BTS Wins 3 Awards at US MTV VMAs... BLACKPINK's Lisa Also Takes Home 'Best Pop'

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BTS has won three awards at the MTV Video Music Awards, one of the four major popular music awards ceremonies in the United States. BLACKPINK member Lisa also won the Best Pop category, proving the overwhelming status of K-pop artists.

Here is a report from reporter Kim Gyeong-hui.

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The title track "Swim" from group BTS's album "Arirang," released after about three years, won "Song of the Year," which is equivalent to the grand prize at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Called one of the four major US popular music awards ceremonies along with the Grammys, Billboard Music Awards, and American Music Awards, the winners are mostly determined by fan votes. This is the first time BTS has won Song of the Year.

Last year, BLACKPINK member Rosé won Song of the Year with "Apt.," a collaboration with Bruno Mars.

[Kim Do-heon / Music Critic: (Winning K-pop's "Song of the Year" for two consecutive years) is (something that) demonstrates once again that K-pop is the most popular and fiercely fandom-mobilizing genre in the world.]

BTS swept the "Best K-pop" and "Best Group" awards as well, bringing their total to three wins.

Unable to attend the ceremony due to their schedule, BTS expressed their gratitude through their agency, saying, "'Arirang' is an album that feels like a new beginning, which makes this award even more meaningful," and adding, "This is all thanks to everyone who has loved our music."

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Lisa of the group BLACKPINK won the "Best Pop" category with her song "Dream" from her first full-length album.

This marks her first win as a K-pop solo artist and an Asian solo artist.

[Lisa / Singer: First of all, thank you to MTV for giving me such an amazing award. (Lisa, don't cry!)]

Video of the Year went to Taylor Swift, Artist of the Year went to Madonna, and the Best New Artist award, for which the group CORTIS was nominated, was won by Sienna Spiro.

(Video Editing: Lee Seung-yeol, Video Source: MTV, CBS, HYBE, VJ: Oh Se-gwan, Design: Park Tae-young)
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