
RM
37 FOLLOWERS • 20 CREDITS • SEP 12, 1994 • 30
Biography
Kim Nam-joon (김남준; born September 12, 1994), known professionally as RM, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer under BigHit Music. He is the leader of the boy group BTS.
RM released his first solo mixtape, RM, in 2015, followed by his second mixtape, Mono, in 2018. The latter became the highest-charting album by a Korean soloist in the United States in history when it peaked at number 26 on the Billboard 200. RM made his official solo debut in 2022 with the release of his studio album Indigo, which featured contributions from Erykah Badu and Anderson .Paak. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, becoming the highest-charting album by a Korean soloist of all-time. He has also collaborated with artists such as Wale, Younha, Warren G, Gaeko, Krizz Kaliko, MFBTY, Fall Out Boy, Primary, and Lil Nas X. In 2024, he released his second album, Right Place, Wrong Person. In 2020, RM was promoted to full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.
In 2018, he was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea, along with the other members of BTS, for his contributions to Korean culture.
Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

MTV Video Music Awards

Men on a Mission

The Grammys

The Late Late Show with James Corden

MTV Europe Music Awards

Explained

American Music Awards

Friends: The Reunion

BTS: Burn the Stage

Let's BTS

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul

BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA

BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas

BTS Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Epilogue

BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star
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