According to Time magazineŌĆÖs website, BTS and BLACKPINK have been included in the list of nominees for ŌĆ£Person of the Year for 2020,ŌĆØ Time magazine then wrote, ŌĆ£Cast your vote for the person or group of people who had the greatest influence on the events of the yearŌĆŌĆØfor better or worse.ŌĆØ This year, BTS has left new footmarks in K-pop history. Not only did they become the first K-pop artist to land at No. 1 on Billboard 100 with their first English song ŌĆ£Dynamite,ŌĆØ but they also became the first Korean artist to be nominated for the Grammys, one of the most prestigious awards in the United States. This year alone, BLACKPINK has doubled and tripled their value with back-to-back hit songs. Both their pre-released songs ŌĆ£How You Like ThatŌĆØ and ŌĆ£Ice CreamŌĆØ garnered millions of views on YouTube, ŌĆ£Lovesick Girls,ŌĆØ the title track of their first full-length album THE ALBUM, also drew enthusiastic responses. Especially, the music video for ŌĆ£DDU-DU DDU-DUŌĆØ has surpassed 1.4 billion views for the first time in the K-pop scene. Source (1)
