It truly is such a big achievement for k-pop artists to get recognized outside of their spheres of influence. Everybody knows that k-pop is predominantly more popular in Asia, especially the countries neighboring South Korea. However, it is safe to believe that k-pop has progressed to the point where it has also managed to penetrate through western culture even with the language barrier. Now, you can add k-pop group GOT7 as another testament to this extraordinary feat after they have been chosen as one of the recipients for the Best Worldwide Act award in the recently held MTV European Music Awards.

Now, it's not unheard of for k-pop acts to gain recognition from the western side of the world. BIGBANG has done it and so has 2ne1, Super Junior and SNSD. Heck, BTS right now is making waves on the international scene with their recently released 'WINGS.' So with GOT7's latest win, it only means that k-pop's visibility is continuously growing with more people regardless of their location becoming expose to Korean music.

MTV has been known to recognize various artists all over the world and aside from GOT7, B.A.P too was given the Best Korean Act award for which GOT7 was also nominated.

The 2016 MTV European Music Awards was hosted by Bebe Rexha and featured performances by hit music stars such as Martin Garrix, Shawn Mendes, OneRepublic, Green Day and more. Lady Gaga took home Best Female while Canadian superstar Justin Bieber took home several awards including the Best Song award for his hit single 'Sorry.'

Billboard reports that apart from GOT7, other artists that were awarded the Best Worldwide Act were Troye Sivan (Australia), Shawn Mendes (Canada), Maluma (Columbia), Wizkid (Nigeria), Zara Larsson (Sweden) and Ariana Grande (US). Other Asians that were recognized by MTV EMA 2016 were Vietnam's Đông Nhi and Chinese superstar G.E.M.

According to SBS Popasia, GOT7 were unfortunately unable to attend the event as they are busy with their promotions. However, they did manage to send a video thanking their fans and MTV for the award they had received.

Congratulation to GOT7 for their well-deserved award!