2021 MTV EMAs: BTS gets 4 nominations as Blackpink’s Rose, Lisa, Twice vie for awards
K-pop has become a global phenomenon over the last few years with acts like BTS, Monsta X, Blackpink, Seventeen, Twice, and many more taking the genre to international platforms. Over the last few years, BTS has solidified their global position by dominating charts, sales, and award show so much so that they have come to become not only the biggest band in K-pop but the biggest boy-band in the world.
With their ever-increasing popularity, the members also have had a firm hold over the recent award shows in K-pop as well as on several international award shows. Back in September, BTS won the most number of awards at the 2021 MTV VMAs. BTS bagged three big awards after being nominated in seven categories. BTS won the title of Group of the Year after they defeated Blackpink in a fan-voted category. BTS also won the award for ‘Best K-pop Video’ and ‘Best Song of the Summer’, both for their hit single, ‘Butter’. Despite fans claiming that BTS had been snubbed from four out of seven nominations, BTS still was the act with most award titles.
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MTV EMAs announce their nominees
Fans are expecting BTS to rule again as the group has been nominated at the biggest award show in Europe, the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards or EMAs. This time, the award show will be held in Hungary. On October 19, MTV announced the arrival of their year-end award show meant to felicitate the music releases from artists all over the world with categories like Best Pop, Best from America, Best K-pop, Best Alternative, and many more.
MTV reported that the 2021 MTV EMAs will be broadcast live from the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna in Hungary on November 14, 2021, at 3 pm ET (4 am KST). MTV said that more details like the show host, presenters, lineup and more for the show will be announced soon as they revealed their list of nominees for the upcoming show.
K-pop acts nominated at MTV EMAs
It was revealed that BTS is nominated for not one but four categories for the 2021 MTV EMAs. This year, BTS is nominated for ‘Best Pop’, ‘Best K-pop’, ‘Best Group’, and ‘Biggest Fans’ categories. The ‘Best Pop’ nominees who compete with BTS are artists like Doja Cat, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, and Olivia Rodrigo. In the ‘Best Group’ category, BTS will butt heads against other groups like Little Mix, Imagine Dragons, Jonas Brothers, Måneskin, and Silk Sonic.
The ‘Biggest Fans’ category has nominated artists like Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift with not only one but two K-pop acts, BTS and Blackpink. The final category in which BTS is nominated is the ‘Best K-pop’ category itself. The nominees for this category are Twice, Monsta X, NCT 127, and Blackpink’s Lisa and Rose as solo artists alongside BTS.
Votings for the ‘Best Pop’ and ‘Best K-pop’ categories are open and fans can vote from all over the world. The categories ‘Best Group’ and ‘Biggest Fans’ are not opened yet but are reported to be opened soon for fans to vote on.