This should come as literally no surprise, but BTS has another record under their belt — their Love Yourself: Answer album has been spent a ✨FULL YEAR✨ on the Billboard 200 chart.
When the news came out, fans started using the hashtag #OnlyBTScan to emphasis BTS's prowess in pretty much all areas — or should I say ~arenas~? Here are some of the best tweets:
They have monumental economic and charitable impact:
#OnlyBTScan generate 56 trillion won (US$49.70 billion) in economic benefits over the next 10 years, outpacing the 41.6 trillion won impact of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. A single group is doing that @BTS_twt https://t.co/aPu6cERF0U
Whether that's in terms of South Korean GDP...
bangtan is listen among the korean industry giants who are earning big..THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.. BANGTAN IS WITH HYUNDAI, SAMSUNG, LG 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 #OnlyBTScan
0.3% might seem small, but BTS is just one K-pop group vs. major corporate conglomerates, and you can't ignore the 4.65 billion they bring in (as per 2018 figures). You can check out the full Statista article here.
...international tourism...
#OnlyBTScan increase international tourism, spawn international charity projects, and connect international fans that don't even speak the same language as they do. @BTS_twt
...fan charity projects...
#OnlyBTSCan inspire millions of people to do THIS. 😎 A global movement of positive change through helping one another, and our planet, that's what @BTS_twt has inspired through their music and their commitment to doing what they can to help others. 💜 https://t.co/FL5JpFp9dM
...or personal bank accounts.
#OnlyBTScan make a minimalist like me set up a @BTS_twt budget so I can make sure I can afford to buy whatever thing they will sell me next because I know before it is announced that it WILL enrich my life and put a smile on my face.
Spend responsibly, of course!
They inspire their fans, ARMY:
#OnlyBTScan make 60k+ people sing that they are the ones they should love in this world.....
Listen to Jin's song "Epiphany" in its entirety and just try NOT to cry.
#OnlyBTScan make millions love themselves 💜💜💜
Same with "Magic Shop."
They inspire fellow singers:
#OnlyBTScan make me, a 36yr old singer, feel like music is new again. Can make me feel stirred in my soul to something beyond myself. Can generate a global movement of PEOPLE that LOVE THEMSELVES and care for others. @BTS_twt is the only BTS.
And they inspire the entire world:
#OnlyBTScan unite so many people from different countries, cultures and different languages to celebrate self-love, differences and at the same time empower them to follow their dreams and fight injustices 💪💜 Thank you @BTS_twt !!!
You can watch their entire United Nations speech here.
They prove that underdogs can and will have their ~come up~:
#OnlyBTScan come from a small company with no industry support or connections, yet achieve international success and break historical records depending on their talent only!! the success story that we all need, that can give hope to EVERYONE!
From being synchronized bbs...
#OnlyBTScan do this, y’all can go home @BTS_twt
...fighting their way to mainstream success for years...
#OnlyBTSCan be the BTS they are today. There won't be a next BTS ever, won't be a next set of 7 people who went through hell, fought with shxt through years to achieve their dreams, their dreams consisting of making people feel loved and happy. @BTS_twt
...to synchronized, experienced bbs selling out legendary stadiums on the reg:
#OnlyBTScan go from handing out flyers for their free concert to this
Like, seriously, all of the major stadiums:
Okay let's agree #OnlyBTScan sell out Wembley, Stade de France, Rosebowl, Metlife and Soldierfield in one day! @BTS_twt #MAMAVOTE #BTS
They legit have Beatles level success, ok?
Like, they're able to attract fans to watch videos of them *without* actually being there:
#OnlyBTScan gather together their fandom just to watch a Car AD in the middle of London without even be there . @BTS_twt
HOW?
And not to mention the amount of sleep fans have lost just to see them on their TVs/laptops/phones:
#OnlyBTScan make me wake up at 5am to watch an award show @BTS_twt
They can turn the biggest skeptics into fans:
#OnlyBTSCan make me, a child of the 90’s, who hated the concept of boy groups and never liked *NSYNC, BSB, New Kids on the Block, or 1D, stan a boygroup harder than I’ve ever stanned any band or music act or anyone really.
Including old K-pop fans who thought they were done:
#OnlyBTScan bring back my dead Kpop-fandom cells to life. The last groups I stan was from the era of Big Bang, Suju, GG and 2ne1. The devil down there worked so little to enchant me @BTS_twt #bts
They produce and perform music that has layers, depth, reliability, and stellar storytelling:
#OnlyBTSCan do a complicated storytelling throughout numerous MVs formed around advanced psychology, Greek mythology and infinite metaphors all while long presenting the troubles that plague the youth and have it actually make sense. No one does it like @BTS_twt.
They deliver *entire* albums of bops:
#OnlyBTScan deliver albums which are sincere, have concept and have great lyrics! Their side tracks are equally great as their title tracks and hence they rightfully have the best selling album of 2019 👏👏👏
And transcend languages:
#OnlyBTScan make me feel things that move my soul, give me the chills, lift my spirit, and make me cry—all in a language that I don’t know. 🤯 @BTS_twt
Don't come with that "Don't lyrics matter anymore??" bullcrap. Music is music. Instrumental music makes you feel the feels too. (And there are these things called translations. Look it up.)
They can literally make the world ~light up~:
#OnlyBTSCan turn the world purple. The @BTS_twt impact.
Purple is ARMY's unofficial color.
I put "Mikrokosmos" in the background as this map shows lights of ARMYs from around the world tweeting about @bts_twt 🌎💜✨ #OnlyBTScan make me emotional over data visualization, ha 🥺
OMGGGGGG.
And finally...
#OnlyBTScan have the 1st ever Korean album to spend a whole year on the Billboard 200 chart, with LY:Answer Use the hashtag, tag @BTS_twt and stream whilst doing it😎💜
😎😎😎