MUSIC
BTS Jungkook wins 2 awards at ‘2023 MTV EMA’
According to this year's list of winners announced by the '2023 MTV Europe Music Awards' (hereinafter '2023 MTV EMA') on the official website on the 6th (Korean time), BTS's Jungkook won 'Best Song' and 'Best Song'. Won the trophy in ‘Best K-Pop’.
Jungkook, who previously set a new record for the most nominations among Korean solo artists at the '2023 MTV EMAs', proved his global popularity by successfully winning awards in two categories. Jungkook is the first Korean solo artist to win two awards at this awards ceremony.
Jungkook won the 'Best Song' trophy with his solo single 'Seven (feat. Latto)', beating out prominent candidates such as Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift. occupied. Jungkook is the first K-pop solo artist to win this category. BTS was the only K-pop group to receive an award in this category with 'Dynamite' in 2020.
Jungkook also added the 'Best K-Pop' trophy, which is awarded to the best K-Pop artist of the year. In the 'Best K-Pop' category, which was newly established in 2019, BTS has won three times as of 2021, making it the most awarded artist.
'Seven', which took the world by storm after its release in July, topped Billboard's 'Hot 100', exceeded 1 billion streams in the shortest period of time on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming company, and ranked first on the 'Daily Top Song Global' chart for 70 days. It continues to enjoy great popularity.
Meanwhile, Jungkook announced his active activities by releasing his solo album 'GOLDEN' at 1 PM on the 3rd.
Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr
