South Korea’s Bangtan Sonyeondan, or as it is widely known to the rest of the world by the acronym BTS need no introduction. Their single “Butter” started trending all over TikTok, while hits like “Dynamite”, “Boy With Luv” (feat Hasley) and “Mic Drop” (feat Steve Aoki) shattered the charts and are immediately recognized by the crowds all over the world.

BTS have won many music awards, among them are several Billboard music awards, Asian music awards and many others. They have also collected a total 23 Guinness World Records titles across music and social media – an amazing feat thanks to their fans, the ARMY.

Now, they are the most streamed group on Spotify (beating the British band Coldplay) and the most followed music group on Instagram. BTS’ official accounts snatched the most Twitter engagements (average retweets) for a music group (a record that they have topped four times!). Their May 2021 release, “Butter”, single-handedly snatched five records, two of which are ‘most viewers for the premiere of a music video on YouTube’ and ‘most streamed track on Spotify in the first 24 hours’.

Here is a complete list of their records dating back to 2018:

BTS music records

  • First K-pop act to reach No.1 on the US albums chart (2018)
  • First K-pop act to reach No.1 on the US Artist 100 (2018)
  • First K-pop group to reach the Top 10 on the US singles chart (2018)
  • Highest annual earnings for a K-Pop band (current year) (2020)
  • Most viewers for a music concert live stream on a bespoke platform (2020)
  • Most tickets sold for a livestreamed concert (current year) (2020)
  • Most weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Social 50 chart (2020)
  • Most “daesang” (“grand prize”) awards won at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (2020)
  • Best-selling album in South Korea (2021)
  • Most Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards won by a music group (2021)
  • Most weeks on the US Hot 100 by a K-pop track (2021)
  • Most weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart (2021)
  • Most streamed act on Spotify (group) (2021)

BTS social media records

  • Most Twitter engagements (average retweets) for a music group (2019)
  • Most Twitter engagements (average retweets) (2019)
  • Fastest time to reach one million followers on TikTok (2019)
  • Most viewed YouTube video in 24 hours (2020)
  • Most followers on Instagram for a music group (2021)

Guinness World Records broken by BTS’ “Butter”

  • Most streamed track on Spotify in the first 24 hours (21 May 2021)
  • Most viewers for the premiere of a music video on YouTube (21 May 2021)
  • Most viewers for the premiere of a video on YouTube (21 May 2021)
  • Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours (22 May 2021)
  • Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop group (22 May 2021)