Bangtan Boys a.k.a. BTS debuted in 2013. As they surged onto the K-pop world, this hip-hop-inspired boy band made it, to become a global sensation. The male group has been able to surpass international boundaries, which started when they released their Wings album. The highest-charting Korean album to ever surface on the Billboard 200 when it debuted at No. 26!

BTS’s overseas reach is quite undeniable. The septet, composed of Jungkook, V, Ji-Min, RM, Jin, Suga and J-Hope, attracted a lot of fans all over the world. Their unique blend of electronica, hip-hop and melodious elements made mainstream and non-mainstream listeners want to listen to their music.

Here is the list of our picks, which are undeniably Bangtan Boys’ top 10 hit songs:

1. Blood Sweat & Tears (Wings, 2016)

This single from Bangtan Boys is innovative. It is also thee culmination of the band’s career. After their previous singles started the transition away from their old-school hip-hop sounds. Blood Sweat & Tears totally shifted the band’s most symphonic singles to date. It is one of BTS’ best-selling songs ever as well. It is the lead single from the highest-charting K-pop album ever on the Billboard 200. That is actually some serious credential for a song that came out.

2. No More Dream (2 Cool 4 Skool, 2013)

The boys may have deliberately avoid using their athletic wear and heavy hip-hop sound in this song. Nonetheless, No More Dream is still one of the most iconic Bangtan Boys’ songs. The septet’s debut song made a way for the rest of the group’s career with its energy, as well as inspirational message. While the seven boys may have outgrown their original sound, it is still a fan favorite that any BTS ARMY must know.

3. War of Hormone (Dark & Wild, 2014)

Bangtan Boys have been able to themselves special compared with other K-pop styles by not merely incorporating short raps into their songs. Instead, they seriously integrate hip-hop into their overarching sound. There is no better display of the septet’s focus to hip-hop than this song on several of their albums. The song also exhibit the playful lyrics paired with a good rhythm, beat and voice with venomous raps. It is an extraordinarily different from the band’s most popular singles. However, it is where the depth of the group is found.

4. We Are Bulletproof (2 Cool 4 Skool, 2013)

Although it is not a major hit, this is included in the list. It is because the song is too good to be ignored. Majority of the parts of the song is RM’s exhibit of his being a rap monster.



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5. Boy in Luv (Skool Luv Affair, 2014)

This 2014 single is debatedly the band’s first successful attempt at integrating hip-hop with more usual K-pop elements. The dynamic ode to young love was the beginning of several romantically tinged singles from the band in 2014. It was the first try from Bangtan Boys to show a more sentimental side, after they stormed into the K-pop scene in 2013 with their zealous messages and sound.

6. Dope (The Most Beautiful Moment In Life Pt. 1, 2015)

Two years into the band’s career, BTS’ first EP of 2015 spurred the band to a new realm of musicality. They make sure that every following albums appeared on the Billboard 200. The two singles Dope and I Need U each showed new facets of BTS’ proliferating style and moved the septet from a mid-tier K-pop act to one of the most popular South Korean boy bands in the entire world.

Dope explored new instrumentation. It highlighted funky horns, as well as pounding rhythms before it leads to the ultimate build of the song’s chorus. Similar to the best K-pop hype tracks, Dope” is divided into different styles. However, it seamlessly transitions from one verse to the next so that it would form into a cohesive pump-up anthem.

7. DNA (Love Yourself: Her, 2017)

DNA peaked at No. 2 on the weekly Gaon Chart. It became the group’s song that first entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 85. The music video reached more than 20 million views on YouTube, which broke the record of other K-pop group music video within just 24 hours.







8. Save Me (The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever, 2016)

Their last single before Blood Sweat & Tears, the whirring Save Me song took a sharp turn from Bangtan Boys’ early influences and led in the band’s most accessible sound ever. It was released together with co-single Fire that featured the band’s more traditional aggressive styling.

Save Me integrated trap and EDM to make a more modern and mainstream sound. However, it was not entirely devoid of hip-hop influences just like other BTS’ songs. It is one of the group’s hit songs. It claimed the No. 3 spot on the Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart at the start of October, some months after its first release.

9. Fire (The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever, 2016)

Fire was the 10th song of the album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever in 2016. It was released on May 2, 2016. This was with this song when BTS topped Billboard World Digital Songs, together with Save Me and Epilogue: Young Forever.

10. Mic Drop (Love Yourself: Her, 2017)

Mic Drop is another track of the album Love Yourself: Her. It was a remix by Steve Aoki, with a feature by Desiigner. It peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017. This was released as a second single that peaked at No. 23 in South Korea. It became the first top 40 entry song for a K-pop band on the chart.

Mic Drop, together with DNA and Crystal Snow, became a triple-A side single in Japan. It topped the Oricon Chart, making it the highest-selling single from K-pop idol within a week. This made BTS the first foreign artist to make this record.

Early this year, January 2018, the Recording Industry Association of Japan announced Bangtan Boys’ first ever Double Platinum certification for their triple-A side single. It was the only single album by a foreign artist to sell over 500K copies in 2017.

Later in January 2018, BTS became the first group/artist outside of the “Big Three” to win both the Golden Disc Awards’ Grand Prize Daesang awards and the Seoul Music Awards. In February this year, both DNA and Mic Drop were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. This made the Bangtan Boys the first Korean act and the only K-pop artist ever to receive this award.

Watch the music video of Mic Drop below:

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