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By 2017, BTS crossed into the global music market, leading the Korean Wave into the United States and breaking numerous sales records.
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They became the first Korean group to receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
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The first Korean act to top the US Billboard 200 chart with their studio album Love Yourself: Tear (2018).
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BTS also became the fastest group since The Beatles to earn four US number-one albums, doing so in less than two years.
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Love Yourself: Answer (2018) was the first Korean album certified platinum by the RIAA.
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In 2020, BTS became the first all-South Korean act to reach number one on the Billboard Global 200 and US Billboard Hot 100 with their single "Dynamite" and remix of "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" and, with the release of "Life Goes On", became the first group to have two number one debuts on the Hot 100.
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Having sold over 20 million albums on the Gaon Music Chart, BTS is the best-selling artist in South Korean history and holds the best-selling album in South Korea with Map of the Soul: 7.
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Forbes Korea named BTS the most influential celebrities of Korea in 2018 and 2020, and BTS ranked 43rd in the Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019) as one of the world's top-earning celebrities.
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As of 2019, BTS is purportedly worth more than $4.65 billion to South Korea's economy each year, or 0.3 percent of the country's GDP.
