BTS - Reborn - Carolyn McHugh

After nearly four years apart, the biggest boy band in the world is back. In just over a decade the BTS boys - RM, Suga, J-Hope, Jin, Jimin, V and Jungkook - have built on their success in their South Korean homeland to storm the charts around the world. They have chalked up sales of more than 50 million albums, made number one on iTunes charts in more than 100 countries, and become the first and only group to surpass 37 billion streams on Spotify. They are the first South Korean group to have performed at, and been nominated for, a US Grammy Award, earning five nominations between 2021 and 2023. BTS has won 26 Guinness World Records and made Time magazine’s list of Most Influential People in 2019. Between 2022 and 2025, BTS achieved something unprecedented: they remained the world’s biggest group even while fulfilling mandatory South Korean military service. Not only did they complete their duty, but they also used the time to release successful solo albums and prove themselves as individual artists. In January 2026, with all members reunited, BTS announced their triumphant return with a new album and a historic 82-date world tour across five continents. This is the newly updated, stunningly illustrated biography of the Korean superstars BTS …