Nominees for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be held on Sept. 12 in New York City's Barclays Center, were made known to the public Wednesday. BTS, which is composed of Jin, Jungkook, Jimin, RM, J-Hope, Suga and V, has set new records again after they nabbed a total of five nominations.
BTS Earns Multiple Nods In 2021 MTV Video Music Awards
BTS is vying for the Song of The Year award for their record-breaking track "Dynamite," which was released on August 21, 2020. The said upbeat disco-pop song became an instant hit worldwide as it was able to garner a whopping 7.778 million streams on the global Spotify chart during its first 24 hours.
Not only that because "Dynamite" by BTS also debuted at No. 6 on the Gaon Digital Chart and rose to the No. 1 spot weeks later. In Japan, the said song debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and peaked at No. 2.
In the U.S., "Dynamite" dominated the Billboard Hot 100 chart for several weeks, becoming the K-pop group's first number-one single in America. The group of Jin, Jungkook, Jimin, RM, J-Hope, Suga and V also became the first South Korean act to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 history.
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BTS will have to beat other American music acts to get the Song of the Year award including Olivia Rodrigo for her hit track "drivers license," Dua Lipa for "Levitating," Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion for "WAP," Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic for "Leave The Door Open" and 24kGoldn ft. iann dior for "Mood."
The all-boy band is also vying for the Best Pop award for their song "Butter," alongside Taylor Swift for "willow," Shaw Mendes for "Wonder," Olivia Rodrigo for "good 4 u," Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon for "Peaches," Harry Styles for "Treat People with Kindness," Billie Eilish for "Therefore I Am," and Ariana Grande for "positions."
BTS is also nominated in the Best Choreography category, again, for "Butter." Jin, Jungkook, Jimin, RM, J-Hope, Suga and V will be competing with Ariana Grande ("34+35"), Ed Sheeran ("Bad Habits"), Foo Fighters ("Shame Shame"), Harry Styles ("Treat People With Kindness") and Marshmello & Halsey ("Be Kind") for the award.
"Butter" by BTS was also named as one of the nominees in the Best Editing category, together with "Leave The Door Open" by Bruno Mars, Anderson . Paak and Silk Sonic, "What's Next" by Drake, "Treat People With Kindness" by Harry Styles, "Peaches" by Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar and Giveon, and "Prisoner" by Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa.
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BTS Competes With BLACKPINK, TWICE, SEVENTEEN And (G)I-DLE
Interestingly, BTS will also have to face other South Korean bands for the Best K-Pop award. This year, Jin, Jungkook, Jimin, RM, J-Hope, Suga and V were nominated in the said category for their popular track "Butter."
"Ice Cream" by BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez, "Alcohol-Free" by TWICE, "Ready To Love" by SEVENTEEN and "DUMDi DUMDi" by (G)I-DLE are also nominated in the said category. Here is the full list of nominees for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion -- "WAP"
DJ Khaled ft. Drake -- "POPSTAR" (Starring Justin Bieber)
Doja Cat ft. SZA -- "Kiss Me More"
Ed Sheeran -- "Bad Habits"
Lil Nas X -- "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)"
The Weeknd -- "Save Your Tears"
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ariana Grande
Doja Cat
Justin Bieber
Megan Thee Stallion
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
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SONG OF THE YEAR
24kGoldn ft. iann dior -- "Mood"
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic -- "Leave The Door Open"
BTS -- "Dynamite"
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion -- "WAP"
Dua Lipa -- "Levitating"
Olivia Rodrigo -- "drivers license"
BEST NEW ARTIST, Presented by Facebook
24kGoldn -- RECORDS LLC / Columbia Records
Giveon -- Epic Records / Not So Fast
The Kid LAROI -- Columbia Records
Olivia Rodrigo -- Geffen Records
Polo G -- Columbia Records
Saweetie -- Warner Records
PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
September 2020: Wallows -- "Are You Bored Yet?"
October 2020: Ashnikko -- "Daisy"
November 2020: SAINt JHN -- "Gorgeous"
December 2020: 24kGoldn -- "Coco"
January 2021: JC Stewart -- "Break My Heart"
February 2021: Latto -- "Sex Lies" -- RCA Records
March 2021: Madison Beer -- "Selfish"
April 2021: The Kid LAROI -- "WITHOUT YOU"
May 2021: Olivia Rodrigo -- "drivers license"
June 2021: girl in red "Serotonin"
July 2021: Fousheé -- "my slime"
August 2021: jxdn -- "Think About Me"
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BEST COLLABORATION
24kGoldn ft. iann dior -- "Mood"
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion -- "WAP"
Doja Cat ft. SZA -- "Kiss Me More"
Drake ft. Lil Durk -- "Laugh Now Cry Later"
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon -- "Peaches"
Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa -- "Prisoner"
BEST POP
Ariana Grande -- "positions"
Billie Eilish -- "Therefore I Am"
BTS -- "Butter" -- BIGHIT MUSIC
Harry Styles -- "Treat People With Kindness"
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon -- "Peaches"
Olivia Rodrigo -- "good 4 u"
Shawn Mendes -- "Wonder"
Taylor Swift -- "willow"
BEST HIP-HOP
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion -- "WAP"
Drake ft. Lil Durk -- "Laugh Now Cry Later"
Lil Baby ft. Megan Thee Stallion -- "On Me (remix)"
Moneybagg Yo -- "Said Sum"
Polo G -- "RAPSTAR"
Travis Scott ft. Young Thug & M.I.A. -- "FRANCHISE"
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BEST ROCK
Evanescence -- "Use My Voice"
Foo Fighters -- "Shame Shame"
John Mayer -- "Last Train Home"
The Killers -- "My Own Soul's Warning"
Kings Of Leon -- "The Bandit"
Lenny Kravitz -- "Raise Vibration"
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Bleachers -- "Stop Making This Hurt"
Glass Animals -- "Heat Waves"
Imagine Dragons -- "Follow You"
Machine Gun Kelly ft. blackbear -- "my ex's best friend"
twenty one pilots -- "Shy Away" -- Fueled By Ramen
WILLOW ft. Travis Barker -- "t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l"
BEST LATIN
Bad Bunny x Jhay Cortez -- "Dákiti"
Billie Eilish & ROSALÍA -- "Lo Vas A Olvidar"
Black Eyed Peas and Shakira -- "GIRL LIKE ME"
J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy -- "UN DIA (ONE DAY)"
Karol G -- "Bichota"
Maluma -- "Hawái"
BEST R&B
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, WizKid -- "BROWN SKIN GIRL"
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic -- "Leave The Door Open"
Chris Brown and Young Thug -- "Go Crazy"
Giveon -- "HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY"
H.E.R. ft. Chris Brown -- "Come Through"
SZA -- "Good Days"
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BEST K-POP
(G)I-DLE -- "DUMDi DUMDi"
BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez -- "Ice Cream"
BTS -- "Butter" -- BIGHIT MUSIC Monsta X -- "Gambler"
SEVENTEEN -- "Ready to love"
TWICE -- "Alcohol-Free"
VIDEO FOR GOOD
Billie Eilish -- "Your Power"
Demi Lovato -- "Dancing With The Devil"
H.E.R. -- "Fight For You"
Kane Brown -- "Worldwide Beautiful"
Lil Nas X -- "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)"
Pharrell Williams ft. JAY-Z -- "Entrepreneur"
BEST DIRECTION
Billie Eilish -- "Your Power" -- Directed by: Billie Eilish
DJ Khaled ft. Drake -- "POPSTAR (Starring Justin Bieber)" -- Directed by: Julien Christian Lutz aka Director X
Lil Nas X -- "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" -- Directed by: Lil Nas X and Tanu Muino
Taylor Swift -- "willow" -- Directed by: Taylor Swift
Travis Scott ft. Young Thug & M.I.A -- "Franchise" -- Directed by: Travis Scott
Tyler, The Creator -- "LUMBERJACK" -- Directed by: Wolf Haley
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, WizKid -- "BROWN SKIN GIRL" -- Cinematography by: Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, MOHAMMAED ATTA AHMED, Santiago Gonzalez, Ryan Helfant
Billie Eilish -- "Therefore I Am" -- Cinematography by: Rob Witt
Foo Fighters -- "Shame Shame" -- Cinematography by: Santiago Gonzalez
Justin Bieber ft. Chance The Rapper -- "Holy" -- Cinematography by: Elias Talbot
Lady Gaga -- "911" -- Cinematography by: Jeff Cronenweth
Lorde -- "Solar Power" -- Cinematography by: Andrew Stroud
BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé, Shatta Wale, Major Lazer -- "ALREADY" -- Art Direction by: Susan Linns, Gerard Santos
Ed Sheeran -- "Bad Habits" -- Art Direction by: Alison Dominitz
Lady Gaga -- "911" -- Art Direction by: Tom Foden, Peter Andrus
Lil Nas X -- "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" -- Art Direction by: John Richoux
Saweetie ft. Doja Cat -- "Best Friend" -- Art Direction by: Art Haynes
Taylor Swift -- "willow" -- Art Direction by: Ethan Tobman, Regina Fernandez
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Bella Poarch -- "Build A Bitch" -- Visual Effects by: Andrew Donoho, Denhov Visuals, Denis Strahhov, Rein Jakobson, Vahur Kuusk, Tatjana Pavlik, Yekaterina Vetrova
Coldplay -- "Higher Power" -- Visual Effects by: Mathematic
Doja Cat & The Weeknd -- "You Right" -- Visual Effects by: La Pac, Anthony Lestremau, Julien Missaire, Petr Shkolniy, Alexi Bailla, Micha Sher, Antoine Hache, Mikros MPC, Nicolas Huget, Guillaume Ho Tsong Fang, Benjamin Lenfant, Stephane Pivron, MPC Bangalore, Chanakya Chander, Raju Ganesh, David Rouxel
Glass Animals -- "Tangerine" -- Visual Effects by: Ronan Fourreau
Lil Nas X -- "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" -- Visual Effects by: Mathematic
P!NK -- "All I Know So Far" -- Visual Effects by: Dave Meyers, Freenjoy Inc
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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Ariana Grande -- "34+35" -- Choreography by: Brian Nicholson & Scott Nicholson
BTS -- "Butter" --Choreography by: SON SUNG DEUK With BHM PERFORMANCE DIRECTING TEAM
Ed Sheeran -- "Bad Habits" -- Choreography by: Natricia Bernard
Foo Fighters -- "Shame Shame" -- Choreography by: Nina McNeely
Harry Styles -- "Treat People With Kindness" -- Choreography by: Paul Roberts
Marshmello & Halsey -- "Be Kind" -- Choreography by: Dani Vitale
BEST EDITING
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic -- "Leave The Door Open" -- Editing by: Troy Charbonnet
BTS -- "Butter" -- Editing by: Yong Seok Choi from Lumpens
Drake -- "What's Next" -- Editing by: Noah Kendal
Harry Styles -- "Treat People With Kindness" -- Editing by: Claudia Wass
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon -- "Peaches" -- Editing by: Mark Mayr, Vinnie Hobbs
Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa -- "Prisoner"
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