"This is a list of records set and broken by BTS, a South Korean boy group that debuted in June 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment.
- – Currently held record
- – Broke own record
Group
Guinness World Records
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Most Twitter engagements - Group (male) | 152,112 avg. retweets (by May 8, 2017)[1] | BTS | May 8, 2017 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Most Twitter engagements overall | 252,200 avg. retweets[1] | BTS | November 22, 2017 | - | - | - |
Twitter records
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Highest number of Twitter followers for a Korean account | 8.724 million followers[2] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | October 1, 2017 | 8.723 million followers | G-Dragon (@IBGDRGN) | - |
Highest number of Twitter followers for a Korean account | 9 million followers[3] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | October 12, 2017 | 8.724 million followers[2] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | October 1, 2017 |
Highest number of Twitter followers for a Korean account | 10 million followers[4] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | November 13, 2017 | 9 million followers[3] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | October 12, 2017 |
Highest number of Twitter followers for a Korean account | 11 million followers[5] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | December 13, 2017 | 10 million followers[4] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | November 13, 2017 |
Most social media engagements by an artist | 502 million likes and retweets | BTS (@BTS_twt) | December 20, 2017 | - | - | - |
Highest number of Twitter followers for a Korean account | 12 million followers[6] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | January 17, 2018 | 11 million followers[5] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | December 13, 2017 |
Highest number of Twitter followers for a Korean account | 13 million followers[7] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | March 3, 2018 | 12 million followers[6] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | January 17, 2018 |
Highest number of Twitter followers for a Korean account | 14 million followers[8] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | April 9, 2018 | 13 million followers[7] | BTS (@BTS_twt) | March 3, 2018 |
Most tweets under a single hashtag in 24 hours | 45 million tweets[9] | BTS (#iVoteBTSBBMAs) | May 15, 2018 | 40 million tweets | #AlDubEB
Tamang Panahon |
October 25, 2016 |
Albums
The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Longest consecutive weeks by a K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 14 weeks[10] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | March 9, 2016 | - | - | - |
Longest spent at No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart | 4 weeks[10] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | March 9, 2016 | - | - | - |
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 20 weeks[11][12] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | April 30, 2016 | 14 weeks[10] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | March 9, 2016 |
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 20 weeks (tie)[12][13] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Pt. 2 | March 4, 2017 | 20 weeks[12] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | April 30, 2016 |
'Wings' | ||||||
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 20 weeks (tie)[12][13][14][15] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Pt. 2 | February 3, 2018 | 20 weeks (tie)[12][13] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | March 4, 2017 |
'Wings' | 'Wings' | |||||
Love Yourself: Her |
The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Highest pre-sale for a Korean album | 300,000 copies[16][17] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever | April 27, 2016 | - | - | - |
Highest K-pop debut on Billboard Canadian Albums chart | No. 99[18][19] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever | May 21, 2016 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Wings
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Highest pre-sale for a Korean album | 500,000 copies[17] | Wings | September 28, 2016 | 300,000 copies[16][17] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever | April 27, 2016 |
Highest K-pop debut on Billboard Canadian Albums Chart | No. 19[19] | Wings | October 29, 2016 | No. 99[18][19] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever | May 21, 2016 |
Highest-charting K-pop album on the Billboard 200 | No. 26[19][20] | Wings | October 26, 2016 | No. 61[20] | Crush - 2NE1 | March 15, 2014 |
Highest debut by a Korean artist on the Billboard 200 | No. 26[19][20] | Wings | October 26, 2016 | No. 61[20] | Crush - 2NE1 | March 15, 2014 |
Highest-charting K-pop group album of all time | No. 26[19][20] | Wings | October 26, 2016 | No. 61[20] | Crush - 2NE1 | March 15, 2014 |
Biggest sales week for a K-pop title | 11,000 copies sold[20] | Wings | October 29, 2016 | 6,000 copies sold[20] | Exodus - EXO | April 6, 2015 |
Highest-charting album on Gaon Chart | 710,000 copies[21] | Wings | November 10, 2016 | - | - | - |
Most weeks spent on the Billboard 200 by a K-pop group | 4 weeks overall | BTS (Wings) | November 24, 2016 | - | - | - |
Most weeks on Billboard 200 for K-pop group album | 2 weeks (tie)[20] | Wings | October 2016 | 2 weeks | You Never Walk Alone | March 2017 |
You Never Walk Alone | ||||||
Longest run in Top 10 of Billboard World Albums Chart by a K-pop group | 18 weeks | Wings | February 14, 2017 | - | - | - |
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 20 weeks[22] | Wings | February 28, 2017 | - | - | - |
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 20 weeks (tie)[22][12] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | March 4, 2017 | 20 weeks[22] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | April 30, 2016 |
Wings | ||||||
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 20 weeks (tie)[22][12][23] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | February 3, 2018 | 20 weeks (tie)[22][12] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | March 4, 2017 |
Wings | Wings | |||||
Love Yourself: Her | ||||||
Longest-charting K-pop album on Billboard World Albums Chart | 37 weeks (tie) | Wings | March 6, 2018 | - | - | - |
You Never Walk Alone |
You Never Walk Alone
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Most entries by a K-pop artist on the Billboard 200[24][15] | 4 entries | You Never Walk Alone | February 13, 2017 | - | - | - |
Most weeks on Billboard 200 Chart for a K-pop group album | 2 weeks (tie) | You Never Walk Alone | March 2017 | 2 weeks | Wings | October 2016 |
Wings | ||||||
Longest-charting K-pop album on Billboard World Albums Chart | 37 weeks (tie) | You Never Walk Alone | March 6, 2018 | - | - | - |
Wings |
Love Yourself: Her
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Most No. 1 chart spots held by a Korean album in 24 hours | 73 No. 1 spots[25] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 | - | - | - |
Most No. 1 chart spots held by a Korean album in 24 hours | 73 No. 1 spots (tie)[26][27][25] | Love Yourself: Her | March 2, 2018 | 73 No. 1 spots[25] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 |
Hope World - J-Hope | ||||||
Highest-charting K-pop album on the Billboard 200 | No. 7[24] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 | No. 26[19][20] | Wings | October 26, 2016 |
Highest debut by a Korean artist on the Billboard 200 | No. 7[24] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 | - | - | - |
Highest-charting K-pop group album of all time | No. 7[24] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 | No. 26[19][20] | Wings | October 26, 2016 |
Highest-ranking Asian artist to debut in the Billboard 200 Top 10 | No. 7[24] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 | No. 8 | Charise - Charise | May 7, 2010 |
Most entries by a K-pop artist on the Billboard 200 | 5 entries[15] | Love Yourself: Her - BTS | September 18, 2017 | 4 entries[15][24] | You Never Walk Alone - BTS | February 13, 2017 |
Most entries by a K-pop artist on the Billboard World Albums chart | 4 entries (tie)[15] | BTS (Love Yourself: Her) | September 18, 2017 | 4 entries | B.A.P | - |
B.A.P | ||||||
Most entries by a K-pop artist on the Billboard World Albums chart | 4 entries (tie)[15] | BTS (Love Yourself: Her) | September 18, 2017 | 4 entries | B.A.P | - |
B.A.P | GOT7 | |||||
GOT7 | ||||||
Most entries by a K-pop group on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart | 5 entries[15] | Love Yourself: Her - BTS | September 18, 2017 | - | - | - |
Highest first-day album sales for a Korean album | 455,888 copies[28] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 | - | - | - |
Highest pre-sale for a Korean album | 1,122,946 pre-orders[28] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 | - | - | - |
Highest number of albums sold on Hanteo Chart | 1,424,886 copies[29] | Love Yourself: Her | December 7, 2017 | 1,441,209 copies[29] | Chapter 4 - g.o.d | November 2001 |
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 20 weeks (tie)[12][13][14] | Love Yourself: Her | February 3, 2018 | 20 weeks (tie)[12][13] | The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | March 4, 2017 |
The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | Wings | |||||
Wings | ||||||
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 21 weeks[14] | Love Yourself: Her | February 10, 2018 | 20 weeks (tie)[12][13][14] | Love Yourself: Her | February 3, 2018 |
The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Pt. 2 | ||||||
Wings | ||||||
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 22 weeks[14] | Love Yourself: Her | February 17, 2018 | 21 weeks[14] | Love Yourself: Her | February 10, 2018 |
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 23 weeks[14] | Love Yourself: Her | February 24, 2018 | 22 weeks[14] | Love Yourself: Her | February 17, 2018 |
Longest-charting K-pop album on the Billboard 200 | 20 weeks[30] | Love Yourself: Her | February 26, 2018 | - | - | - |
Longest-charting K-pop album on the Billboard 200 | 21 weeks[30] | Love Yourself: Her | March 3, 2018 | 20 weeks[30] | Love Yourself: Her | February 26, 2018 |
Longest consecutive weeks by K-pop album on the Billboard World Albums Chart | 24 weeks[14] | Love Yourself: Her | March 3, 2018 | 23 weeks[14] | Love Yourself: Her | February 24, 2018 |
Most total weeks spent on Billboard 200 by a K-pop group | 27 weeks overall[30] | BTS
(Love Yourself: Her) |
March 3, 2018 | - | - | - |
Highest number of albums sold on Gaon Chart | 1.63 million[31] | Love Yourself: Her | March 7, 2018 | 1,424,886 copies[28] | Love Yourself: Her | February 11, 2018 |
Love Yourself: Tear
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Highest number of pre-orders for a Korean album | 1,449,287[32] | Love Yourself: Tear | April 24, 2018 | 1,122,946 pre-orders[28] | Love Yourself: Her | September 18, 2017 |
Songs
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Highest-charting song by a K-pop group on Billboard Canadian Hot 100 | No. 86[33] | "Blood Sweat & Tears" | November 5, 2016 | - | - | - |
Highest-charting song by K-pop group on iTunes Songs Chart | No. 8[34] | "Spring Day" | February 13, 2017 | - | - | - |
Highest-charting K-pop group song of all time | No. 8 (iTunes Songs Chart)[34] | "Spring Day" | February 13, 2017 | - | - | - |
Highest-charting song by a K-pop group on Billboard Canadian Hot 100 | No. 77[35] | "Not Today" | March 11, 2017 | No.86[33] | "Blood Sweat & Tears" | November 5, 2016 |
Highest-charting song by K-pop group on iTunes Songs Chart | No. 4[36] | "DNA" | September 18, 2017 | No. 8[34] | "Spring Day" | February 13, 2017 |
Highest-charting K-pop group song of all time | No. 4 (iTunes Songs Chart)[36] | "DNA" | September 18, 2017 | No. 8[34] | "Spring Day" | February 13, 2017 |
Highest-charting song by a K-pop group on the Billboard Hot 100 | No. 67[37] | "DNA" | October 3, 2017 | No. 76 | "Nobody" - Wonder Girls | October 31, 2009 |
Highest-charting song by a K-pop group on Billboard Canadian Hot 100 | No. 47[38] | "DNA" | October 14, 2017 | No. 77[35] | "Not Today" | March 11, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 3 million likes | 46 days[39] | "DNA" | November 2, 2017 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Longest-charting song by a K-pop group on Billboard Hot 100 | 4 weeks[40][41] | "DNA" | November 16, 2017 | - | - | - |
Highest-charting song by K-pop group on iTunes Songs Chart | No. 1[42] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | November 24, 2017 | No. 4[36] | "DNA" | September 18, 2017 |
Highest-charting entry by K-pop group on Billboard Hot 100 | No. 28[43] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | November 24, 2017 | No. 67[37] | "DNA" | October 3, 2017 |
Highest-charting K-pop group song of all time | No. 1 (iTunes Songs Chart)[42] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | November 24, 2017 | No. 4[36] | "DNA" | September 18, 2017 |
Most liked song in 24 hours | 2 million[44] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | November 25, 2017 | 1.9 million | "Look What You Made Me Do" - Taylor Swift | August 28, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 3 million likes | 15 days[45] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | December 9, 2017 | 46 days[39] | "DNA" | November 2, 2017 |
Highest-charting song by a K-pop group on Billboard Canadian Hot 100 | No. 37 | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | December 16, 2017 | No. 47[38] | "DNA" | October 13, 2017 |
Longest-charting K-pop group song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart | 4 weeks (tie)[40][41][46] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | December 27, 2017 | 4 weeks[40] | "DNA" | November 16, 2017 |
"DNA" | ||||||
Longest-charting K-pop group song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart | 5 weeks[41][46] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 3, 2018 | 4 weeks[41] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | December 27, 2017 |
"DNA" | ||||||
Longest-charting K-pop group song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart | 6 weeks[46] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 9, 2017 | 5 weeks[46] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 3, 2018 |
Longest-charting K-pop group song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart | 7 weeks[46] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 17, 2017 | 6 weeks[46] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 9, 2017 |
Longest-charting K-pop group song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart | 8 weeks[47] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 23, 2017 | 7 weeks[46] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 17, 2017 |
Longest-charting K-pop group song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart | 9 weeks[48] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 30, 2017 | 8 weeks[47] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 23, 2017 |
Longest-charting K-pop group song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart | 10 weeks[49] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | February 6, 2018 | 9 weeks[48] | "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | January 30, 2017 |
Music videos
Record title | Record set | Record holder | Record Date | Previous record | Previous record holder | Previous record date |
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Most views for a K-pop group music video in 24 hours | 6.3 million views[50] | "Blood Sweat & Tears" | October 10, 2016 | 4.5 million views | "Monster" - EXO | June 10, 2016 |
Most views for a K-pop group music video in 24 hours | 9 million views[50] | "Spring Day" | February 13, 2017 | 6.3 million views[50] | "Blood Sweat & Tears" | October 10, 2016 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 10 million views | 26 hours, 40 minutes[50] | "Spring Day" | February 14, 2017 | 40 hours, 31 minutes[51] | "TT" - TWICE | October 25, 2016 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 20 million views | 3 days, 15 hours[52] | "Spring Day" | February 17, 2017 | - | - | - |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 10 million views | 24 hours[53] | "Not Today" | February 20, 2017 | 26 hours, 40 min | "Spring Day" | February 15, 2017 |
Most viewed video in 24 hours to debut on the YouTube Top 100 Chart | 13.1 million views[53] | "Not Today" | February 20, 2017 | - | - | - |
Most viewed Korean video in 24 hours to debut on the YouTube Top 100 Chart | 13.1 million views[53] | "Not Today" | February 20, 2017 | - | - | - |
Most views for a K-pop group music video in 24 hours | 10 million views[54] | "Not Today" | February 20, 2017 | 9 million views | "Spring Day" | February 14, 2017 |
Most views for a K-pop group music video within 4 hours | 4.5 Million views | "Persona" Comeback Trailer | March 27, 2019 | - | - | - |
Most likes for a K-pop group music video | 1,721,695 likes[55] | "Blood Sweat & Tears" | February 20, 2017 | - | - | - |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 20 million views | 2 days, 19 hours[56] | "Not Today" | February 21, 2017 | 3 days, 15 hours[52] | "Spring Day" | February 17, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop video to reach 1 million likes | 8 hours[57] | "DNA" | September 18, 2017 | 10 hours | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | June 22, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 10 million views | 8 hours[58] | "DNA" | September 18, 2017 | 17 hours | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | June 22, 2017 |
Most views for a K-pop group video within 24 hours | 20,975,068 views[59] | "DNA" | September 19, 2017 | 13, 316,290 views | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | June 23, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 20 million views | 21 hours[60] | "DNA" | September 19, 2017 | 47 hours | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | June 23, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 30 million views | 46 hours[61] | "DNA" | September 20, 2017 | 4 days, 11 hours | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | June 27, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 40 million views | 3 days, 15 hours[62] | "DNA" | September 22, 2017 | 9 days | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | July 2, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 50 million views | 5 days, 18 hours[63] | "DNA" | September 24, 2017 | 14 days, 18 hours | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | July 7, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 60 million views | 8 days, 6 hours[64] | "DNA" | September 27, 2017 | 20 days | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | July 13, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 70 million views | 11 days, 12 hours[65] | "DNA" | September 30, 2017 | 25 days, 20 hours | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | July 18, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 80 million views | 15 days, 9 hours[66] | "DNA" | October 4, 2017 | 32 days, 1 hour | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | July 25, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 90 million views | 19 days, 19 hours[67] | "DNA" | October 8, 2017 | 39 days, 7 hours | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | August 1, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 100 million views | 24 days, 1 hour[68] | "DNA" | October 12, 2017 | 47 days | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | August 8, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 200 million views | 93 days (3 months)[69] | "DNA" | December 17, 2017 | 175 days | “As If It’s Your Last” - BLACKPINK | December 15, 2017 |
Fastest K-Pop video to reach 1 million likes | 1 hour, 43 minutes[70] | "Daydream" (J-Hope, Hope World) | March 2, 2018 | 8 hours[57] | "DNA" | September 18, 2017 |
Fastest K-pop group video to reach 300 million views | 5 months, 16 days[71] | "DNA" | March 6, 2018 | 13 months, 28 days | "TT" - TWICE | December 21, 2017 |
Fastest K-Pop video to reach 1 million likes | 1 hour, 29 minutes[72] | "Intro: Singularity" | May 6, 2018 | 1 hour, 43 minutes[70] | "Daydream" (J-Hope) | March 2, 2018 |
Fastest music video to reach 1 million likes | 1 hour, 29 minutes[72] | "Intro: Singularity" | May 6, 2018 | - | - | - |
Fastest K-pop video to reach 1 million likes | 39 minutes | "Fake Love" | May 18, 2018 | 1 hour, 29 minutes[72] | "Intro: Singularity" | May 6, 2018 |
Fastest music video to reach 1 million likes | 39 minutes | "Fake Love" | May 18, 2018 | 1 hour, 29 minutes[72] | "Intro: Singularity" |
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