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BTS’s Dynamite Gets Listed in Guinness World Records

BTS’s Dynamite Gets Listed in Guinness World Records.

BTS, the international K-pop sensation continues to add historic credits to their achievement lists.

BTS after getting nominated for Grammys 2021 has now officially claimed the Guinness World Records title for Dynamite.

BTS’s Dynamite earned the title of ‘Most simultaneous viewers for a music video on YouTube Premieres’.

Guinness World Records made it official on Tuesday that BTS’s “Dynamite” has earned the title of “Most simultaneous viewers for a music video on YouTube Premieres” after its MV premiere was watched by over 3 million concurrent viewers.

 

That’s not the first Guinness World Records entry for the Bangtan Boys.

Last year in September GWR notified that, BTS’ “Dynamite” has already been certified as the most-viewed YouTube video in 24 hours, the most-viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours, and the most-viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop group.

BTS's Dynamite

 

The K-pop boy band also holds other Guinness World Records titles including best-selling album (South Korea), most viewers for a music concert live stream, most Twitter engagements, and more.

“Map of the Soul: 7” BTS’s fourth full album which out in February 2020 features the title track “ON.”

Guinness World Records reported that the album sold 4,265,617 copies by June 2020, making BTS the best-selling act of all time in South Korea.

While last year on July 22, Guinness World Records announced that BTS had achieved a new title for most viewers for a music concert Livestream.

This record was accomplished through BTS’s online concert “BANG BANG CON: The Live,” which was streamed live on June 14. And

Later the Guinness World Records made an official confirmation saying that the recorded number of viewers in their books for “BANG BANG CON: The Live” was 756,000. 

The viewership for the online concert came from 107 countries across the globe.

Its high time for the South Korean music industry that a K-Pop group is being recognized worldwide.

BTS comprising of seven band members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkookhas changed the face of international music and fandom. 

TheTIMEmagazine had named BTS as its 2020 Entertainer of the Year.

The K-pop group made its debut in 2013 after K-pop mastermind and Big Hit Entertainment founder Bang Si-hyuk recruited RM, 26, from Seoul’s underground rap scene. He was soon joined by Jin, 28; Suga, 27; J-Hope, 26; Jimin, 25; V, 24; and Jung Kook, 23, selected for their dancing, rapping, and singing talents.

Saman Siddiqui

I am a freelance journalist, holding a Master’s Degree in Mass Communication and an MS in Peace and Conflict Studies, associated with the electronic media industry since 2006 in various capacities. Here at OyeYeah, I cover a range of genres, from journalism to fiction to fashion, including reviews, and fact findings. 

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