BTS have smashed another record (Picture: Getty/Metro)

BTS are not only taking over the charts, they’re taking over the internet too.

The K-pop band have reached 12 million followers on Twitter – becoming the most followed Korean Twitter account and smashing their own record.

BTS – made up of RM, Jungkook, V, Jin, Suga, J-Hope and Jimin – reached the 11 million milestone on 13 December 2017, becoming the only Korean Twitter account to be followed by more than 10 million people.

And, according to Soompi, at 5.30pm KST on 17 January, BTS smashed the 12 million record.


BTS had the best-selling K-pop album of 2017 (Picture: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

The DNA hitmakers are followed by a number of famous names including Ellen DeGeneres, Paris Hilton, Naughty Boy and Charli XCX.



The group’s account only follows 110 other accounts, mainly other musicians including Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello and Troye Sivan.

This social media milestone comes after the news that BTS pretty much dominated the charts in 2017.

The boys album Love Yourself: Her was officially named the biggest selling K-pop album of the year, selling 1.4 million physical copies according to South Korea’s Gaon chart.

Following the success of the album – which produced the hits DNA and Mic Drop – BTS were awarded the Disc Daesang at the Golden Disc Awards, beating 10 other Bonsang winners including Super Junior, EXO and TWICE to the prize.

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