K-pop kings BTS win four MTV Europe Music awards

K-pop stars BTS won a leading four awards including best song for "Dynamite” and best group at the MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday night.

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The group's first English-language song, “Dynamite” logged nearly 34 million U.S. streams and 300,000 sales in its first week, making BTS the first Korean act to debut at No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

 BTS accepts the win for Best Song at the MTV EMA's 2020, in Los Angeles. File/ Reuters

The K-pop band also snagged MTV awards for best virtual live act and the biggest fans, although the coronavirus pandemic meant there was no audience and no ceremony to mark their achievement.

Instead, the music channel created a virtual stadium full of waving and cheering fans for the event, with acts appearing in pre-recorded performances from wherever they were located and winners accepting awards to camera.

Agencies