The Billboard charts can easily be picked as a means of proving the popularity of an artist in the United States, as many singers aim to get their name on one of the most renowned charts such as the Billboard 200 and the HOT100 charts.
Recently, a netizen complied a list of the most popular boy groups over the years and how they performed on the Billboard charts on an online community. You can see how BTS has performed historically compared to these all-time popular Boy groups.
Backstreet Boys
3 albums to reach number 1 on Billboard 200:
Millennium / year: 1999
Black & Blue / year: 2000
DNA / year: 2019
0 songs to reach number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100
N'Sync
2 albums to reach number 1 on Billboard 200:
No Strings Attached / year: 2000
Celebrity / year: 2001
1 song to reach number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100:
It's gonna be me / year: 2000
Jonas Brothers
3 albums to reach number 1 on Billboard 200:
A Little Bit Longer / year: 2008
Lines, Vines and Trying Times / year: 2009
Happiness Begins / year: 2019
1 song to reach number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100:
Sucker / year: 2019
One Direction
4 albums to reach number 1 on Billboard 200:
Up All Night / year: 2011
Take Me Home / year: 2012
Midnight Memories / year: 2013
Four / year: 2014
0 songs to reach number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100
BTS
5 albums to reach number 1 on Billboard 200:
Love Yourself: Tear / year: 2018
Love Yourself: Answer / year: 2018
Map of the Soul: Persona / year: 2019
Map of the Soul: 7 / year: 2020
BE / year: 2020
3 songs to reach number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100:
Dynamite / year: 2020
Savage Love(Laxed – Siren Beat) [BTS Remix] / year: 2020
Life Goes On / year: 2020
After seeing the list, Korean netizens couldn't help but be amazed at BTS's accomplishments as they are the best performing boy group of all-time on Billboard.
Netizens commented, "Looking at the list like this, BTS is really amazing," "Wow, BTS is really awesome," "I'm getting goosebumps looking at these comparisons," "There aren't that many boy groups I realized from this list," "This is amazing that an Asian boy group was able to top the Billboard charts," and "Looking at this, BTS really is accomplishing a lot and making history."
5 albums not 2 or 3...5 fam I'm proud of my boys
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