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CONFIRMED: BTS is snubbed for Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year by the 2020 MTV @vmas.
MTV @vmas has also kept the Best K-pop category for its 2020 awards despite criticism last year.
MTV @vmas has also kept the Best K-pop category for its 2020 awards despite criticism last year.
BTS IS nominated for Best Pop, Best K-pop, and Best Choreography.
. @vmas introduced the Best K-pop category last year.
Back then, fans pointed out that BTS had a hugely successful year and should have been nominated alongside their Western peers.
Back then, fans pointed out that BTS had a hugely successful year and should have been nominated alongside their Western peers.
For example, BTS sold out U.S. stadiums, broke YouTube’s 24-hour viewership record, and matched The Beatles’ record of three #1 albums on the Billboard 200 in under a year.
Then, a week before the ceremony, MTV introduced the category Best Group, nominating BTS and BLACKPINK alongside Western and Latin acts.
BTS won the award, along with the award for Best K-pop.
BTS won the award, along with the award for Best K-pop.
I’ve asked ViacomCBS, which owns MTV, why BTS isn’t nominated for Video, Artist, or Song of the year and why it decided to keep the Best K-pop category.
I'll update if I hear back.
I'll update if I hear back.
I have also asked why BTS wasn't nominated for Best Quarantine Performance for Bang Bang Con: The Live despite setting a Guinness World Record. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/7/k-pop-sensations-bts-set-concert-live-stream-record-with-bang-bang-con-the-live-624548
