History

Predebut

Bangtan Boys' first members were recruited through Big Hit's "Hit it" auditions in 2010 and 2011. A

nationwide audition, people were recruited from their local provinces, Suga from Gyeongsang and V

from Daegu. Jungkook was casted by Big Hit after leaving the Superstar K3 auditions in 7th grade. Jimin

was recruited through a private audition. Before his audition, Jin had been a film arts student. Rap

Monster was already performing as an underground rapper and had released several tracks informally,

including a collaboration with Zico. J-Hope was part of street dance team Neuron before he was a

trainee.[2]

2013-Present

Bangtan Boys in 2014 performing at Mnet M! Countdown

Their debut single, "2 Cool 4 Skool", was released on June 12, 2013.[3][4] On September 11, Bangtan

Boys released their first mini-album, O!RUL8,2?.

The mini-album Skool Luv Affair was released on February 12, 2014.[5][6] The band's Japanese debut

album was released on June 4; the first single was a Japanese version of "No More Dream".

The group attended KCON in Los Angeles alongside Girls' Generation and other artists on August 10.[7]

BTS performed at the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards red carpet event and had a collaboration stage

with Block B during the awards show.[8]

Bangtan will hold the concert series "Episode II: The Red Bullet" in New York, Dallas, Chicago and Los

Angeles areas in July 2015.[9]

Members

Jin (Kim Seokjin; )

Suga (Min Yoongi; )

J-Hope (Jung Hoseok; )

Rap Monster (Kim Namjoon; )

Jimin (Park Jimin; )

V (Kim Taehyung; )

Jungkook (Jeon Jungkook; )[10]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales

KOR

[11] JPN

[12]

Korean

Dark & Wild

Released: August 20, 2014

Label: Big Hit Entertainment

Format: CD, digital download

2

KOR: 103,314[13]

Japanese

Wake Up

Released: December 24, 2014

Label: Pony Canyon

Format: CD, CD+DVD

3

JPN: 23,181

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales

JPN

[12]

Japanese

2 Cool 4 Skool / O!RUL8,2?

Released: April 23, 2014

Label: Pony Canyon

Format: CD+DVD

58

JPN: 1,267

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales

KOR

[11]

Korean

O!RUL8,2?

Released: September 11, 2013

Label: Big Hit Entertainment

Format: CD, digital download

4

KOR: 52,468[14][15]

Skool Luv Affair

Released: February 12, 2014

Label: Big Hit Entertainment

Format: CD, digital download

1

KOR: 87,283[13]

Skool Luv Affair Special Addition (Repackage)

Released: May 14, 2014

Label: Big Hit Entertainment

Format: CD, digital download

1

KOR: 15,000+[16]

Single albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales

KOR

[11]

Korean

2 Cool 4 Skool

Released: June 12, 2013

Label: Big Hit Entertainment

Format: CD, digital download

5

KOR: 38,516[14][15]