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2020 Asia Music Awards: Were Blackpink snubbed? Fans say girl group 'got robbed' in the 'rigged' ceremony

'Let's just agree that these four deserve the whole world and nobody respect it,' said a fan

Fans of the South Korean K-pop girl group Blackpink are not happy, to say the least, about the results of the 2020 Asia Artist Awards. Blackpink fans, known as Blinks, took to Twitter to express how angry they were after their favorite group failed to receive an award at the 2020 AAAs despite releasing one of the biggest K-pop albums of the year titled 'The Album'. The 2020 AAA was held on November 28 and was hosted by Leeteuk and Park Ju-hyun.

At the 2020 AAA, NCT's 'NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1' received Album of the Year, Twice won Artist of the Year, Got7 won Performance of the Year, BTS' 'Dynamite' got Song of the Year, Monsta X won Stage of the Year, and Lim Young-woong was declared the Trot of the Year.

Expressing their disappointment, one fan wrote, "How those Korean award shows discrediting BLACKPINK's achievements and success. While I will just gonna leave it here. BLACKPINK DESERVES BETTER. BLACKPINK DESERVES BETTER. BLACKPINK DESERVES BETTER. BLACKPINK DESERVES BETTER. BLACKPINK DESERVES BETTER," followed by the trending hashtag #AAA_ApologizeToBLACKPINK. Another tweeted, "k, but let's just agree that these four deserve the whole world and nobody respect it," followed by the same hashtag #AAA_ApologizeToBLACKPINK.

Calling the ceremony rigged, a fan said, "They are literally rigged at this point. Apologize to Blackpink for invalidating their efforts and success. AAA RIGGED AWARD SHOW #AAA_apologizetoBLACKPINK," while another, along with a video of Blackpink receiving certificates for the number of 'THe Album' copies sold, added, "WHY ARE KOREAN AWARDS DOING THIS TO  BLACKPINK? THIS ISN'T FAIR AT ALL!!! SERIOUSLY! LOOK HOW HAPPY THEY ARE RECEIVING THAT CERTIFICATE...BLACKPINK DESERVES BETTER #AAA_ApologizeToBLACKPINK" A different user tweeted, "When you realized how Blackpink and Blinks work so hard, but they always got robbed, they don't deserve this kind of treatment. F**k you to those awards show mistreated our Pinks, doesn't give the awards they deserve, just f**king wait for the karma, you bitch #AAA_ApologizetoBLACKPINK."

One fan, sharing past results from AAA, wrote, "When history repeats itself, no hate to the artist but picture describe if you're from YG ENTERTAINMENT you experience this kind of bulls**t. #AAA_ApologizetoBLACKPINK," while another fan added, "these awards are f**king s**t, when are you going to give to Blackpink all they deserve? You spend their effort in your f**king a**. they are the best girl group in the K-pop industry and have many achievements. I'm so disappointed with AAA. BLACKPINK DESERVES BETTER #AAA_ApologizetoBLACKPINK"