Index Points with LY: Tear.
  • First Artist to surpass 2 Billion Digital Index Points on Gaon.
  • First Korean Act to win at the 2018 Radio Disney Music Awards.
  • First Korean Act to win at the MTV Millennial Awards (both Latin and Brazil).
  • First Asian Act to sell out tickets for their independent stadium concert (Citi Field) in the USA.
  • From July 2018, Korean End Year Award Shows started to build up their schedule around BTS’ free time to ensure they attend. Many industry insiders would start projects to cast BTS.
  • The album was a nominee for the GRAMMYs “Best Recording Package

Certifications

  • First Korean Act to have 3 singles with RIAA Certifications (Fake Love going Gold).
  • First Artist to get 1 Million Album Certification from Gaon with LY: Tear.

Music Shows

Fake Love

180525- KBS ‘Music Bank 1st win

180526  MBC Show! Music Core 2nd win

180527  SBS ‘Inkigayo’ 3rd win

180530 MBC ‘Show Champion’! 4th win

180531 MNET ‘M!Countdown’. 5th win

180601 KBS ‘Music Bank 6th win

180602- MBC ‘Music Core 7th win

180603 SBS Inkigayo 8th win

180607 Music Bank

180607 BTS on Mnet ‘M!Countdown 9th win

180608 KBS ‘Music Bank FakeLove1stTripleCrown 10th win

180609 MBC ‘Music Core’. 11th win -2ndtriple crown

180610- SBS ‘Inkigayo’ 12th win – 3rdtriple crown

180824  Love Yourself – Answer 3rd repackage album (4 versions S.E.L.F)

Tracklist

(You tube playlist) (Spotify playlist)

CD A

Euphoria (solo by Jung Kook) (MV)

Trivia 起: Just Dance (solo by j-hope)

Serendipity (Full Length Edition) (solo by Jimin) (MV)

DNA (MV)

보조개 (Dimple) (song by Jin, Jimin, V and Jung Kook)

Trivia 承: Love (solo by RM)

Her (song by RM, SUGA and j-hope)

Singularity (solo by V) (MV)

FAKE LOVE (MV)

전하지 못한 진심 (The Truth Untold) (Feat. Steve Aoki) (song by Jin, Jimin, V and Jung Kook)

Trivia 轉: Seesaw (solo by SUGA)

Tear (song by RM, SUGA and j-hope)

Epiphany (solo by Jin) (MV)

I’m Fine Follow-up

IDOL Title (MV)

Answer: Love Myself

CD B

Magic Shop

Best of Me

Airplane Pt.2 (Japanese version  MV)

고민보다 Go (Go Go)

Anpanman

MIC Drop

DNA (Pedal 2 LA Mix)

FAKE LOVE (Rocking Vibe Mix)

MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix) (Full Length Edition)

IDOL (feat. Nicki Minaj) (Digital version only) 

Date: August 24, 2018 (BTS’s 5th Year)

Streaming 

▶ (You tube playlist)

▶ (Spotify playlist)

▶ Melon: (1

▶ Genie: (1

▶ Bugs: (1

Korean Sales 

LOVE YOURSELF 結 ‘Answer’

Format: Repackage Album

Release Date: August 24th, 2018

Certification: 3x Million by KMCA | Gold by RIAJ

1st Day Sales (Hanteo): 223,027 copies sold

1st Week Sales (Hanteo): 857,727 copies sold

1st Month Sales (Circle): 1,933,450 copies sold

Total Sales in South Korea (Circle): 3,398,938 copies sold

Economic impact/Korean pride

  • First Korean Group to generate a massive Economic Effect for SK (an estimated amount of 4 trillion won as economic value to the country per year and 1.42 trillion won as added value per year). This value, generated by BTS, surpassed Psy, Bae Yong-joon & Winter Sonata in 2018.
  • BTS was the first Korean Group to be mentioned in the “Selected Speeches of President Moon Jae-in (May 10, 2018 – May 2019).
  •  Only Korean Pop Musicians featured in the exhibition ‘Come Here, Spring’ an exhibition of the Blue House of Korea.
  • First Korean Act included as one of the “7 causes for hope for the South Korean economy” by HRI.
  • First Korean Act to attend and gave an iconic speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
  • First Korean Musicians to receive custom made watches from the President of South Korea.
  • First Korean Pop Act to be awarded the “Sejong Best Korean Award” by the City of Seoul and Korea Local Industrial Culture Association.
  • First Group and youngest people to be awarded the Order of Cultural Merit.
  • Performed at the Korea-France Friendship Concert in Paris with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in attendance.
  • The World Economic Forum (Davos) wrote an article about BTS’ effect in globalization.
  • According to HRI, BTS was estimated to have an economic effect of bringing in 56.16 trillion won into South Korea’s economy from 2014 to 2023. This is more money than the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
  • According to Statista’s 2018 figures, BTS brought $4.65B (0.3%) to the South Korean GDP. This number is close to Korean Air which is $11.65B (0.7%).
  • BTS was awarded the “National Prestige Award – Music” at the Proud Korean Awards.
  • Nation’s People Preserving the Korean Language chose BTS as the “Top Promoter of the Korean Language” in 2018.
  • Korea Green Foundation gave BTS, the “People Who Made the World Brighter in 2018” award.
  • BTS won the SFCC Award for Raising Awareness of Korea Overseas which is given by the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club.
  • The Youngest Act ever to receive the Gaon Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • Awarded the “I Seoul U” Appreciation Plaque by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
  • According to IFPI, the success of Drake, BTS and Ariana Grande helped the music industry earn its biggest revenues in a decade.

Korean Charts and sales

  • First Korean Act to sell over 2 Million sales for one album on Gaon with LY: Answer.
  • First Artist to get 2 Million Album Certification from Gaon with LY: Answer.
  • First Korean Act to become the true “triple million sellers” (LY: Her, LY: Tear & LY: Answer).
  • First Korean Artist to achieve 3, 4, 5 Billion Gaon digital index points.
  • First Korean Act to sell >5M total albums in one year (2018).

Billboard 

  • First Korean Album to spend 1 year in the BB World Albums (LY: Her).
  • First Act to take the Top 3 spots in the BB World Albums.
  • First Korean Act to enter the US Digital Albums with 5 entry
  • First Act to rule the Social 50 chart for an entire calendar year
  • First Korean Act to enter the Year-End Chart of Top Artists, Social 50 and Top Duo/Group for the second time.
  • First group and the second artist besides Justin Bieber to spend a 100th Week at #1 on the Social 50.
  • First Act to claim the 4 spots of the Top 5 in the BB World Albums.
  • First Korean Act to enter the US Pop Digital Song Sales with WIOM.
  • First Korean Group to enter the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales and Dance/Electronic Streaming Songs with WIOM.

Hot 100

  • First Korean Group to have 4 entries in Hot 100.
  • First Korean Act to have a total of 5 entries in Hot 100. 
  • 180904- Article – BTS Scores No. 11 On Billboard’s Hot 100 With “IDOL”.

Billboard 200

  • ‘Love Yourself 結 Answer’ debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.
  • 180902- Article – BTS Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Love Yourself: Answer’! 
  • First Asian Act to have two #1 albums in Billboard 200 in a single year (LY: Tear & LY: Answer).
  • First non-English Act to have two non-English albums go #1 in Billboard 200.
  • First Asian Act to have a total of 8 debuts in the Billboard 200.
  • First Act to get #1 in both Billboard 200 and BB World Albums at the same time 2 times.
  • First Asian Act to have 4 albums charting in Billboard 200 in a single year (2018) (Her, Face Yourself, Tear and Answer).
  • First Korean Act to enter the Year-End Chart of Billboard 200 Artists, Billboard 200 Duo/Group and Billboard 200 (with 3 albums simultaneously).

Hanteo /oricon

  • First Korean Act and first foreign artist to top the Oricon’s weekly singles chart with over 400,000 units in the first week with Fake Love/Airplane pt. 2.

Itunes/apple/Amazon

  • First Asian Act to occupy the entire Top 3 Spots of US Singles iTunes on LY: Answer comeback.
  • First Korean Act to enter Amazon Best Sellers of 2018 and in the Top 10.

Spotify

  • First Korean act to surpass 1 Billion streams on Apple Music.
  • First Korean Act to get 7M, 8M, 9M, 10M followers on Spotify.
  • First Korean Act to get 100M streams with 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 songs on Spotify.
  • First Korean Song to get 200M streams with FAKE LOVE on Spotify.
  • First Korean Act to get 200M streams with 2 songs on Spotify.
  • First Korean Album to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify with LY: Answer.
  • First Korean Act to surpass 4 billion streams on Spotify.
  • First Asian Act to surpass 5 billion streams on Spotify.

IFPI

  • First non-English Act to enter the Top 10 of the IFPI’s Top 10 Global Recording Artists of the Year (#2).
  • First Asian Group to enter the Top 10 of the IFPI’s Top 10 Best Selling Albums of the Year.
  • First Asian Act to get 2 albums (LY: Answer and LY: Tear) in the IFPI’s Top 10 Best Selling Albums.

Music videos

  • First Korean Act to get 2M likes with 13, 14, 15 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 3M likes with 11 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 4M likes with 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 5M likes with 4, 5, 6 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 6M likes with 3, 4 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 7M likes with 2, 3 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 100M views with 11, 12, 13 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 200M views with 10, 11 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Act to get 300M views with 6, 7, 8, 9 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Group to have 400M views with 4 MVs and first Korean Act to have 400M views with 5, 6, 7 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Group to get 500M views with 1, 2 MVs on YouTube.
  • First Korean Group to get 600M views with 1 MV on YouTube.

International charts 

  • First Asian Act to go #1 in the US Top Album Sales 2 times.
  • First Korean Album to spend multiple weeks in the Canadian Albums’ top 10 (2 weeks).
  • First Korean Group to enter the Top 5 of Canadian Hot 100 with IDOL.
  • First Korean Group to enter the Digital Song Sales of Euro, Greece (#1) with IDOL.
  • First Korean Group to enter the Official Singles Charts of Netherlands, Top 25 of UK with IDOL.
  • First Korean Group to enter the UK’s The Official Vodafone Big Top 40 with IDOL.
  • First Asian Act to go #1 in the US Independent Albums 2 times.
  • First Asian Act to get #1 in the Canadian Albums chart with LY: Answer.
  • First Asian Act to debut in the Icelandic Albums with LY: Her.
  • First Korean Act to debut in the Top 10 of the Official Albums Charts of Denmark, Spain, Hungary and Top 20 in Lithuania with LY: Answer.
  • First Korean Act to get a total of 4 to 5 entries in the UK Singles Chart.
  • First Korean Act to get a total of 5 entries in the UK Albums Chart.
  • First Asian Act to make 2 albums chart simultaneously on the UK Official Albums Chart (with Tear and Answer).
  • First Asian Act to have 3 Albums charting simultaneously in the Belgium Albums Chart. 
  • First Korean Act to have a total of 10 entries in Canadian Hot 100.

International shows/events/ magazines

  • First Korean Act to perform on  America’s Got Talent (with IDOL).
  • First Korean Group to perform on Good Morning America.
  • First Asian Act to appear in the Graham Norton Show.
  • First Korean Act to be interviewed by the British Vogue
  • First Asian Act to have an exclusive interview & magazine cover in “Entertainment Weekly”.

Awards

  • First Korean Group to win an award in the AMAs.
  • First Korean Act to win at The Asian Awards for “Outstanding Achievement in Music”.
  • First Korean Act to win at the BBC Radio1 Teen Awards.
  • First Korean Act to win at the E! People’s Choice Awards.
  • First Korean Act to win at the iHeartRadio MMVAs.
  • First Korean Act to win at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.
  • First Korean Act to win Best Group at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
  • First Korean Act to win Artist Award for 2 consecutive years at the Korean Broadcasting Awards.
  • First Korean Act to enter The Bloomberg 50 List. BTS and Taylor Swift were the only musicians in the list.
  • First Group to enter the Sisa Journal’s “Who Makes Korea Move” at #16.
  • First Asian Act to be named Vivid Seats’ “Artist of the Year” in the 2018 Year in Review: The Year in Live Events | Vivid Seats
  • First Korean Pop Act to win a Daesang at the Edaily Culture Awards.
  • First Korean Group to win Best Musicians for 2 consecutive years at the Korean Music Awards (KMAs).
  • First Korean Concert movie to win an award at the ECA Awards 2018 (for Burn the Stage: The Movie).
  • First Korean Group to enter the Annual Top 100 monitorLATINO Charts 2018 (International) for Anglo charts with FAKE LOVE.
  • First Asian Group to win Best Group/Duo at the BraVo Music Awards.
  • First Asian Act to win at the Danish Gaffa-Prisen 2019.
  • First artist to win both AOTY and AROTY simultaneously in the same year at the Melon Music Awards 2018.
  • First Artist to win the “Artist of the Year” Daesang three years in a row in MAMA 2018.
  • First Korean Group to be named as one of TIME 100’s Most Influential People (2019).

TIME Magazine

  • First Korean Act to enter the TIME: Best Portraits of 2018.
  • First Korean Group to be featured in the Arts section of TIME Magazine’s Year in Review.
  • First Korean Act to win TIME’s “25 Most Influential People on the Internet” for the second time.
  • First Korean Group to win the TIME Reader’s Poll for person of the year.
  • First Korean Act to grace the cover and cover story of the global edition of TIME Magazine as the “Next Generation Leaders”.

Tours

  • First Asian Act to sell out 4 shows at the Staples Center with their LY World Tour.
  • First Asian Act to have a sold-out stadium concert in the USA with Citi Field.
  • First Asian Act to get over 200K (220k exact) attendance in a NA Tour with their LY World Tour.
  • First Asian Act to sell out and hold a concert in the O2 Arena UK.
  • First Asian Act to sell out the Ziggo Dome, Mercedes-Benz Arena and AccorHotels Arena.
  • First Korean Act to sell out and perform at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium, Taiwan (2 shows).
  • First Korean Act to sell out and perform at the Singapore National Stadium.
  • First Korean Act to perform at the Rajamangala National Stadium, Thailand (2 shows).

Certifications

  •  BTS Becomes 1st Korean Group To Score RIAA Platinum Certification For Single (MDR) + 1st Korean Artist With A Gold Album (Answer) (IDOL also went Gold) [Article
  • First Korean Act to get Gold for an album in RIAA with LY: Answer.
  • First Korean Act to have 4 certified singles in RIAA (Idol going Gold).
  • First Korean Act to get RIAJ Double Platinum for the 2nd time with a Single (with physical sales) with Fake Love/Airplane Pt. 2.

End of Year Charts 

  • First Korean Act to enter the Year-End Albums Charts of Belgium, Netherlands, Estonia, Mexico with LY: Tear and Answer.
  • First Korean Act to enter the Year-End Charts of:
  • Top Album Sales (with 2 albums simultaneously)
  • Top Album Sales Artists (Top 5)
  • Hot Dance/Electronic Songs
  • Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales
  • Independent Albums (with 3 albums simultaneously)
  • Independent Artists (BTS was #1)
  • Internet Albums
  • World Albums (BTS was #1)
  • First Korean Act to occupy the Top 3 positions of the Year-End Chart of World Albums.
  • First Korean Group to get #1 in the Year-End Chart of World Digital Song Sales with MDR.
  • First Korean Group to get #1 in the Year-End Chart of World Digital Songs Artists for the 2nd time.
  • First Korean Group to enter the 2018 Year End Music Lists of NY Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork Readers’ Poll, and LA Times
  • LY: Tear is not only the first Asian album but also the first non-English album to rank in a year end top 10 in UWC history.
  • First Asian Act to enter the Year-End List of the Most Streamed Artists and Most Streamed Groups on Spotify in 2018.
  • First Asian Act to enter the BuzzAngle’s “2018 Year-End Report: U.S. Music Industry Consumption” in Top Albums (By Sales), Top Artists (By Total Consumption) and Top Artists (By Album Sales).

Grammys

  • First Korean Act to be award presenters for the Grammys.
  • First Korean song played at the GRAMMYs 2019 on Live TV (FAKE LOVE).
  • First Korean Act to have a session with the Grammy Museum.
  • First Korean Album to be nominated for Grammys with Love Yourself: Tear (Best Recording Package).

Other.

  • First Asian Act to take the #1 spot for the “Global Ticket of The Year 2018” (conducted by Ticketmaster).
  • First Asian Act to enter the Top 10 Best-Selling Acts on StubHub in 2018.
  • First Asian Act to be awarded “Grade A” for the 2nd time in the “Favourite Pop Albums” with LY: Answer by AllMusic’s Favourite Pop Albums: AllMusic 2018 Year in Review.
  • BTS is the first singer to be chosen as the representative Brand of ‘Hallyu’ for the ‘entertainment category’ by the Brand Stars Selection Committee.
  • BTS was again the most tweeted-about celebrity act of the year.

181023 Mono – RM (Solo album)

Tracklist

(You tube playlist) (Spotify playlist)

Tokyo

Seoul (prod. HONNE) (MV)

Moonchild (MV)

Badbye (with 이이언 (eAeon))

어긋 (Uhgood)

지나가 (Everythingoes) (with NELL)

Title Forever Rain (MV)

Achievements (1)

181025 Waste It On Me feat. BTS

(You tube MV) (Spotify)

181025 Article – BTS And Steve Aoki’s “Waste It On Me” Tops Impressive Number Of iTunes Song Charts Around The World.

181105 – Article – BTS And Steve Aoki Enter Billboard Hot 100 With “Waste It On Me” (#89)!

220318 Waste It On Me” has been certified Gold by RIAA for selling 500.000 units in the US

181107 9th Single Album “FAKE LOVE/Airplane pt.2 (Japanese ver)
Japanese Single

Tracklist

FAKE LOVE (Japanese Ver.)

Airplane Pt. 2 (Japanese Ver.)

IDOL (Stadium Remix)

FAKE LOVE (Japanese Ver.) (Remix)

181231  Promise by Jimin

(Youtube) (Spotify)

181231 Jimin 1 (‘Promise‘), 2 (trans).

190103 [Article] – BTS’ Jimin Breaks Record For Most Streams In First 24 Hours On SoundCloud With Solo Track “Promise” (previously held by Drake).

For Jimin’s achievements (1)