▲ The Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards, a major U.S. music awards ceremony, has established a new category that encompasses K-pop.
U.S. broadcaster ABC reported on June 16 (local time) that the Grammy Awards will add five new categories for next year's ceremony: "Best Asian Pop Music Performance," "Best Latin Song," "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance," "Best R&B Collaboration or Duo/Group Performance," and "Best Traditional Folk Album."
The most notable addition is the Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.
This category was created to honor the excellence of Asian pop music that uses one or more Asian languages in a meaningful way, and is performed by artists who are from Asia or are recognized within the local scene, including K-pop, J-pop (Japanese pop music), and C-pop (Chinese pop music).
The Recording Academy explained that the category was established in recognition of the growing influence of Asian pop on the global music industry.
Until now, K-pop artists such as BTS and BLACKPINK's Rosé have attempted to win a Grammy, but have repeatedly fallen short.
Earlier this year, the original soundtrack (OST) "Golden" from the Netflix animated film "K-Pop: Demon Hunters" became the first K-pop genre work to win a Grammy Award.
With the creation of a new award category targeting Asian pop, there are predictions that it has become much easier for K-pop artists like BTS to win a Grammy.
Gold Derby, a media outlet that operates a site predicting winners for U.S. pop culture awards, reported, "The expansion of the Grammys is good news for BTS and (country singer) Ella Langley."
The 69th Grammy Awards, where the new rules will be applied, will be held on February 7 of next year.
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