BTS

Pre-debut
The first members of the group were recruited through Big Hit auditions in 2010 and 2011. The original roster went through a number of changes before finally establishing itself in 2012. Six months before their debut, the members began to build connections with fans and solidify their name on Twitter, as well as uploading covers to YouTube and SoundCloud.

Prior to debuting in 2013, RapMon was already an underground rapper and unofficially released several tracks, including a collaboration with Zico. Jin was an acting student at Konkuk University before auditioning, and Suga was also an underground rapper in Daegu. J-Hope, who was a member of the street dance team NEURON, was active in the underground dance scene, participating in various battles and competitions. Jimin was the main student at Busan High School of Arts in contemporary dance, but was later transferred to Korea Arts High School along with V, who auditioned in Daegu. Jungkook auditioned for many agencies after leaving Superstar K and eventually chose Big Hit.
2013: Debut with 2 Cool 4 Skool and O! RUL8,2?
The first album from the group's "school trilogy", like the first album in their career, was titled "2 Cool 4 Skool" and was released on June 13, 2013 along with the lead single "No More Dream". Their debut album earned them Best New Artist nominations at various awards such as the MelOn Music Awards and Golden Disk Awards, as well as the 2014 Seoul Music Awards. On September 11, the band released their first mini-album "O! RUL8,2?", Which consisted of 10 songs.

They also started their own show on SBS MTV called Rookie King Channel Bangtan. It's based on the fake news channel Channel Bangtan, through which members parody famous shows including VJ Special Forses and MasterChef Korea. Episode 8 premiered on September 3.

On December 9, during the group's promotion in Japan, Suga was diagnosed with appendicitis. He had to travel back to Korea for surgery and was unable to compete in the 2014 Idol Star Athletics Championships, SBS Gayo Daejeon and MBC Gayo Daejejeon at the end of the year.
2014: Skool Luv Affair, Japan debut, Dark & Wild, Wake Up and 1st concert tour
The third part of their "school trilogy", their second mini-album "Skool Luv Affair" was released on February 12, 2014. The group also released the track "Boy in Luv (상 남자)" and a video supporting it on February 11th. The album peaked at # 3 on the Billboard World Album Chart. On April 6, the group returned with the song "Just One Day (하루 만)" and the music video for it.

On March 7, Big Hit announced that BTS will be releasing their first Japanese album, which will consist of Japanese versions of the songs they already have. Album "2 Cool 4 Skool" was released on April 23; the first single to support it was the Japanese version of "No More Dream".

On June 14, the group took part in the Bridge to Korea festival, which took place in Russia and aimed at strengthening tourism between the two countries. There, they became judges of a K-pop dance competition and later performed on stage in front of an audience of 10,000. On August 10, they were guests at the KCON Music Festival in Los Angeles. », Which sold 109,098 copies. Later, the song "War of Hormone (호르몬 전쟁)" from the same album was released, and the video for it was released on October 21st.

BTS continued their promotions in Japan with the release of their first Japanese album, "Wake Up" on December 24th. It included not only the Japanese versions of their songs, but also two new songs: "Wake Up" and "The Stars".

The group was nominated for Best Dance Performance and Song of the Year at the Mnet Asian Music Awards. In addition to performing with Boy In Luv, they also performed with Block B.

In October, November and December, BTS toured with their first tour - 2014 BTS Live Trilogy - Episode II: The Red Bullet. They visited Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia.
2015: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life and World Tour
From February 10 to 19, 2015, BTS performed in Japan for the Wake Up: Open Your Eyes Tour. They held concerts in front of 25,000 people in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. Their second tour in Korea begins on March 28 - BTS Live Trilogy - Episode 1: BTS Begins.

The band's third mini-album, "The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1", was released on April 29th. In June, it was added to the "27 Best Albums of 2015" list by US television channel Fuse and became the only Korean album to make the list. On May 5, the title track "I Need U" won first place on The Show's music program, marking the band's first win since debuting on the show. According to Signal Entertainment, the album has sold over 180,000 copies since its release.

On June 4, the fourth Japanese single, "For You", was released to coincide with the band's first anniversary in Japan. A music video was released on the same day. The track peaked at the top of the Oricon daily chart and sold 42,611 copies on its first day. On June 23, BTS released the music video for their single "DOPE (쩔어)" featuring The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1, which managed to reach over 1,000,000 views in the first 15 hours of release. The song also peaked at # 3 on the Billboard World Singles Chart, although it was released two months earlier.

The 2015 Live Trilogy Episode: The Red Bullet tour continued with stops in Malaysia, Latin America, Australia, USA and ended in Hong Kong on August 29th.

BTS was part of the Summer Sonic Festival, which included performances in Tokyo on August 15 and Osaka on August 16. On September 8, it was announced that they would be back on November 30 with "The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2". They also held a three-day tour, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: On Stage, from November 27-29, featuring the track "Run." On October 19, it was announced that the group would be the new ambassador for the sports brand PUMA.

They won the Best International Performer nomination at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in recognition of their international fans. They performed "Run" and also had a small collaboration on stage with GOT7.

On December 8, the Japanese version of "I Need U" was released as the fifth Japanese single.
2016–2017: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever, Youth and Wings
In January 2016, game company Nexon announced that it would be releasing avatars for Elsword's characters based on the band members. They were also identified as models for SK Telecom and the face of BBQ Chicken in April.

The band's sixth Japanese single, "Run", was released on March 15th. A special edition of The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever was released on May 2; The group held two concerts in Seoul at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena on May 7 and 8 in support of the albums. The show was attended by 24,000 people. The band then embarked on a tour of Asia and sold 144,000 tickets to their concerts. BTS also headlined the KCON festival in Los Angeles in June and New York in July, both times sold out.

Their second Japanese album "Youth" was released on September 7th, which sold 44,000 copies in the first 24 hours after release and soared to the top of the Japanese charts.

On October 10, the band released their second full-length album, "Wings" with the title track "Blood Sweat & Tears". On September 28, the pre-order of the album, consisting of 15 tracks, began, and in the first week, their number was 500,000 copies. The group has achieved a "direct hit" on the Korean music charts, as well as # 1 on iTunes in over 26 countries around the world. In less than a day, the video for "Blood Sweat & Tears" received over 6,000,000 views. This became a new record among all Korean groups. The album also managed to make it onto the UK Albums Chart, which was a historic event - not a single Korean group's album had ever been featured on it. It also peaked at # 26 on the US main album chart, Billboard 200, breaking the record (the previous one was held by 2NE1 with their album Crush, which peaked at # 61 in 2014). [48] A few days later, it became known that the album topped the world album chart, the world single chart and the top 50 popular artists (Social 50).

On November 19, BTS won the Album of the Year nomination for The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever at the MelOn Music Awards. Thus, they earned their Daesang, or the highest award since debut. [50] December 2 won the "Artist of the Year" nomination at the Mnet Asian Music Awards. On December 15, it was announced that the 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III The Wings Tour will kick off on February 18, 2017.

On January 11, it was announced that the group would make a February comeback with an expanded edition of their album Wings. On January 14, the group received their Bonsan and International Popularity Award at the annual Golden Disk Awards.