Several renowned K-pop artists - including top-tier acts like BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and more - have been announced as nominees at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2022. Keep on reading to see the full list of candidates.
MTV VMAs 2022: BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, LISA, More K-pop Artists Announced as Nominees
On July 26 local time, VMAs revealed the official list of nominees for this year's award ceremony. The awards show presented by the cable channel MTV honors the best in the music video medium.
BTS is nominated in four different categories, making them the most-nominated group of this year's ceremony. The group is a nominee for Best K-pop ("Yet to Come"), Best Choreography ("Permission to Dance"), Best Visual Effects (jointly nominated with Coldplay for their collaboration song "My Universe"), and Best Metaverse Performance (Minecraft).
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For the past three years, BTS has taken home Best K-pop with "Boy With Luv," "Dynamite" and "Butter." It remains to be unseen whether the group will earn another one this year.
Apart from BTS, SEVENTEEN is also nominated at the MTV VMAs 2022. The group is running for Best New Artist, Best K-pop ("HOT"), and Push Performance of the Year ("Rock With You").
BLACKPINK also snagged a nomination for Best Metaverse Performance (PUBG), while band member LISA has been nominated separately for Best K-pop ("LALISA").
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Moreover, TWICE's "The Feels," ITZY's "LOCO" and Stray Kids' "MANIAC" are all up for Best K-pop.
Overall, there are six K-pop songs nominated for the said category.
The MTV Video Music Awards 2022 will return to New Jersey's Prudential Center in Newark on Aug. 28. The award ceremony will start at 8 p.m. ET. Fans who would like to participate in the voting process can visit the MTV website.
MTV VMAs 2021: BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, More K-pop Artists Nominated + BTS Earns 3 Awards
At the MTV VMAs 2021, several K-pop songs also snagged nods for Best K-pop- such as BLACKPINK's "Ice Cream" with Selena Gomez, (G)I-DLE's "DUMDi DUMDi," BTS's "Butter," TWICE's "Alcohol-Free," SEVENTEEN's "Ready to Love," and MONSTA X's "Gambler."
BTS was also a nominee in six other categories, making them the group with the most nominations in last year's show. Apart from Best K-pop, the septet was also nominated for Group of the Year, Song of the Year ("Dynamite"), Song of Summer ("Butter"), Best Editing ("Butter"), Best Choreography ("Butter"), and Best Pop.
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During the awards show, BTS managed to win in three out of the seven categories. They were announced as the winners of the Group of the Year (Best Group), Best K-pop and Song of Summer for their mega-hit song "Butter."
This marked the septet's third consecutive year to take home Group of the Year and Best K-pop, while it's their first time earning the title of Song of Summer. The group wasn't able to receive the awards in person but they shared an acceptance speech for the Group of the Year award through a video.
So far, BTS has a total of nine awards from MTV VMAs. The first awards at the show are Group of the Year (Best Group) and Best K-pop ("Boy With Luv") back in 2019. Notably, these two categories were newly created that year, meaning BTS is the first-ever winner of the two awards.
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Written by Maria Scott
