What do you consider BTS's biggest achievement to be?

Staying true to themselves, coming from the bottom with 0 industry support and becoming THE top artist globally only backed by their own talent, charisma and hard work, while changing industries for the better and having huge social impact in the process.

If something specific, then IFPI recording artist of the year and overall domination:

#1 recording artist of the year

#1 and #4 album

#10 song

Getting me into kpop

Making great music you can bop to but that also sometimes have deeper meanings and bringing joy and comfort to millions of people

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Making great music you can bop to but that also sometimes have deeper meanings and bringing joy and comfort to millions of people

couldn't have worded it better

sold out Wembley

Their dome tour is probs something that no-one will ever do tbh

Youngest order of merit winners

Grammy nomination despite making way good music than many supposed winners

Selling out stadiums all over the world.

Ifpi #1 artist of year

Biggest achievement will be crossing 100 million Equivalent album units in less than ten years of debut.

Since 1987 only one group has achieved it and BTS will be second. Legendary feat.

When they tied legends The Beatles with three #1 albums in a year

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Staying true to themselves, coming from the bottom with 0 industry support and becoming THE top artist globally only backed by their own talent, charisma and hard work, while changing industries for the better and having huge social impact in the process.

If something specific, then IFPI recording artist of the year and overall domination:

#1 recording artist of the year

#1 and #4 album

#10 song

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Bring out the graphs👍

just 5 years into their career: selling out staduims and getting that medal that got everyone pressed.

Edit: I have the wrong answer

First Asian act to sell out Wembley Stadium twice

Paved the way to the Western markets

Multiple Billboard number 1s

loyal ARMY who them heaps.

BTS biggest achievement I think depends on where you are coming from

As Koreans their biggest achievement is the order of cultural merit

BTS themselves greatest achievement is army

As global acts their biggest achievement is selling stadiums around the world. Currently no act can do that and I think that’s their biggest flex of all.

Billboard number 1s, people get them all the time and that chart is gamed by the industry so I don’t respect it much

Grammys are racist, the queen never got one.

Album sales are impressive but can get inflated too.

Some acts have topped ifpi who are barely relevant now.

their world tour and #1 on billboard

Headlining Wembley.

Sold out Stadium Tours, especially in Europe. I believe that would be one of the greatest dreams of every artist/singer/performer.

Releasing consistently amazing music and maintaining a top notch discography.

Also bringing positive influence for millions of people and making a change.

Being n inspiration for millions to work hard.

Making me stan a boy group for the first (and probably the last) time

BTS biggest achievement is the ARMY themselves. BTS was able to gain such a loyal and strong fandom because of their music and because they value their fans.

They get love from so many people of different culture, different nation. Their fandom is very diverse. Not every artist can achieve that

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Staying true to themselves, coming from the bottom with 0 industry support and becoming THE top artist globally only backed by their own talent, charisma and hard work, while changing industries for the better and having huge social impact in the process.

If something specific, then IFPI recording artist of the year and overall domination:

#1 recording artist of the year

#1 and #4 album

#10 song

Display More

This^

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Getting me into kpop

Where's the best answer for you :yeji_yeet:

Korea

Order of Cultutral Merit (an award that you normally have to be decades into your career to get while BTS got it in their 5th year).

Also

Dynamite making top 10 with just 4 months of data was INSANE

& STADIUM TOUR

The fact that bighit were able to build whole hybe empire on BTS' money.

Daesang sweep (and multiple times to that)

Whatever magic is going on in Japan now (really a surprise considering it's not really their target market)

Multiple #1 on hot100 and them being able to keep that position

Oh, and tbh their story is actually the achievement too, cause who else could go from complete nugudom to being the biggest pop act in the world

How they manage to balance their popularity in the US, Japan, and their Home Country imo. I think they are the first Kpop act who manage to do so. Even among 3rd gen group, if you pay attention, you'll notice how the one who are doing good in west are not making that much noise in Japan, and vice versa.

Being a McDonalds meal...

For me, it’s the UN speech and the Love Myself campaign because it shows that their inspiring message resonates with so many people.

I will forever consider their ability to make music for fans who are so diverse culturally and with a huge language barrier their biggest achievement. It blows my mind sometimes how they have such a massive fanbase in almost every part of the world.

Everything else came from their hardwork and the fanbase.

Being 8 years into their career, and still rising.

Which act can say that ? That they haven't reached their peak yet, 9 albums after they started ?

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Releasing consistently amazing music and maintaining a top notch discography.

Also bringing positive influence for millions of people and making a change.

Being n inspiration for millions to work hard.

Wish I would have said this.

Probably amassing a Literal army?

To me, it’s that they’ve become the biggest artists in the world despite every superficial circumstance working against them.

I remember reading this article about SNSD’s U.S. promotions, written for a western magazine. The journalist watched a Shinee performance and said something like “Of course, it’s safe to say no k-pop boy group will become popular in America”. Lmao! If only he knew

So yeah, even as a longtime kpop fan, if you’d told me in 2013 that a nugu boy group made totally of native Koreans would be playing Wembley Stadium in a few years, I’d have called you a liar

When they swept MMA big awards in 2019 and Knets had no complaints about it.

I think in my eyes it’s their ability to connect literally millions of people globally and consistently touch their hearts.

Also, the UN speech. Iconic.

Grammy nomination + sold out world stadium tour!

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I don't really have any respect for the Grammys, so not that.

In my opinion their biggest achievement is having four #1's in the Billboard Top #100.

The most organized fanbase called "Armys" for me is an achievement also the lifetime honorary awards/medals in their names.