The MTV Video Music Awards announced on Saturday, August 20th, that BLACKPINK was nominated for ‘Group of the Year‘ in 2022. In addition, other nominations for the same category were announced, which included BTS among other artists.
With this, the two K-Pop groups are nominated in the same category, which has been highlighted by netizens that the girl group has not released music since October 2020, ARMY has claimed that the VMAs are violating their own criteria of eligibility.
then tell me why they’re nominated? They released anything in the eligibility period? pic.twitter.com/ctaAzP4zkn
— camille⁷ (@Jinsshi92) August 20, 2022
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Among the eligibility criteria to be nominated for an award, according to the VMAs, they only apply to artists who released new music in the past year. Netizens say that by including BLACKPINK, which has been on hiatus for a year and 10 months, the award show violates its own rules.
Blackpink’s virtual concert “The Virtual” which was released on July 23th this year was nominated for the “Best Metaverse Performance” award, which also does not meet the supposed eligibility period.
