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BTS skip Grammys, and The Recording Academy CEO responds
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- BTS announced they will not submit their comeback album "ARIRANG" or its songs for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards, expressing a desire for their music to be appreciated beyond regional or language divisions.
- Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. expressed sadness over BTS's decision but respected it, emphasizing that the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category was created to celebrate and expand recognition of Asian artists, not to segregate them.
- The new Grammy category covers K-pop, J-pop, C-pop, and other Asian pop music, aiming to highlight the diversity and growth of the Asian music industry, and does not prevent artists from also submitting to general field categories like Album or Song of the Year.
- BTS has been nominated five times at the Grammys but has yet to win, with nominations including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Album of the Year for their work on Coldplay’s "Music of the Spheres."
