{
  "id": 8621393,
  "title": "BTS, BLACKPINK lead K-pop charge in Best Group race at MTV VMAs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/bts-blackpink-lead-k-pop-charge-in-best-group-race-at-mtv-vmas-8621393",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T06:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260920/bts-blackpink-lead-k-pop-charge-in-best-group-race-at-mtv-vmas"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) have announced their nominees for the Best Group category, with BTS and BLACKPINK leading the K-pop charge. BTS is seeking to reclaim a title it held for four consecutive years, while BLACKPINK is looking to defend the trophy it won last year. The nominees for Best Group are BTS, BLACKPINK, CORTIS, and KATSEYE, alongside other international acts like FLO, Fuerza Regida, Geese, and Twenty One Pilots. BTS has previously won the award four times from 2019 to 2022, the most by any act in the category's history. CORTIS, a recently debuted act, has also earned three nominations, with their first VMA nods coming last month for Best New Artist and Best K-pop.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "BTS, BLACKPINK lead K-pop charge in Best Group race at MTV VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/bts-blackpink-lead-k-pop-charge-in-best-group-race-at-mtv-vmas",
        "published": "2026-09-20T05:47:03.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}