BTS wins Favorite Pop Duo or Group at American Music Awards

BTS at the 2021 American Music Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 22, 2021. [BIG HIT MUSIC]

K-pop boy band BTS has won a trophy at the American Music Awards (AMA) for the fifth year in a row.

The AMA winners were announced on the award’s website ahead of the ceremony on Sunday local time. BTS won the award for Favorite Pop Duo or Group, beating other nominees such as Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, Måneskin and One Republic.

BTS first won at the AMAs in 2018 when it took home the prize for Favorite Social Artist.

Since then, BTS has been on the list of winners for five consecutive years including this year. In the Favorite Pop Duo or Group category, the band set a record by winning the award for four straight years since 2019.

At the awards ceremony last year, BTS became the first K-pop act to win Artist of the Year, which is considered the grand prize of the AMAs.

BTS will not attend this year’s awards ceremony, as members are focusing on individual projects. Jungkook performed at the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Sunday.

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]