BTS Receives Three American Music Awards Nominations, Including “Artist of the Year”; The military just can’t keep calm

2021 has turned out to be a great year for K-pop group BTS. From performing at the 76th United Nations General Assembly to collaborating with British band Coldplay, for their first bilingual track, My Universe, the septet wowed audiences with its music and performances. But according to the BTS Army, this is only the beginning as the all-male South Korean group has won three nominations at the upcoming American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year. And with this nomination, BTS became the first Asian artist to be nominated for the prestigious award where they will compete with Taylor Swift, Drake, Ariana Grande and others.

Besides “Artist of the Year”, BTS also got nods in two other categories: “Favorite Pop Duo” and “Favorite Pop Song”. Needless to say, BTS, which enjoys huge numbers of fans across the globe, popularly known as BTS Army, used their respective social networks to celebrate the landmark new achievement of their favorite K-pop group. Check out some reactions here:

BTS earn their first-ever Artist of the Year nomination on #AMA.

– BTS mapping (@ armyhot10) 28 October 2021

Take AMAs very seriously, especially because we were nominated for Artist of the Year.
Search for “AMAs” on TikTok
Vote for the BTS pic.twitter.com/gCX0eRZ2hJ

– BTS voting group (@ BTSVotingFor7) November 1, 2021

ARMY listen, BTS’s Artist of the Year nomination is huge because we’ve been waiting for it for years. The American Music Awards are like the BBMAs. Prepare your Tiktok accounts now. We will vote hard for BTS!

– Jin (@JoonieArkive) 28 October 2021

BTS got their first Artist of the Year award in South Korea after a 4 year career at MAMA and now BTS has received their first Artist of the Year nomination in the US after 5 years since starting the American class in 2017. They never had it. easy in either music industry!

– sara⁷ ◡̈ (@TEARHOYAA) 28 October 2021

While the song “Friends” by BTS members Jimin And V was included in Marvel’s upcoming project, Eternals, the septet: RM, Jungkook, J-Hope, Suga, Jin, Jimin, and V, has been busy. to prepare for their neighbor in person. concert in Los Angeles at Sofi Stadium on November 27-28 and December 1-2.

Hailed as one of the top three pop music awards in the United States, after the Grammy Awards and Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on November 21. While Olivia Rodrigo tops the nominations list with seven nods, BTS Army applauded their favorite K-pop group. Meanwhile, BTS even received several nods at the 2021 People’s Choice Awards taking place in December.

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