* South Korean boy band BTS is at the forefront of the K-Pop wave sweeping the globe, with recent singles "DNA" and "Mic Drop" finding unprecedented success on the US Billboard charts. The group was featured on the cover of the February 17, 2018 issue of Billboard Magazine.* BTS member J-Hope released a solo mixtape, "Hope World," on March 2, 2018, which immediately claimed the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 63 countries, including the United States, England, Canada, Brazil, and Australia.* The band has an incredibly driven fanbase (known as ARMY) and huge social media presence, with over 12.9M followers on Twitter, 8.8M on Instagram, and 6.2M on Facebook.

According to Shareablee Inc., BTS was retweeted or liked on Twitter over half a billion times in 2017, more than Donald Trump and Justin Bieber combined. TIME included them on its list of the 25 most influential people on the internet.* BTS completed their second worldwide tour in 2017 and made notable stateside appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Ellen Degeneres Show, the American Music Awards, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.* Beginning March 28, BTS will star in a weekly documentary series called BTS: Burn The Stage, providing a behind-the-scenes look back at the group's 2017 world tour and other accomplishments. The seven-episode series will air on streaming service YouTube Red.