Korean idol group Bangtan Sonyeondan or BTS was announced to be nominated for the 2021 Grammy Awards for the Best Pop Duo / Group Performance category through the song Dynamite on Tuesday morning, November 24, 2020, Los Angeles time.
It’s the first time for BTS and that country of Ginseng to have the opportunity to get the world’s highest music award.
The announcement of BTS is one of the nominees of the 83 categories was announced by live-streaming from the Grammy.com page.
“Best Pop Duo / Group Performance nominations are UN DIA (ONE DAY) by J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy, INTENTIONS Justin Bieber and Quavo, DYNAMITE by BTS, RAIN ON ME by Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande, and EXILE Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver, “said Megan Thee Stallion, the American rapper who reads this category.
BTS shows how the four members, Kim Namjoon, Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook, and Kim Taehyung listened to the announcement.
The three people except for Taehyung, who remains calm, immediately stand half jumping and screaming when their group name was announced as a nominee.
“BTS …..,” shouted Jimin after sitting back on the sofa.
This news was immediately echoed by the ARMY, who is referred to by BTS fans on Twitter. BTS and those related to their achievements as Grammy Awards nominees dominated the trending topic of Twitter.
There are ten of the 19 trending topics related to BTS, namely #GrammyNominatedBTS, #BTS_Dynamite, Namjoon, YOU DID IT, Yoongi Gets, Best Pop Duo, Congratulation, Group Performance, Bangtan, and YOU DESERVE IT.
The hashtag #GrammyNominatedBTS was tweeted by more than 761 thousand tweets by ARMY around of the world and topped trending topics on Twitter around the world. The hashtag #BTS_Dynamite has over 627,000 tweets.
Other netizens have tweet BTS’s struggle from being formed in 2010 and debuting in 2013 until they had a proud effort.
The winners of all categories of the 2021 Grammy Awards will be announced on January 31, 2021, with the host by Trevor Noah.
Congratulations to the BTS and ARMY!