--- title: "BTS Withdraws from Grammys Amid New Asian Pop Category" description: "Most outlets reported that BTS will not submit music for the 2027 Grammys in response to the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category. 24 News HD described the move as a reaction to the introduction of the category and included a partial reference to the Recording Academy’s action. Samaa framed the decision as a boycott and emphasized BTS’s objection to the category itself." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/1124-bts-announces-grammy-boycott-following-new-asian-pop site: HarZaviya language: en --- # BTS Withdraws from Grammys Amid New Asian Pop Category entertainment · latest filing 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 PM PKT · 29–31 Jul 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that BTS will not submit music for the 2027 Grammys in response to the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category. While the framing was largely consistent, 24 News HD added context about the category's introduction and mentioned the "Global K-pop sensation" label, whereas the other outlets focused more directly on the boycott and the category itself. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 31 Jul 2026 — BTS boycott Grammys over new Asian pop award category (1 outlet) - **Business Recorder** — [BTS boycott Grammys over new Asian pop award category](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40432715/bts-boycott-grammys-over-new-asian-pop-award-category) · 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 PM PKT > LOS ANGELES: K-pop group BTS ​said on Wednesday they will not submit any music for consideration at the 69th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2027, citing ‌dissatisfaction with the academy’s new category for best Asian pop music performance. The decision marks the first time the South Korean group, one of the biggest names in K-pop, have opted out of the awards ceremony. Each member of the grou... ### 29 Jul 2026 — BTS Withdraws from Grammys Amid New Asian Pop Category (2 outlets) > Most outlets reported that BTS will not submit music for the 2027 Grammys in response to the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category. 24 News HD described the move as a reaction to the introduction of the category and included a partial reference to the Recording Academy’s action. Samaa framed the decision as a boycott and emphasized BTS’s objection to the category itself. - **Samaa** — [BTS boycott Grammys over new Asian pop award category](https://www.samaa.tv/2087354419-bts-boycott-grammys-over-new-asian-pop-award-category) · 30 Jul 2026, 1:29 PM PKT > BTS will not submit music for the 2027 Grammys, objecting to the Recording Academy's new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category. - **24 News HD** — [BTS pulls out of Grammys after Asian pop category introduction](https://www.24newshd.tv/29-Jul-2026/bts-pulls-grammys-asian-pop-category-introduction) · 29 Jul 2026, 10:13 PM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing > Global K-pop sensation BTS said on Wednesday they will not submit their music for next year's Grammy Awards, following the Recording Academy's introduction of new categories that include the Best Asian Pop Music Performance. 3 articles from 3 outlets, 29–31 Jul 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.