MTV expands this year’s MTV Video Music Awards nominations by adding BTS, CORTIS and KATSEYE to the Best Group category, increasing the K-pop presence in the running. MTV announces the updated nominees for several social-media-vote categories, with the new additions coming ahead of the ceremony.
Across outlets, BTS is highlighted for having three VMA nominations total after earlier recognition for “SWIM,” the lead track of its fifth studio album “ARIRANG.” BTS seeks to reclaim the Best Group title it won four straight years from 2019 through 2022, a record described by both sources. CORTIS, a rookie boy group, is also newly placed in the Best Group field and is noted for previously receiving its first VMA nods for Best New Artist and Best K-pop. KATSEYE is included as a global girl group contender.
Both reports frame the Best Group lineup as a mix of K-pop-linked acts and non-K-pop artists, including FLO and U.S. acts Fuerza Regida, Geese and Twenty One Pilots. The coverage varies mainly in emphasis—one focuses on the expanded nominations for the three groups, while the other centers on the competitive Best Group race and who leads among K-pop groups.
