“Solo influence is the highest ever”… BTS J-Hope

[Sports Chosun Reporter Jo Ji-young] BTS members proved their outstanding achievements as solo artists by being nominated for awards in several categories at the US iHeartRadio Music Awards 2024.

According to this year’s award candidate list announced by the iHeartRadio Music Awards on the 18th (local time), J-Hope, V, and Jungkook won Best Music Video. ‘, ‘Favorite On Screen’, ‘Favorite Debut Album’, ‘K-Pop of the Year Artist (Kpop Artist Of The Year)’, ‘Kpop Song Of The Year’ etc. were nominated.

The ‘iHeartRadio Music Awards’ is a music awards ceremony hosted by the American online radio broadcaster iHeartRadio since 2014. It recognizes the artists and songs most played on iHeartRadio stations and applications during the year. Awards are given for This year’s awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles, USA on April 1.

J-Hope released his first official solo album, ‘Jack In The Box’, with Hive’s original documentary ‘j-hope IN THE BOX’, which covers the album production process and various activities. Lit on screen’ was nominated for an award. This year’s ‘Favorite on Screen’ In the category, Beyoncé’s world tour documentary film ‘Renaissance: A FILM by Beyonc?’, Taylor Swift’s live performance film ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ There are many outstanding works competing against each other.

V and Jungkook were nominated for ‘Favorite Debut Album’ for their first solo albums ‘Layover’ and ‘GOLDEN’, respectively. ‘Layover’ and ‘GOLDEN’ entered second place on Billboard’s main album chart ‘Billboard 200’. This is the same record as the highest performance by a K-pop solo artist set by Jimin ‘FACE’ and Suga ‘D-DAY’. In particular, ‘GOLDEN’ charted on the ‘Billboard 200’ for 10 consecutive weeks, making it the album that stayed on this chart the longest among K-pop solo singer albums.

Jungkook won in a total of 4 categories, including ‘Best Music Video’, ‘K-Pop Artist of the Year’, and ‘K-Pop Song of the Year’ By being nominated for an award, he set a new record for the most nominations ever for a K-pop solo singer. ‘Best Music Video’ In the category, Jungkook’s solo singles ‘Seven (feat. Latto)’ and ‘3D (feat. Jack Harlow)’ were nominated for the award. Jungkook is the only one to have more than two songs nominated in this category this year, including Doja Cat’s ‘Paint The Town Red’ and Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘vampire’ etc. Billboard main song chart ‘Hot 100’ It competes with songs that took first place.

At this year’s ‘iHeartRadio Music Awards’, a new K-pop category was established, demonstrating the heightened status of K-pop around the world. Jungkook was the only solo singer nominated for ‘K-Pop Artist of the Year’, and ‘Seven’ was nominated for ‘K-Pop Song of the Year’ done. ‘Seven’ went straight to #1 on Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ and stayed on the chart for a total of 15 weeks, and sold 1 billion won in the world’s shortest period of time (108 days) based on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform. It is a ‘global mega hit song’ that has left amazing records, including streaming achievement.

Meanwhile, BTS received ‘Best Fan Army’ They showed off their continued popularity as a group by being nominated in this category. They have been nominated in this category for 7 consecutive years from 2018 to this year. Attention is being paid to whether BTS, which won the award all six times in the past, will be the winner of ‘Best Fan Army’ again this year.

Reporter Jo Ji-young soulhn1220@sportschosun.com