BTS takes home 2nd Artist of the Year MAMA
BTS was announced the winner of the highly coveted award on Friday at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, the venue for the final event of this year’s MAMA, a K-pop award show run by cable music network Mnet.
The band has taken the K-pop scene by storm this year, with its latest EP “Love Yourself: Her,” released in September, selling more than 1.2 million copies in less than a month. The lead song “DNA” made BTS the first Korean boy band to land on Billboard’s main “Hot 100” chart, while the group became the first Korean artist to perform at the American Music Awards last month.’
“We love you ARMY. We’re received kindly wherever we travel around the world, and many are curious to know what fandom in the world is this tremendous,” leader RM said, referring to its global fan base, known as ARMY.
BTS also picked up the Best Music Video Award for “Spring Day” and Best Asian Style in Hong Kong Award.
Fellow K-pop heavyweight EXO won the Album of the Year Award with its fourth studio record “The War,” dominating the category for the fifth year in a row since 2013.
Project boy band Wanna One took home the Best Male Group Award thanks to its explosive debut this year.
“We’re grateful for even being able to be on such a big stage like MAMA. We’re thankful for winning such a big award,” Wanna One rapper Kang Daniel said.
The Best Female Group Award went to SM Entertainment’s quartet Red Velvet while GOT7 snatched up the World Performer Award.
SHINee’s Taemin won the Best Dance Performance Solo Award for his second solo album “Move” and female indie pop duo Bolbbalgan4 won the Best Vocal Performance Group Award.
This year’s MAMA was held in three venues, with the opening event held in Hanoi on Monday and a follow-up show staged in Yokohama on Wednesday.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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