SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean boy band ‘BTS’ has received a ‘World Wide Act’ award at the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards.
The World Wide Act awards are given to the ‘most noticeable’ artists in different territories around the world. MTV announced that BTS was selected as the most noticeable artist in Korea through its official homepage.
MTV introduced the group as “next generation K-pop stars that have shown incredible growth since their debut two years ago, and will lead the Korean wave going beyond Asia, and influencing the whole world”.
‘Dennpagumi’ from Japan and Jay Chou from Taiwan made it to the Asian finals with BTS.
BTS is scheduled to stage a concert series for three days starting on November 27, at Seoul’s Olympic Park.
By M.H.Lee (mhlee@koreabizwire.com)