BTS’s Jungkook, Stray Kids, And NewJeans Swept The K-pop Charts At The 2023 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs)

K-pop has made a major impact on the U.S. music scene in 2023. This is evident in the fact that K-pop songs have been charting high on the Billboard Hot 100, the main U.S. music chart. In addition, K-pop groups such as Stray Kids and New Hope Club have performed at the Billboard Music Awards, further demonstrating the growing popularity of K-pop.

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) took place on the 20th at 10 am (KST) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, USA. This year, it was held as a non-face-to-face awards ceremony.

The Billboard Music Awards is considered one of the three major music awards ceremonies in the United States, along with the American Music Awards and the Grammy Awards. The winners are selected based on their performance on Billboard charts, including album and digital song sales, radio broadcasts, and other factors over the past 12 months.

Starting with this year’s awards ceremony, four new K-pop categories were created. This includes ‘Top Global K-Pop Artist’, ‘Top K-Pop Touring’, ‘Top K-Pop Album’, and ‘Top Global K-Pop’. Song’ (Top Global K-Pop Song), ‘Top K-Pop Tour’ is Blackpink, ‘Top Global K-Pop Artist’ is New Jeans, ‘Top Global K-Pop Song’ is BTS Jungkook and ‘Top K ‘Pop Album’ went to Stray Kids.

First, New Jeans won Top Global K-Pop Artist and said, “Thank you for giving me this award. It is an honor in itself to be nominated along with great artists. I will repay you once again for all the love and support I received from my fans.” . He also mentioned PD Min Hee-jin of his agency Adore and emphasized, “Above all, we would like to thank our company, our family, and especially PD Min Hee-jin who supported us.”

The members expressed their affection for each other, saying, “I am grateful to the members. We always encourage and trust each other. The friendship of New Jeans will never be broken.” He continued, “I hope that one day we can bring you as much happiness as you have given us. We will strive to become artists who create music that everyone can enjoy. Thank you again for the Billboard Music Awards and we hope you all enjoy the rest of your lives.” “I hoped.

Jungkook won the ‘Top Global K-Pop Song’ category with the title song ‘Seven’. He said in the video, “I am happy to win Top Global K-Pop Song for ‘Se7en.’ It is very difficult to express my gratitude in words to the fan army and everyone who loved ‘Se7en.’ Thank you.”

Stray Kids received the ‘Top K-Pop Album’ award for their album ‘5-STAR’. They began by saying, “We are so grateful to Stay (fan club name). We have received an incredibly valuable award.” He continued, “Thanks to Stay’s love, we were able to come back with better music and a better album. Thank you for loving our album and stage, which are full of our stubbornness. We hope you will continue to love us a lot in the future.”

Blackpink was nominated in the ‘Top K-Pop Tour’ category, where BTS’ Suga and Twice were also nominated. However, unfortunately, Fifty Fifty, who was nominated in the ‘Top Duo/Group’ category, did not win the award.

Among them, Stray Kids and New Jeans were also selected as performers. Stray Kids performed the title songs ‘Special’ and ‘Rock’. They were the second boy group to perform on the Billboard stage after BTS and attracted attention with their flashy and overwhelming performance. New Jeans, the first girl group to appear on stage, selected the title songs ‘Super Shy’ and ‘OMG’.

In addition, this year’s awards ceremony will feature awards in a total of 69 categories, with Morgan Wallen winning trophies in ‘Top Male Artist’, ‘Top Hot 100 Artist’, ‘Top Country Artist’, and ‘Top Hot 100 Song’, in a total of 11 categories. Named for an award.

In addition, Taylor Swift took first place in the ‘Top Artist’ category, including ‘Top Female Artist’, ‘Top Billboard 200 Artist’, ‘Top Hot 100 Songwriter’, ‘Top Radio Song Artist’, ‘Top Song Sales Artist’, and ‘Top Billboard Global Artist’. It won a total of 10 categories, including ‘200 Artist’. He expressed his happiness, saying, “If it weren’t for the fans, this wouldn’t have happened.”