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Boy groupActiveDance-popHip-hopR&BPowerfulSelf-produced

Seven friends who started in hip-hop and ended up filling stadiums on every continent. Warning: you came for one song, you will leave with a playlist and a favourite member.

Members

7

Debut

2013 (13 years)

Generation

3rd gen (2012 to 2017)

Label

HYBE

Start with: Dynamite

YouTube channel

Achievements

• Best-selling act in South Korean history according to the Circle Chart (over 40 million albums as of 2023)
• "Boy with Luv" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 8 in 2019, the highest debut for a K-pop song at the time
• Map of the Soul: 7 (2020) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, their fourth number-one album
• First non-English-speaking and Asian act to sell out Wembley Stadium and the Rose Bowl (2019)
• IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year in 2020 and 2021

Timeline

1. 2010Group formed
2. 2013Debut with the single album 2 Cool 4 Skool ("No More Dream")
3. 2014First Korean and Japanese studio albums: Dark & Wild and Wake Up
4. 2016Wings becomes their first album to sell one million copies in Korea
5. 2017First K-pop group to perform at the American Music Awards
6. 2019Stadium tour of the Love Yourself World Tour, Wembley and Rose Bowl sold out
7. 2020Map of the Soul: 7 tops the Billboard 200; first K-pop act above 20 million albums sold

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