BTS Wins Three Awards at MTV VMAs... BLACKPINK's LISA Also Wins '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 by reporter Kim Gyeong-hui.

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

The awards ceremony, known alongside the Grammys, Billboard Music Awards, and American Music Awards as one of the four major U.S. popular music awards, is largely determined by fan voting. This marks the first time BTS has won Song of the Year.

Last year, BLACKPINK member ROSÉ won Song of the Year with "The Apartment Job," a collaboration with Bruno Mars.

[Kim Do-heon / Music Critic: (Winning Song of the Year at the MTV VMAs for two consecutive years) once again demonstrates that K-pop is the most popular genre globally with the most reliable fandom mobilization.]

BTS swept three awards by also winning "Best K-pop" and "Best Group."

Unable to attend the ceremony due to their schedule, BTS shared their gratitude through their agency, saying, "Because 'Arirang' is an album that feels like a new beginning, this award is even more meaningful. We thank 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 is her first time winning the award 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 CORTIS was nominated, was won by Sienna Spiro.

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