{"id":409771,"date":"2026-06-04T11:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=409771"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:25:18","slug":"bts-dominates-2026-amas-as-k-pop-sweeps-major-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/bts-dominates-2026-amas-as-k-pop-sweeps-major-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS dominates 2026 AMAs as K-pop sweeps major categories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BTS domination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The K-pop group swept the\u00a02026 American Music Awards\u00a0on Monday night by winning all three awards they were nominated for, including the top prize of the night: artist of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also won best male K-pop artist and song of the summer for \u201cSwim,\u201d the lead single from their new album \u201cArirang.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BTS (seen above) swept the 2026 American Music Awards on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The band (pictured above at the award show) won Artist of the Year, Best Male K-Pop Artist and Song of the Summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J-Hope (pictured above) said the group has had \u201csuch an overwhelming response\u201d to their latest album, \u201cArirang.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BTS put on a pre-taped performance to their song \u201cHooligan\u201d at the start of the award show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArmys, we did it once again!\u201d band leader RM said during the group\u2019s\u00a0artist of the year acceptance speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to have this precious award,\u201d he continued. \u201cOur biggest thanks and gratitude, as always, go to Armys all over the world, who stood by us for the past 13 years. Thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RM, 31, also mentioned that the group completed their mandatory military service, for which they took a four-year hiatus from music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Band member J-Hope added, \u201cWe\u2019ve had such an overwhelming response to this album. Honestly, thank you for embracing \u2018Arirang\u2019 and every single song on this album that you helped chart. We\u2019re so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to have this precious award,\u201d band leader RM (seen above with the other BTS members) said during his speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BTS kicked off the award show with a pre-taped performance of their song \u201cHooligan\u201d from their Las Vegas concert the night before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also presented the best female R&B artist award to SZA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two more K-pop groups also took home major awards Monday evening, with Huntr\/x \u2014 the voices behind \u201cK-Pop Demon Hunters\u201d \u2014 winning song of the year, best vocal performance, best pop song and best soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katseye, meanwhile, won for new artist of the year, best music video and breakthrough pop artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The group also presented an award to SZA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BTS beat out Bad Bunny, Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, Justin Bieber and more for Artist of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rei Ami and EJAE of Huntr\/x (pictured above) also took home three awards Monday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Sombr and Sabrina Carpenter each had three wins apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Swift had the most nominations heading into the night with eight. She lost in every category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show, hosted by Queen Latifah, also saw Karol G get the International Artist Award of Excellence, Billy Idol receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and Darius Rucker honored with the Veterans Voice Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BTS \u2014 consisting of RM, J-Hope, Jimin, Jin,\u00a0Suga, V and\u00a0Jung Kook\u00a0\u2014 \u00a0announced their hiatus in June 2022\u00a0to complete South Korea\u2019s mandatory military service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katseye (pictured above) won three awards as well.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BTS (seen above at the 2022 Grammy Awards) went on hiatus in 2022 to complete mandatory military training in South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The group (seen above performing in Seoul in March) put out their latest album earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Arirang,\u201d the group\u2019s first studio album since 2020\u2019s \u201cBe,\u201d debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States when it came out in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That same month, the group put out\u00a0a Netflix documentary, \u201cBTS: The Return,\u201d\u00a0where they opened up about\u00a0their grueling work hours\u00a0during the making of \u201cArirang.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jung Kook compared the members of the band to workers in a factory, while RM said he felt like they were \u201ccommitting a crime\u201d if they spoke up to ask for a break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BTS domination. The K-pop group swept the\u00a02026 American Music Awards\u00a0on Monday night by winning all three awards they were nominated for, including the top prize of the night: artist of the year. They also won best male K-pop artist and song of the summer for \u201cSwim,\u201d the lead single from their new album \u201cArirang.\u201d BTS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whmx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409786,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409771\/revisions\/409786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}