BTS - Awards and achievements

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by BTS

BTS has received many awards and honors, including 24 Mnet Asian Music Awards, 23 Melon
Music Awards, 20 Golden Disc Awards, 14 Seoul Music Awards, 13 Gaon Chart Music Awards,
4 Billboard Music Awards, 4 Korean Music Awards, 4 American Music Awards, and 6 MTV Video
Music Awards. Having sold over 20.3 million albums on the Gaon Music Chart, BTS are the best-
selling artist in South Korean history, [444][445] surpassing Shin Seung-hun's record of 17 million
albums.[446] In South Korea, BTS hold four Multi-Million albums and three Platinum streaming
singles.[447][448] As the first Korean group to receive an RIAA certification, BTS has one Platinum
album, three Platinum singles, two Gold singles, and one Gold album in the United States.[449] In
Japan, BTS is the first male foreign act to receive a Million certification for a single;[450] they also
have two Multi-Platinum singles, one Multi-Platinum album, one Platinum album and four Gold
albums.[451] BTS are also the first Korean group to receive certifications in the United Kingdom,
with one Silver single certification for "Boy With Luv" and three Silver album certifications
for Love Yourself: Tear, Love Yourself: Answer and Map of the Soul: Persona.[452][453]
BTS have a large social influence and as of 2020, have attained thirteen  Guinness World
Records, including the world record for most Twitter engagements. [138] To date, they have spent
200 weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50 chart.[454] In October 2018, BTS was
awarded a fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit from the President of South Korea for
their contributions in spreading Korean culture and language. [397] In 2019, members of BTS were
invited to become members of the Recording Academy in honor of their contributions to music
and as part of a push to help diversify Grammy Award voters.[455][456]
On November 7, 2019, BTS became the first K-Pop act to remain on the Billboard 200 for a
whole year. "Love Yourself: Answer" reentered Billboard's main albums chart on Monday
November 4 (No. 165), and as of November 2019, has remained on the charts for 52 non-
consecutive weeks, making it the first and currently only K-pop album to do s o. [457][458]

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