The past year was a good one for the K-pop industry. Both the kings and queens of K-pop -- BTS and Blackpink -- celebrated their successful breakthrough in the American music industry.
In 2022, BTS repeatedly won several international awards including favourite pop group (four times in a row since 2019) at the American Music Awards, top group, top-selling song (their English language tune Butter) and top sales artist at the Billboard Music Awards, and the Group of 2022 (four times in a row since 2019) at the People's Choice Awards. In April, Billboard ranked BTS's James Bond-inspired performance of Butter as the best at 2022 Grammy Awards ceremony. The septet received a 2023 Grammy nomination for best music video for their Korean-language song Yet To Come.
