BTS vies for record-extending 5th Best Group win at VMAs

K-pop megaband BTS is vying for its fifth trophy as “Best Group” at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs).

The band received nominations in three categories: Best Group, Song of the Year and Best K-Pop.

The group previously won the Best Group category for four consecutive years from 2019 through 2022. The four wins remain the most by any act in the category, according to the group's agency BigHit Music. 

The septet temporarily suspended its group activities in late 2022 due to military conscription and returned to the stage in March this year.

Besides the Best Group category, “Swim," the title track from its fifth full-length album “Arirang,” was nominated as a candidate for the “Song of the Year” and “Best K-Pop.”

The award ceremony will take place at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles next Sunday. It will be available for live streaming on Paramount+.

BTS debuted in June 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment, now HYBE’s BigHit Music, with the single album “2 Cool 4 Skool” and its lead track “No More Dream.” Its hit tracks include “Butter” (2021), “Dynamite” (2020) and “Permission to Dance” (2021). 

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