{"id":20948,"date":"2026-07-29T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:54:07","slug":"bts-says-it-wont-submit-music-for-2027-grammy-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20948","title":{"rendered":"BTS Says It Won&#8217;t Submit Music for 2027 Grammy Consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/bts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bts\" data-tag=\"bts\">BTS<\/a> will not submit its music for consideration at the 69th <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/grammy-awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_grammy-awards\" data-tag=\"grammy-awards\">Grammy Awards<\/a>, scheduled for Feb. 7, 2027, the group announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAll seven members \u2013 RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook \u2013 posted the same statement on their individual instagram accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe have decided not to submit for Grammy consideration this year. We hope our music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. We thank Army and everyone who has always stood by us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe announcement lands just over a month after the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/recording-academy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_recording-academy\" data-tag=\"recording-academy\">Recording Academy<\/a> unveiled a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category. \u201cThis category recognizes artistic excellence in Asian pop music performances originating from or widely recognized within Asian markets, including but not limited to K-pop, J-pop and C-pop, with meaningful use of one or more Asian languages. Awards are presented to the performing artist(s),\u201d the Academy\u2019s description of the category reads. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Variety<\/em> has reached out to the Recording Academy for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBTS has been nominated for Grammys before, including in the Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance and Best Music Video categories, but has never won. All seven members have been voting members of the Recording Academy since 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tExpectations for a first BTS win had been running high heading into next year\u2019s ceremony. The group released its fifth studio album, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/arirang\/\" id=\"auto-tag_arirang\" data-tag=\"arirang\">Arirang<\/a>,\u201d in March following the completion of the members\u2019 mandatory military service, and the record topped Billboard\u2019s main singles and albums charts, generating significant global response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBTS is currently on \u201cWorld Tour Arirang,\u201d having just closed out the run\u2019s European dates in Paris, where the concerts together pulled in roughly 720,000 fans. The group followed that with an appearance at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Halftime Show on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, performing their 2020 single \u201cDynamite\u201d during an eleven-minute set shared with Madonna, Shakira and Justin Bieber. No World Cup final had ever staged a halftime show before this one, in the tournament\u2019s 96 years of existence. BTS took the field in custom red outfits designed for the tour, each bearing a member\u2019s name alongside the number seven. The group picks the tour back up on the U.S. side starting Aug. 1, back at the same New Jersey stadium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  size-large alignnone \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure  lrv-u-font-family-secondary u-color-medium-grey lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-light-grey-tint-two u-margin-b-150 lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:576px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/758274152_18107288003680498_1977942825624580585_n.jpg?w=576\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/758274152_18107288003680498_1977942825624580585_n.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/758274152_18107288003680498_1977942825624580585_n.jpg?resize=84,150 84w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/758274152_18107288003680498_1977942825624580585_n.jpg?resize=169,300 169w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"576\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  \">\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS will not submit its music for consideration at the 69th Grammy Awards, scheduled for Feb. 7, 2027, the group announced on Wednesday. All seven members \u2013 RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook \u2013 posted the same statement on their individual instagram accounts. \u201cWe have decided not to submit for Grammy consideration this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2286796054.jpg?w=1000&h=563&crop=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}