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LONDON, Feb. 9(Yonhap) – K-pop superband BTS has been nominated for the “BRIT Awards 2022,” the most prestigious popular music awards ceremony in the UK, for two consecutive years, but failed to win the award.
At the “BRIT Awards 2022,” held at O2 Arena in London on Feb. 8(U.K. time), BTS was named as a nominee for the “International Group of the Year” category, but the trophy went to Silk Sonic, an R&B duo composed of pop stars Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak.
The nominees also included ABBA, who made a comeback in 40 years with the new album, and an Italian rock band Måneskin, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, which is the largest music festival in Europe.
BTS was nominated for the “International Group of the Year” category for the first time in 2021. The group also became the first Korean to receive the nomination.
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| ▲ This photo, provided by London Reuters, shows the "BRIT Awards 2022." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
The BRIT Awards, which was launched in 1977, is an award ceremony held by the British Phonographic Industry, and nominees for the award are selected by more than 1,000 radio, TV DJs and hosts, television executives, CEO of record producers, and journalists.
The BRIT Awards is an award ceremony for artists from England, but since the late 1980s, the international division has been established to award artists performing in various countries.
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