History Awesome / BTS

* The members killing it in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5HUs5IxFc0 Fortnite Dance Challenge]] on ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon''. They do difficult dances like the Worm, the Robot and the "Electro Shuffle", and ''nail'' them. Also doubles as SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, with everyone easily doing the Floss[=/=]Backpack Kid dance except Jimmy Fallon himself.

** ''LOVE YOURSELF: Tear'' and ''LOVE YOURSELF: Answer'' also appeared in the 2018 IFPI Global Album chart (that is, the biggest-selling albums worldwide) at #3 and #2 respectively, surpassing Ed Sheeran and the ''Film/AStarIsBorn'' and ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' soundtracks and only coming behind the ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'' OST!

** Received several awards from VLIVE: Artist TOP10, Video of the Year, Best V Original (for Webvideo/RunBTS), and Best Channel 10M Follower (being the only channel with that amount of followers).

* Being the first Korean idol group ''period'' to win "Musician of the Year" (and to be nominated at all in that category) at the Korean Music Awards. Rather than sales or voting, this award is purely based on the vote of a panel of judges composed by a variety of musicians, critics and other experts from the industry, with the ceremony itself being small and largely unknown due to the organizers refusing to rely on sponsors (to avoid having their decisions influenced by external forces). Therefore, this is a credit not to their popularity, but their artistry.

** The nomination itself is also this, as it gives recognition towards the great design of the albums in the ''LOVE YOURSELF'' series (in all their minimalistic-yet-meaningful glory), all designed by [=HuskyFox=].

* Their 2-year ''Love Myself'' campaign, launched in partnership with UNICEF for their #[=ENDviolence=] global program to protect children and youth around the world from violence. If you bought an album from the ''LOVE YOURSELF'' series, part of the money goes to the cause!

* Fans on Twitter have made active efforts towards making the best out of the fandom's size and diversity following BTS' social conscious message, be it by opening spaces to learn from each other's cultures, promoting mental health, organizing projects for charity, among other things.

* Being featured on the cover on ''TIME'' magazine, under the title "Next Generation Leaders".

** The award also became a turning point of their career in the US, finally managing to crossover to the mainstream and starting their streak of records in the main Billboard charts below.

* Taking part in Seo Taiji's 25th anniversary project ''TIME: TRAVELER''. BTS not only was one of the artists to cover one of his songs as part of the project (and one of Seo Taiji and Boys's most famous songs, at that, "Come Back Home"), but they performed several of Seo Taiji's classics with him in his ''25 TIME: TRAVELER'' concert in September 2017, the only featuring artist there. During the concert, in what also doubles as SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, Seo Taiji told them "[[PassingTheTorch this is your generation now]]".
** To give this more context: Seo Taiji is the one who created the mix of Western and Korean genres that became the basis for KoreanPopMusic. He, along with his group Seo Taiji and Boys, was ''the'' most popular Korean artist among Korean youth during the early '90s, challenging the music industry (that back then was tightly controlled by television) with a fresh sound and political lyrics, and therefore becoming one of the most influential figures in modern Korean music. And he basically named BTS his {{Spiritual Successor}}s.

!!Meta

** Similarly, the lead single, "DNA", charted at #85 on the Billboard Hot 100, making them the first K-pop group to crack the Hot 100.

* Receiving the Order of Cultural Merit (awarded by the South Korean government for "outstanding services" in "promoting the national culture and development"), the youngest people to do so.

* The performances for "Fake Love", "Airplane Pt. 2" and "Anpanman" really show how far RM and Jin have come with their dancing.
* The "Fake Love" choreography manages to convey the meaning of the song by incorporating moves resembling a marionette, like the members where controlled by invisible strings. At one point, the members drop to the ground like the strings where momentarily lowered; Jimin does the splits while doing so!
** There's also the FridgeBrilliance of the choreography starting more or less right where the "DNA" choreography ends, which is the members standing on a line with the back to the audience. "Fake Love" starts with the members in line ''facing'' the audience, with the line then unraveling.

* Due to the wide shot and the amount of dancers, "Not Today"'s choreography has a [[https://youtu.be/_PwYjNh1bww?t=123 moment that's easy to miss]] (at 2:04-2:11): Jungkook (white shirt, second of the group from the left, on the back row) [[spoiler:doing a somersault in slow motion (of the slow down-then-accelerate kind)]].

!!Choreography and performance

* Their full performance in the 2016 [=MAMAs=] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_hQjxGSS7k part 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbSy36fu6Pk part 2]]) was the ultimate proof of BTS's ability to put on a show:

** Then J-Hope appears, performing both the rap and (very difficult) choreography of "Intro: Boy Meets Evil" until right before the chorus, where it suddenly stops... after which Jimin appears and proceeds to dance to a remixed portion of "Lie" flawlessly... ''[[HolyShitQuotient blindfolded]]''. And ''then'', the chorus of "Boy Meets Evil" kicks in, with both J-Hope and ('''still blindfolded''') Jimin dancing to it in perfect synchrony. ''Then'' Jimin takes off the blindfold, and everyone else appears to perform "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Blood, Sweat and Tears]]".

** It starts of with Jungkook hanging/floating in mid-air, with RM's voice narrating a passage from ''Demian'' (the same one featured in the "Intro: Boy Meets Evil" trailer).
** Then J-Hope appears, performing both the rap and (very difficult) choreography of "Intro: Boy Meets Evil" until right before the chorus, where it suddenly stops... after which Jimin appears, ''blindfolded'', and proceeds to dance to a remixed portion of "Lie" flawlessly. And ''then'', the chorus of "Boy Meets Evil" kicks in, with both J-Hope and ('''still blindfolded''') Jimin dancing to it in synchrony. ''Then'' Jimin takes off the blindfold, giving way to everyone else appearing to perform "Blood, Sweat and Tears".
** Then a OminousPipeOrgan starts to play in the background, during which V appears and kneels behind Jin (who is sitting facing away from the audience), takes of his in-ear and part of his jacket, baring his shoulders... showing [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome scars where wings should be]]. Then he grabs Jin, looking absolutely ''sinister''.
** Then comes an interlude with many backing dancers performing to OminousLatinChanting ([[FridgeBrilliance actually a remix of "Interlude_Dream, Reality"]], a track from ''Agust D''), then silence... where flames start consuming the stage screen, followed by "Fire". BTS then proceed to perform "Fire". The fact that the choreography of this songs demands so much energy, but they still placed in in the end (with an extended final chorus, even!) makes it even more of an awesome feat; you can see them sweating all the way, but still doing it perfectly to the end.
* Jimin getting a chance to show off his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMqmnhgNLXY&t=1m8s contemporary dance skills]] in Spring Day.

** Even more awesome in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quLibKURtkc official ISAC video of it]]. You can see the camerawork and even the commentators focusing only on the other groups taking the lead at first - not even mentioning BTS when J-Hope gets to second place -, then, during the final relay, Jungkook suddenly entering the frame, surprising everyone in a great real-life example of a DarkHorseVictory.

** While strange, the members dancing while giant UncannyValley CGI versions of themselves loom over them is a very memorable image.

* Being the first Korean idol group ''period'' to win "Musician of the Year" (and to be nominated at all in that category) at the Korean Music Awards. Rather than sales or voting, this award is purely based on criteria from a variety of musicians, critics and other experts from the industry, with the ceremony itself being small and largely unknown due to the organizers refusing to rely on sponsors (to avoid having their decisions influenced by external forces), so this is a credit not to their popularity, but their artistry.

** Win Artist of the Year at the MAMA Awards.

* Getting to take part in the launch UNICEF's Generation Unlimited global partnership in September 2018, with RM making a personal and powerful [[https://youtu.be/oTe4f-bBEKg 7-minute speech]] about the meaning of the ''LOVE YOURSELF'' series and the "Love Myself" campaign in front of an UN assembly.

* Their performances of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_nyuB8GbM8 "IDOL"]] and especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4jR6VayWEI "I'm Fine"]] in ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'' might perhaps be some of their best in the US, from the camerawork to the members' live vocals (while dancing!), being one of the best showcases of their abilities in US media.

* The members killing it in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5HUs5IxFc0 Fortnite Dance Challenge]] on ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon''. J-Hope's Robot dance is seamless!

* Their full performance in the 2016 [=MAMAs=] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_hQjxGSS7k part 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbSy36fu6Pk part 2]]) was proof of BTS's talent to put on a show:

** Then comes an interlude with many backing dancers performing to OminousLatinChanting, then silence... where flames start consuming the stage screen, followed by "Fire". BTS then proceed to perform "Fire". The fact that the choreography of this songs demands so much energy, but they still placed in in the end (with an extended final chorus, even!) makes it even more of an awesome feat; you can see them sweating all the way, but still doing it perfectly to the end.

* Their videos in general perfectly combine music and choreography with visuals to powerful effect. Not to mention that as BTS grew in popularity and budget, so did the quality of their videos, going from having to use staff members as actors and a borrowed car in "I NEED U" to all-around VisualEffectsOfAwesome in videos like "Spring Day", "Not Today", "Mic Drop (Steve Aoki remix)" and "Fake Love".

** Then a OminousPipeOrgan starts to play in the background, during which V appears and kneels behind Jin (who is sitting facing away from the audience), takes of his in-ear and part of his jacket, baring his shoulders... showing [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome scars where wings should be]]. Then he grabs Jin, looking absolutely ''sinister''.