K-pop idol group BTS scored three nominations at the 65th Grammy Awards, which will be held on Feb. 5 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
On Nov. 15, the Recording Academy announced the nominees in 91 categories for the 2023 Grammys.
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr., John Legend, Cyndi Lauper, Dan + Shay, Machine Gun Kelly, Olivia Rodrigo, and Smokey Robinson revealed the nominations.
The eligibility period for the 65th Grammy Awards was from Oct. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022.
For the 65th Grammy Awards, Coldplay and BTS bagged a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “My Universe,” a song that was released in September 2021.
“This Category recognizes artistic excellence in a duo, group or collaborative vocal or instrumental pop performance. Recordings on which a group receives artist billing are eligible here, even when the vocal features only one member of the group. The entire group or collaborative performance, rather than the presence of a lead vocal performance, determines Category eligibility,” according to the Grammy rules.
In addition, BTS’ “Yet To Come” is nominated for Best Music Video along with Adele’s “Easy on Me,” Doja Cat’s “Woman,” Kendrick Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5,” Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was” and Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well: The Short Film.”
BTS also got nominated for Album of the Year through Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres."
"Music of the Spheres" is one of the 10 nominees for Album of the Year. In the album, Coldplay included BTS and other singers.
In May 2021, the Recording Academy announced changes in eligibility rules for Album of the Year, saying that for the award, artists and featured artists among others are eligible to be nominees and recipients.
"Moving forward, all credited artists (including featured artists), songwriters of new material, producers, recording engineers, mixers, and mastering engineers are eligible to be GRAMMY nominees and recipients in the Album Of The Year category. Previously, the rule stated that all artists, songwriters, producers, recording engineers, mixers, and mastering engineers were required to be credited with at least 33 percent or more of playing time," the Recording Academy announced.
For Album of the Year, the nominees for "Music of the Spheres" are:
"Coldplay
"BTS, Jacob Collier, Selena Gomez & We Are KING, featured artists; Jacob Collier, Daniel Green, Oscar Holter, Jon Hopkins, Max Martin, Metro Boomin, Kang Hyo-Won, Bill Rahko, Bart Schoudel, Rik Simpson, Paris Strother & We Are KING, producers; Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Jacob Collier, The Dream Team, Duncan Fuller, Serban Ghenea, Daniel Green, John Hanes, Jon Hopkins, Michael Ilbert, Max Martin, Bill Rahko, Bart Schoudel, Rik Simpson & Paris Strother, engineers/mixers; Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Denise Carite, Will Champion, Jacob Collier, Derek Dixie, Sam Falson, Stephen Fry, Daniel Green, Oscar Holter, Jon Hopkins, Jung Ho-Seok, Chris Martin, Max Martin, John Metcalfe, Leland Tyler Wayne, Bill Rahko, Kim Nam-Joon, Jesse Rogg, Davide Rossi, Rik Simpson, Amber Strother, Paris Strother, Min Yoon-Gi, Federico Vindver & Olivia Waithe, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer."
Aside from BTS being nominated as a group, three members are also nominees for Album of the Year through "Music of the Spheres": Jung Ho-Seok (J-Hope), Kim Nam-Joon (RM) and Min Yoon-Gi (Suga).
This is the third year that BTS got nominated at the Grammy Awards.
For the 64th Grammy Awards, BTS took a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Butter.”
In 2020, BTS made history when they earned their first ever nomination with Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Dynamite” at the 63rd Grammy Awards, the first K-pop act to do so.