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Which K-pop act received the first Grammy nomination for a K-pop act in 2021?
Fun fact: BTS received their first Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Dynamite at the 63rd Grammy Awards in 2021, making history as the first K-pop act to be nominated.
The Melon Music Awards (MMA) Daesang (Grand Prize) for Artist of the Year is considered one of K-pop's highest honors. Which group won it in 2022?
Fun fact: IVE won the Artist of the Year Daesang at the 2022 Melon Music Awards, just about one year after their debut, in a historic win for a relatively new group.
At what major US awards show did BTS become the first K-pop group to win Top Social Artist consecutively for multiple years?
Fun fact: BTS won Top Social Artist at the Billboard Music Awards from 2017 to 2022, six consecutive years, making it their signature award before the category was eventually retired.
Which K-pop group won the Artist of the Year award at the American Music Awards (AMAs) in 2021?
Fun fact: BTS won Artist of the Year at the 2021 American Music Awards, the most prestigious award at the show, becoming the first Asian act to win the category.
EXO became the first artist to achieve what sales milestone in K-pop?
Fun fact: EXO became the first artist to have five consecutive million-selling albums in South Korea, from XOXO (2013) through Don't Mess Up My Tempo (2018).
Which K-pop girl group won the MAMA Artist of the Year in 2022, their debut year performance?
Fun fact: IVE won Artist of the Year at the 2022 MAMA Awards, just one year after their debut, showcasing their meteoric rise in K-pop.
The three major end-of-year K-pop award shows are called MMA, MAMA, and which third one?
Fun fact: The three major year-end K-pop awards shows are the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), the Melon Music Awards (MMA), and the Golden Disc Awards (GDA). Seoul Music Awards is also significant.
BLACKPINK's Lisa became a solo chart-topper globally. Her 2021 solo LALISA set a record by becoming what?
Fun fact: LALISA's music video set the record for the most-viewed YouTube video within 24 hours for a K-pop solo artist when it was released in September 2021, with over 73.6 million views.
BLACKPINK was the first K-pop group/act to reach how many YouTube subscribers, setting a Guinness record?
Fun fact: BLACKPINK became the first K-pop act and first music group to reach 50 million YouTube subscribers, achieving this milestone in 2019.
BTS set a record at the 2020 MAMA Awards. What did they win?
Fun fact: BTS won the MAMA Artist of the Year award for the fifth consecutive time in 2020, setting a record for the most consecutive wins in the category.
