BangSwift Magazine Issue #1 | Page 32

December 19, 2015 December 2, 2016 BTS became the first ever Korean group to have entered the “Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart (both West North Central and East North Central)” with their album “Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa Pt.2”. BTS made history as they became the first Korean group that is not from the BIG 3 Company (SM, YG, JYP) that wins “Artist of the Year”, a “Daesang Award” in “Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)”. May 13, 2016 February 13, 2017 BTS was the first Kpop act to ever receive a “Twitter Emoji”. “Spring Day” by BTS broke into the Top 10 on the iTunes song charts in the United States making it the first Korean song to do so. October 24, 2016 BTS became the first ever Korean act to spend more than a week on “Billboard 2OO Chart” with their “WINGS” album. 29 April 10, 2017 BTS became the first ever Korean group to be nominated for Billboard Music Awards in the “Top Social Artist Category”