The Recording Academy says it may reconsider the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category after BTS announced they will not submit their album Arirang for the 2027 Grammys, with executives acknowledging some artists feel the category doesn't represent the music they create
Five notable items today: the Recording Academy is considering changes to the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category after BTS said they will not submit Arirang for the 2027 Grammys, with executives saying some artists feel the category doesn't represent their music. BTS's fifth studio album ARIRANG also became the group's first album to spend 21 weeks on the UK Official Albums Chart, ranking No. 59 this week and surpassing the 19-week run of Map of the Soul: Persona. Veteran group miss A's debut MV "Bad Girl, Good Girl" surpassed 100 million YouTube views, becoming the group's second video to reach the milestone. RESCENE scored their fourth music show trophy and earned their first-ever triple crown for their remake of KARA's "Pretty Girl" on MBC's Music Core (Aug. 15), and RESCENE's Woni retained the No.1 spot in the Korean Business Research Institute's August brand reputation rankings for girl group members (Jang Won Young and BLACKPINK's Jennie followed). MBC confirmed the Idol Star Athletics Championships (ISAC) will not air for Chuseok 2026, citing scheduling conflicts because the holiday overlaps with the Asian Games (Aug. 14 confirmation).
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BTS’s fifth studio album ARIRANG became the group’s first album to spend 21 weeks on the UK Official Albums Chart, ranking No. 59 this week and surpassing the 19-week run of Map of the Soul: Persona
An Yu Jin will limit her participation in IVE’s Caribbean Bay performance after visiting the hospital for knee pain; STARSHIP Entertainment says she will appear but will not perform choreography to avoid worsening the injury
RESCENE's Woni retained the No.1 spot in the Korean Business Research Institute's August brand reputation rankings for girl group members with an index of 8,123,817; IVE's Jang Won Young placed second and BLACKPINK's Jennie rose to third, with aespa's Karina and RESCENE's Zena completing the top five
MBC confirmed on Aug. 14 that the Idol Star Athletics Championships (ISAC) will not air for Chuseok 2026, citing scheduling conflicts because the holiday overlaps with the Asian Games and makes programming difficult
RESCENE scored their fourth music show trophy and earned the first triple crown of their career for their remake of KARA’s “Pretty Girl” on MBC’s Music Core (Aug. 15), beating Red Velvet and Stray Kids. The episode also featured performances from Stray Kids, KiiiKiii, WayV, Apink’s Jeong Eun Ji, A.C.E’s Junhee, and more
miss A’s debut MV “Bad Girl, Good Girl” surpassed 100 million YouTube views on Aug 16 KST, becoming the group’s second video to hit the milestone after “Only You”; released July 1, 2010, it took roughly 16 years to reach 100M
