After a long wait, the BTS book has finally arrived in the market. This book has created a stir as soon as it comes to the market. On the first day of its release, 25,000 copies of this book were sold, which is a record in itself. BTS Group has completed 10 years of its establishment. On this success, the group released its first book ‘Beyond the Story: 10 Years Record of BTS’ about its achievements.
BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. And this band is very popular among the youth. It can be said that these are the pop icon bands for the youth of the 21st century. This band has broken all boundaries of music. Its popularity can be gauged from the fact that its first show K-pop group has made a record of being nominated 5 times for the Grammys Award. The 544-page book has also set a record of being a bestseller on e-marketing platform Amazon. The price of this book is two and a half thousand rupees.
The BTS band includes Jimin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, V and Jungcook. Jimin, Wei, and Jungkook write songs and compose songs for the band. The band has created a large range of hip hop genres.
“Beyond the Story: 10 Years of Record of BTS” chronicles the story of BTS’ music career from the early struggles to its successes. The book has been published in 23 other languages, including Korean. The book was launched on July 9, the day of Army Day.
Started in 2013
BTS started her career in 2013 with the solo album 2 Cool 4 School (2 Cool 4 School) under Big Hit Entertainment. BTS released their first Korean and then Japanese studio albums Dark & Wild and Wake Up in 2014. BTS’s second Korean album Wings came out in 2016. Wings was his first album to sell one million copies in South Korea. In 2017, BTS entered the global music market. It raised the flags of the success of Korean music in America. Became the first Korean band to receive gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAAA) for their single “Mike Drop”. By 2020, BTS became the group to join the US Top Four music albums in less than two years since the Beatles (in 1966-1968).
As of 2023, BTS is the best-selling group in South Korean history, with over 40 million albums sold. His studio album Map of the Soul: 7 is the best-selling album of all time in South Korea, as well as the country’s first album to surpass four and five million registered sales.