Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
165
Gender
Male
Birthday
1994-09-12 (31 years old)
Place of Birth
Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Also Known As
Kim Nam-joon
김남준
알엠
BTS
방탄소년단
RM
RM
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.
![BTS Love Yourself : Speak Yourself [The Final]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//bWgOjwvWxgKKD3n4VehAn466dsI.jpg)
![BTS 3rd Muster: [ARMY.ZIP+]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//3bJkMCb1rw5OHHwaKravwldGO4A.jpg)
