2023 Billboard Music Awards Nominees Announced: NewJeans, Stray Kids, TWICE, More Mentioned!
The nominees for the 2023 Billboard Music Awards have been announced.
See who made it on the lineup!
2023 Billboard Music Awards Announces Nominees: NewJeans, Stray Kids, TWICE, More!
On October 26, the finalists for the 2023 Billboard Music Awards have been announced. The nominee lineup was full of well-known artists in the K-pop industry, exciting many fans further and raising the anticipation for the upcoming award ceremony.
The Billboard Music Awards also added four new K-pop categories for the highly anticipated 2023 awards show. These are Top Global K-pop Artist, Top K-pop Album, Top Global K-pop Song, and Top K-pop Touring Artist.
Regarding its qualifications, Billboard Music Awards decided its winners by measuring their year-end performances in the Billboard charts. The awards show tracked data from November 4, 2022, to October 12, 2023, giving enough time to determine the eligible candidates.
See the nominees for the four K-pop award categories:
Top Global K-Pop Artist: BTS Jimin, NewJeans, Stray Kids, TXT, TWICE
Top K-Pop Album
- "FACE" by BTS Jimin
- "Get Up" by NewJeans
- "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" by Stray Kids
- "The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION" by TXT
- "READY TO BE" by TWICE
Top Global K-Pop Song
- "Cupid" by FIFTY FIFTY
- "Like Crazy" by BTS Jimin
- "Seven" by BTS Jungkook (feat. Latto)
- "Ditto" by NewJeans
- "OMG" by NewJeans
Top K-Pop Touring Artist: BLACKPINK, BTS' Suga, TWICE
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Meanwhile, in the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, BTS broke Destiny's Child's record of 11 wins. After 17 years, the record has been finally dethroned.
On May 15, the 2022 Billboard Music Awards finally revealed the winners. BTS was one of the successful artists who secured not one, not two, but three trophies from the awards show.
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In the ceremony, BTS was honored by the Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales Artist, and Top Selling Song with their 2021 hit "Butter."
Since 2017, BTS has been winning trophies in the Billboard Music Awards. In 2022, BTS raked in a total of 12 BBMA wins, leading them to become the group with the most number of trophies, surpassing Destiny's Child.
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In another awarding ceremony from Billboard, TWICE also made history by becoming the first Asian female group to win a nod at the Billboard Women in Music. The nonet gave their speech for winning the "Breakthrough Award."
You can see more of the highlights of the event here!
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