BTS is the first Asian Artist and first non-English Artist to enter the“Billboard: The Greatest Pop Star by Year(1981-2020)" list. They were selected as the“Greatest Pop Star of 2020”.[Source]
BTS is the only non-English Act(and only Musician besides Rihanna) to enter the"2010s Top Brands of the Decade"(at #3) in the License Global's"The Influentials 2020: Top Brands of the Decade". Each brand(including BTS) featured on the"2020 The Influentials" report contributes to the $292.8 billion in global sales revenue generated by licensed merchandise and services by introducing a new offering that society cannot live without.[Source][Source][Source]
BTS is at #9 in the New York Post's"Top 10 boy bands of all time”. They are the only Asian group to make the list.[Source][Source]
BTS is included in WIRED's"The 10 Best Artists of a Decade That Atomized Music”.[Source]
BTS is included in the CNN's“Ten Artists Who Transformed Music This Decade”(2010s).[Source]
BTS is included in Esquire’s“The Best Pop Bands of All Time”. They are the only non-English Act to make the list.[Source]
Quartzy chose BTS in the“Music of the 2010s to be remembered”.[Source]
BTS is included in the NY Time’s“33 Ways to Remember the 2010s”.[Source]
BTS is included in the Rolling Stone’s“The 50 Most Important Music Moments of the Decade”.[Source]
BTS is included in the Dazed’s“The End of the Decade” moments.[Source]
BTS is the first Korean Act to enter the Rolling Stone's"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" with“Dynamite” at #346. Dynamite is also the youngest song in the list.[Source]
BTS’ YNWA is included in The Genius Community’s 100 Best Albums of the 2010s.[Source]
FAKE LOVE is at #99 in the Consequence of Sound’s“Top 100 Songs of the 2010s”.[Source]
FAKE LOVE is at #80 in NME’s Greatest Songs Of The Decade: The 2010s.[Source]
Fake Love, Spring Day & Baepsae are included in Popdust's"The 50 Best Songs of the Decade”.[Source]
'Love Yourself' trilogy was named as one of“Defining Moments in Pop Culture of the Decade” by“The Atlantic”.[Source]
MOTS: Persona is at #9 in Popdust’s“The Top 10 Most Influential Albums of the 2010s”.[Source]
LY: Answer is at #83 in SPIN’s“The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s”.[Source]
“Butter” ranked #14 in Rolling Stone’s“The 30 Greatest Grammy Performances of All Time”.[Source]
"Butter(Remix)" by BTS and Megan Thee Stallion is at #15 in Rolling Stone's"The Best Summer Songs of All Time".[Source]
"MOTS: 7" by BTS is at #51 in the Consequence of Sound"Top 75 Albums of the Last 15 Years”.[Source][Source]
MOTS: 7 is at #25 in Rolling Stone's"The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time”.[Source]
Guinness World Records
BTS was inducted into the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame for 2022.[Source][Source]
BTS are the 2nd Korean Singers after Rain to be included in the“TIME 100 Most Influential People” list in 2019.[Source][Source]
BTS photo was on TIME's Gala(New York) list of the 100 most influential people of 2019.[Source][Source]
BTS is the first Korean Act to grace the cover and cover story of the global edition of TIME Magazine as the“Next Generation Leaders”.[Source][Source][Source][Source][Source][Source][Source]
BTS entered the list of the TIME Magazine’s“The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet” 3 times so far in 2017, 2018 and 2019. BTS is the first Korean Act to achieve this.[Source][Source 2][Source 3]
BTS was nominated for the Time Magazine’s 2018 Person Of The Year.[Source] They were also nominated for the TIME magazine's'The Most Influential People of 2018’.[Source]
BTS’"Next Generation Leaders" photo is included in the TIME: Best Portraits of 2018.[Source]
BTS was included in 2018 edition of Time Magazine's'The Year in Review’.[Source][Source]
BTS has won the TIME’S Reader Poll 2 years in a row so far. They are nominated for the 2019 poll.[Source][Source][Source][Source]
BTS was on the cover of'Time for Kids' Magazine(a subdivision of Time) Time titled"The BTS Effect: The South Korean pop stars are inspiring fans around the world to support good causes.”[Source][Source][Source]
BTS was chosen as TIME Magazine's 2020“Entertainer of the Year”.[Source][Source][Source]
HYBE entered the“2021 TIME100 Most Influential Companies” list thanks to BTS.[Source][Source]
BTS and Bang Si-hyuk are featured on the cover of the The“2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies” edition which features 3 worldwide covers. One of them features Bang Si-hyuk and BTS where they represent HYBE.[Source][Source][Source][Source]
BTS is the Korean Act with the most appearances on the front cover of the international edition of TIME Magazine 3 times so far(“Next Generation Leaders”;“Entertainer Of The Year”;“2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies”).[Source][Source]
Forbes
BTS is the first Korean Act to debut in the Top 50(#43) of the Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Celebrities List.(BB debuted at #54).[Source]
BTS is the only Korean Act and Boy band debuted at #43 in the Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Celebrities List 2019.[Source][Source]
BTS is at #15 in the Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Musicians of 2019(#13 if you count irrespective of how many ties happened). They are the only Asian Acts in the list.[Source][Source]
BTS is the first Korean Act to debut for the 2nd time in the Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Celebrities List 2020 at #47. They are the only Korean Acts in the list.[Source][Source][Source]
BTS is at #14 in the Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Musicians of 2020.[Source][Source]
BTS is one of the Forbes Asia’s inaugural 100 Digital Stars 2020.[Source]
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