BLACKPINK have become the first K-pop act to receive a nomination for Best Video at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards.The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) announced its list of nominations for its 2022 edition on October 12, which included a nomination for BLACKPINK in the Best Video category for their ‘Pink Venom’ music video.
This makes them the first-ever K-pop act to receive a nomination in this category.Aside from their Best Video nomination, BLACKPINK have also been nominated in three other categories at the awards: Biggest Fans, Best Metaverse Performance (for their PUBG Mobile in-game concert ‘The Virtual’) as well as Best K-pop.
BLACKPINK member Lisa was also nominated as a separate contender for Best K-pop for her work as a soloist.Meanwhile, boybands BTS and SEVENTEEN bagged three nominations each – BTS are up for Biggest Fans, Best Metaverse Performance (for their ‘Butter’ and ‘Permission To Dance’ Minecraft concert) and Best K-pop, while SEVENTEEN have been nominated for Best New, Best Push and Best K-pop categories.
The remaining acts rounding out the Best K-pop nominations list are girl groups ITZY and TWICE.Tomorrow X Together (TXT) also received a nomination for Best Asia Act, making them the only Korean act in this category.
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