20 Things You Didn't Know About BTS
17. The Most Dominant K-Pop Group In The Billboard Charts
Published weekly by Billboard magazine, the Billboard Hot 100 uses the music industry's own data based on physical and digital sales, radio play, and online streaming to rank the 200 most popular albums in the United States. The chart has been going since 1956 and has seen many changes over the years to incorporate new media formats and changing roles in music.
In 2016, a whole sixty years after the chart debuted, BTS became the first K-Pop group to have more than three releases placed in the Billboard Top 200. The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 2 was the first to enter the charts in 2015, peaking at 171. With the release of their 2018 album Face Yourself, they became the first K-pop group to have four releases on that chart. Since then they've gone on to dominate it.
To this date, they are one of only two K-pop bands to have an album reach number one on the charts, and they were the first to get there with Love Yourself: Tear debuting at number 1 in 2018, and two subsequent albums also debuting at the top spot.