Boyband terbesar saat ini, BTS (singkatan dari Bangtan Boys, atau kalo diartikan “Bulletproof Boy Scouts”) kembali mencatatkan rekor baru di buku rekor dunia, Guinness World Records edisi tahun 2022.
Ketujuh member BTS yaitu RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V dan Jungkook ini namanya mulai dikenal secara internasional semenjak tahun 2018 lalu. Semenjak itu, nama BTS sudah dikenal secara global dan memenangkan berbagai penghargaan bergengsi dunia mulai dari Billboard Music Awards, Asian Music Awards dan banyak lagi. Tak ketinggalan juga beberapa rekor yang diraih berkat media sosial mereka, yang tentu saja ini berkat kerja keras fans mereka yang disebut BTS ARMY.
Berikut ini daftar 23 rekor dunia yang dicatatkan dalam buku Guinness World Records 2022:
1.Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours: 'Butter', 108,200,000 times
2.Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop group : 'Butter', 108,200,000 times
3.Most streamed track on Spotify in the first 24 hours: 'Butter', 11,042,335 streams
4.Most viewers for the premiere of a music video on YouTube: 'Butter', 3,900,000 viewers
5.Most viewers for the premiere of a video on YouTube: 'Butter', 3,900,000 views
6.Most followers on Instagram for a music group: 40,220,226 followers
7.Most viewed YouTube video in 24 hours: 101,100,000 views
8.Fastest time to reach one million followers on TikTok: 3 hours 31 min
9.Most Twitter engagements (average retweets): 422,228 engagements
10.Most Twitter engagements (average retweets) for a music group: 422,228 engagements
11.Most streamed act on Spotify (group): 16,300,000,000
12.Most weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart: 18 weeks
13.Most weeks on the US Hot 100 by a K-pop track: 32 weeks
14.Most Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards won by a music group: 5 awards
15.Best-selling album in South Korea: 4,440,818 units sold
16.Most "daesang" ("grand prize") awards won at the Mnet Asian Music Awards: 13 awards
17.Most weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Social 50 chart: 189 weeks
18. Most tickets sold for a livestreamed concert (current year): 756,000 tickets
19. Most viewers for a music concert live stream on a bespoke platform: 756,000 tickets
20.First K-pop act to reach No.1 on the US albums chart
21. Highest annual earnings for a K-Pop band (current year): US$50 million
22. First K-pop group to reach the Top 10 on the US singles chart
23. First K-pop act to reach No.1 on the US Artist 100