BTS crowned Artist of the Year at American Music Awards

South Korean seven-piece BTS person won Artist of the Year astatine the American Music Awards (AMAs) for the 2nd consecutive year, cementing their presumption arsenic 1 of the world's biggest bands.

The award, considered the ceremony's expansive prize, is conscionable the latest crown jewel for the alleged kings of K-pop, who person been connected a $1bn satellite tour since returning from a astir four-year hiatus successful March.

BTS besides won "Song of the Summer" for their album's pb azygous SWIM, portion statement partners Katseye were dubbed "New Artist of the Year".

GOLDEN, the viral azygous from the animated deed K-Pop Demon Hunters, was named Song of the Year, and Sabrina Carpenter won Album of the Year for Man's Best Friend.

BTS bushed Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga successful the creator category, arsenic good arsenic Harry Styles, Tame Impala and PinkPantheress successful the opus category.

While nominees astatine the AMAs are selected based connected commercialized performance, winners are decided wholly by nationalist ballot, with votes formed done the AMA website and societal media.

That means these awards mostly magnitude to a conflict of the instrumentality bases – and determination is possibly nary instrumentality basal arsenic zealous arsenic the alleged BTS ARMY.

Millions of acolytes astir the satellite devotedly travel each determination by set members Jung Kook, Jimin, V, Suga, RM, Jin and j-hope – pouring into stadiums, flooding vigor stations with opus requests and orchestrating online campaigns to make postulation and summation rankings connected streaming platforms.

The authoritative ARMY instrumentality basal – lasting for Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth – is simply a decentralised radical spanning dozens of countries, and has been wide credited arsenic fuelling the group's meteoric success.

"Armys, we did it erstwhile again!" the band's person RM, 31, declared during their acceptance speech. "Since this is simply a fan-voted award, our biggest acknowledgment and gratitude, arsenic always, spell to Armys each implicit the world."

Already the biggest K-pop radical of each time, and 1 of the biggest euphony acts globally, BTS has lone gained much momentum pursuing its instrumentality successful March with the merchandise of their 5th workplace album, Arirang. The set took a interruption successful 2022 for the members' mandatory subject service.

BBC's euphony professional described the record arsenic a "genuine instrumentality to form" for the group, noting that they had "rekindled the fire" which fuelled their earlier triumphs.

"We've had specified an overwhelming effect to this album," J-Hope, 32, said arsenic they accepted the AMA. "Honestly, convey you for embracing Arirang and each azygous opus connected this album. We're truthful grateful."

"Thank you for pursuing america connected circuit and showing america truthful overmuch emotion successful each city," added 30-year-old Jimin. "And to each the Armys who ever enactment and emotion us, convey you. We emotion you."

That tour, which is presently making its mode crossed the United States, volition spot BTS returning to Busan successful South Korea successful June for concerts coinciding with their 13th debut anniversary.