Fall 2024

BTS

K-Pop's Biggest Headliners

From the Series Gateway Biographies

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

BTS is one of the biggest boy groups in South Korea. They have seven members: Jin, SUGA, j-hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. From practicing in a small studio in Seoul, South Korea, to performing in sold-out stadiums across the world, BTS isn’t just turning K-pop on its head, but the entire music industry.

The group wasn’t always so famous. They came from a small entertainment company, Big Hit Entertainment. Debuting had been mentally and physically challenging. Members wanted to call it quits many times. But as BTS’s fanbase, ARMY, grew, so did their fans’ love for them. BTS produced better music, put out more albums, and went on world tours. They won the Top Social Artist award at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. They performed at the 2022 Grammy Awards. Learn more about BTS, from their music to their activism and more.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 5
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diversity
Copyright 2025
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2024-08-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007040, JNF036050, JNF038020
Dewey 781.630922 [B]
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 1030
Features Bibliography/further reading, Source notes, and Teaching Guides

Author: Leslie Holleran

Leslie Holleran is a children’s author and freelance writer based in Maryland.

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Gateway Biographies

Discover the human side of newsworthy, historical, and pop culture figures, and learn about people leading key social movements or handling crises. Each biography in this easy-reading series is peppered with quotations and stories, accounts of successes and failures, and descriptions of… View available downloads →