BTS facts for kids

Quick facts for kids BTS
Clockwise, from left: V, J-Hope, RM, Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, and Suga
Background information
Also known as	Bangtan Boys Bangtan Sonyeondan Beyond the Scene Bulletproof Boy Scouts
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop hip hop R&B EDM
Years active	2013 (2013)–present
Labels	Big Hit Pony Canyon Def Jam Japan Columbia
Members	Jin Suga J-Hope RM Jimin V Jungkook
Korean name
Hangul	방탄소년단
Hanja	防彈少年團
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Bangtan Sonyeondan McCune–Reischauer Pangt'an Sonyǒndan
Japanese name
Kanji	防弾少年団
Hiragana	ぼうだんしょうねんだん
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Bōdan Shōnendan Kunrei-shiki Bôdan Syônendan

BTS or Bangtan Boys (Hangul: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan), is a South Korean boy band made up of seven members. They were created by Big Hit Entertainment in 2013. The members include RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. The group debuted on June 13, 2013 with their EP 2 Cool 4 Skool. They have since released 5 Korean studio albums: Dark & Wild (2014); Wings (2016); Love Yourself: Tear (2018); Map of the Soul: 7 (2020) and BE (2020)

In 2015, they found success in the American charts with their fourth extended play (EP), The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2 entering the U.S Billboard 200. The group is recognized as those who led the Korean Wave into the United States and have broken several sales records, becoming the first Korean group to receive an award by the Recording Industry Association of America for their single "Mic Drop". They are the first Korean act to top the U.S Billboard 200.

Along with their success in selling albums, BTS have also been included in Time's "100 Most Influential People In The World". They have also donated to charities and launched the Love Myself campaign which helped programs stop violence against children and teenagers.

Name

The name BTS is from Bangtan Sonyeondan (Hangul: 방탄소년단; Hanja: 防彈少年團), which is Korean for "Bulletproof Boy Scouts." According to member J-Hope, the name was chosen to show the group's desire "to block out stereotypes, criticisms, and expectations that aim on adolescents like bullets".

Their name in Japanese is Bōdan Shōnendan (防弾少年団), which means the same thing.

In July 2017, BTS announced that their name would also stand for "Beyond the Scene." This extended their name to mean "growing youth BTS who is going beyond the realities they are facing, and going forward."

History

2010–2014: Formation

The CEO of Big Hit Entertainment, Bang Si-Hyuk, met with the group's leader RM and was impressed by his rapping. BTS was supposed to be like a hip hop group, but Bang decided that young people nowadays need "a hero who can lend them a shoulder to lean on, even without speaking a single word". He decided that those heroes would be the members of BTS and so the group was reorganized into a more traditional idol group.

On June 12, 2013, BTS released their album 2 Cool 4 Skool. This was a song with a single song, "No More Dream." It was not a commercial success.

In September 2014, BTS released their extended play, O!RUL8,2? (Oh! Are you late, too?) In it were songs that criticized the Korean educational system and talked about finding themselves in the world. It was more successful than their first album.

Charity

In June of 2020, BTS and Big Hit Entertainment donated US$1 million to Black Lives Matter in response to the murder of George Floyd. Their fans also raised US$1 million within 24 hours.

Members

BTS has seven members.

Albums

BTS has released five Korean albums, six EPs and four Japanese albums.

Korean Albums

• Dark & Wild (2014)
• Wings (2016)
• Love Yourself: Tear (2018)
• Map of the Soul: 7 (2020)
• BE (2020)

Korean EPs

• 2 Cool 4 Skool (2013)

• O!RUL8,2? (2013)
• Skool Luv Affair (2014)
• The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 (2015)
• The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2 (2015)
• Love Yourself: Her (2017)
• Map of the Soul: Persona (2019)

Japanese Albums

• Wake Up (2014)
• Youth (2016)
• Face Yourself (2018)
• Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~ (2020)

Images for kids

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  BTS in 2013 performing at the Incheon Music Center

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  Exterior of the nightclub Troubadour (photo taken 2006) where BTS held their concert in the US for free

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  BTS performing at KCON France in Paris on June 2, 2016

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  BTS win their first major Korean award for Album of the Year at the 2016 Melon Music Awards on November 19, 2016.

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  BTS at their press conference in Seoul, South Korea after winning Top Social Artist at the 24th Billboard Music Awards on May 29, 2017

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  BTS at the 45th American Music Awards shortly before making a US television on November 19, 2017

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  BTS at their press conference for Love Yourself: Tear on May 24, 2018

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  New York City's Citi Field, the venue for BTS' first stadium concert in the US, sold out in 20 minutes.

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  BTS performing at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California before 60,000 fans

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  BTS performing "Butter" at the 49th American Music Awards on November 21, 2021

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  BTS performing at the Korea-France Friendship Concert in Paris on October 14, 2018

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  BTS and President Joe Biden at the White House on May 31, 2022.

See also

In Spanish: BTS para niños