BTS member Jungkook is nominated for Best Song, Best K-Pop and Biggest Fans at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards.
By Yoon Seungjin
Photos = Big Hit Music’s official website
BTS member Jungkook has received three nominations for this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), a record high for a Korean solo artist in the biggest honors of its kind on the Continent.
According to the nomination list released on Oct. 4, he was nominated for Best Song, Best K-Pop and Biggest Fans for his first official solo single “Seven,” which dropped in July.
The global hit reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 main singles chart and No. 3 on the U.K. Official Singles Chart Top 100.
Jungkook’s group BTS won the Biggest Fans award for five straight years from 2018 through last year.
Meanwhile, the five-member boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER, aka TXT, also received the most nominations of any K-pop group this year with three: Best K-Pop, Best Push and Best Group.
SEVENTEEN and NewJeans are both nominated for Best K-Pop and Best Group, while FIFTY FIFTY and Stray Kids are also up for Best K-Pop. BLACKPINK is nominated for Biggest Fans and aespa for Best Group.
The awards ceremony is slated for Nov. 5 in Paris.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER, aka TXT, is nominated for three MTV Europe Music Awards this year: Best K-Pop, Best Push and Best Group.
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