The Billboard Music Awards is approaching closer than you think. On Monday, November 25, the full list of their nominees was announced with BTS maknae Jungkook, Stray Kids, and TXT leading the K-pop section.
The Stranding Next to You singer, 27, has 6 nods, followed by LalaLala fame group’s whopping nominations in four categories. Additionally, ILLIT and LE SSERAFIM are the only K-pop girl groups nominated at this year’s Billboard Music Awards. Check out the list below:
#BBMAs Top Global K-Pop Artist Finalists:
🎙️ @ENHYPEN
🎙️ #Jimin
🎙️ #JungKook
🎙️ @Stray_Kids
🎙️ @TXT_bighitWatch the #BBMAs → Thursday, Dec. 12 at 8pm ET on @FOXTV, @amazonfiretv and stream after on @paramountplus! pic.twitter.com/0my2sSjX96
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) November 25, 2024
Top Global K-pop Artist
- ENHYPEN
- Jungkook (BTS)
- Jimin (BTS)
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- Stray Kids
Top Global K-pop Song
- Who by Jimin
- Standing Next to You by Jungkook
- 3D (ft Jack Harlow) by Jungkook
- Magnetic by ILLIT
- Perfect Night by LE SSERAFIM
Top K-pop Touring Artists
- SEVENTEEN
- ENHYPEN
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Most nominated kpop artists at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards:
6 Jungkook
4 Stray Kids
3 TXT
2 Jimin
2 ENHYPEN
1 SEVENTEEN
1 ILLIT
1 LE SSERAFIM
1 ATEEZ pic.twitter.com/Yx1EYk52qq
— About Music (@AboutMusicYT) November 25, 2024
Top K-pop Album
- GOLDEN by Jungkook
- THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL by ATEEZ
- The Name Chapter: FREEFALL by TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- ROCK-STAR by Stray Kids
- ATE by Stray Kids
BTS member JungKook has also been nominated in two international categories:
Top Song Sales Artist
- Jelly Roll
- Jungkook
- Shaboozey
- Taylor Swift
- Teddy Swims
Top Selling Song
- Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
- Jungkook “Standing Next to You”
- Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
- Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
SEVENTEEN has now a total of 2 nominations at the Billboard Music Awards. pic.twitter.com/ItrjaAuI7c
— About Music (@AboutMusicYT) November 25, 2024
ILLIT and LE SSERAFIM are the only K-pop girlgroups nominated at this year’s Billboard Music Awards #BBMAs. pic.twitter.com/EP8lYttJVg
— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) November 25, 2024
Besides the K-pop section, it is Zach Bryan, Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, and Sabrina Carpenter dominating the nominees list. Bryan, 28, has 18 nods this year, and Swift, 34, the most decorated female BBMAs winner of all time, follows with 16 nominations. Wallen, 31, has been nominated for 15 categories, and first-time nominee Carpenter, 25, is making a splash with her nine nods this year.
