BTS

BTS Synopsis

<p><b>BTS is<i> the</i> breakthrough K-pop band. For the first time, this unofficial biography tells the story of the Korean boy band with a global army of fans, who have propelled their heroes to the top of the charts all over the world.</b><br><br>Seven good-looking boys RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook who can dance as well as they can rap and sing, are tearing up the <b>global music charts</b>. Nothing new? Think again. <b>BTS</b>, who rose to fame in their native <b>South Korea</b> in 2013 and who sing almost entirely in Korean, are now a sensation in the US, the UK and the rest of the world.<br><br><b>K-pop</b> is a growing phenomenon in the West, and over the last few years, it has steadily gathered a huge <b>global following</b>. With their talent, dedication, good looks, fabulous choreography, and catchy blend of pop, hip hop and RnB, <b>BTS</b> are leading the advance.<br><br>- BTSs latest album <b>Love Yourself: Answer</b> went straight to <b>#1</b> in the US charts, following the success of their previous album, <b>Love Yourself: Tear</b>, which was the first ever <b>Korean</b> album to achieve this<br>- Over <b>17 million</b> followers on Twitter<br>- They have been profiled in US Vogue the first K-pop band to be granted such an honour<br>- The music video for <b>IDOL </b>broke YouTube streaming records, being viewed <b>46 million times</b> in the first <b>24 hours</b>; the view count is now in the hundreds of millions<br>- They won the 2018 <i>Billboard</i> Music Award for Top Social Artist for the second year in a row<br>- Listed by <i>Forbes</i> as the most retweeted artist on Twitter in March 2016 and their fanbase has ballooned since then<br>- Named in <i>Time</i> magazines Top 25 Most Influential People on the Internet 2017 list<br>- Their 20182019 world tour sold out within minutes of tickets going on sale<br><br>Extensively researched, and written in an upbeat and accessible style, this book interweaves the success stories of each of the boys with how the band got together, while documenting their amazing rise to fame in Southeast Asia, and then the world. It includes <b>16 pages of full colour photographs</b> of the band playing live, posing and having fun.<br><br><b>Also available:</b><br>9781780556017 <i>BTS: Test Your Super-Fan Status </i><br>9781789291339 <i>BTS and Me: Your Unofficial Fill-In Fan Book</i></p>

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