Korea Entertainment Management Association is recognized as the leading organization of popular culture and arts activities in Korea. This organization is also responsible for distributing prestigious awards in the field of music with APAN MUSIC AWARDS and in the field of drama and series with APAN STAR AWARDS.
Within the scope of APAN MUSIC AWARDS (APAN Music Awards) of the year 2020, the hottest top ten was selected and the names of the top ten artists are explained in alphabetical order (Korean alphabetical order) as follows:
Kang Daniel, The Boys, Monsta X, BTS, Seventeen, IZ-ONE, Lim Young-woong, GOT7, NCT127 and TWICE.
BLACKPINK was only named in the best music video category.
BLACKPINK fans, BLINKS, weren’t much happy with the situation. They could not understand why they were not selected for the top 10 and they fiercely criticised the Association.
APAN awards are determined depending on fan votes, referee votes, and album sales. We know that there are only one or two groups can compete with BLACKPINK in terms of fan votes or sales. So it must be for referees…
So what happened??