{"id":791665,"date":"2026-07-29T16:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/791665\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:46:10","slug":"bts-withdraws-from-grammy-consideration-in-over-new-asian-pop-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/791665\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Withdraws From Grammy Consideration In Over New Asian Pop Category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKorean pop group <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bts\" data-tag=\"bts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BTS<\/a> will not submit its music for Grammy consideration this year, apparently in protest over the Recording Academy\u2019s recent decision to launch a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWe have decided not to submit for Grammy consideration this year,\u201d the group\u2019s seven members \u2013   RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook \u2013 posted on their Instagram accounts. \u201cWe hope our music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. We thank Army and everyone who has always stood by us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe \u201cArmy\u201d reference is a nod to the group\u2019s global fanbase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLast month, the Recording Academy announced several new categories including the Best Asian Pop Music Performance, which is designed to recognize artistic excellence in \u201cperformances originating from or widely recognized within Asian markets, including but not limited to K-pop, J-pop and C-pop, with meaningful use of one or more Asian languages.\u201d Awards are presented to the performing artist or artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBTS generally was expected to land multiple Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year, for its huge-selling comeback record Arirang. The album\u2019s No. 1 lead single \u201cSwim\u201d also was expected to score nominations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBTS fans \u2014 and, no doubt, the Recording Academy \u2014 had hoped the group would perform at the February 7 Grammy ceremony, which <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/abc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_abc\" data-tag=\"abc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a> will air and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hulu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hulu\" data-tag=\"hulu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hulu<\/a> and Disney+ will stream for the first time after airing on CBS for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBTS is on a world tour and recently appeared at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Halftime Show on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The 11-minute halftime show, during which the group performed its 2020 single \u201cDynamite,\u201d also featured Madonna, Shakira and Justin Bieber. BTS returns to MetLife on August 1 to begin the U.S. leg of its tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Korean pop group BTS will not submit its music for Grammy consideration this year, apparently in protest over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1855,92201,88,40286,65662,10028],"class_list":["post-791665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-abc","tag-bts","tag-entertainment","tag-grammy-awards","tag-grammys","tag-hulu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}