These 60+ K-Pop Nominations for Brazil’s Dabeme Music Awards 2021 Show Just How Popular The Genre Is In South America
The Dabeme Music Awards is an award show put on by Dabeme TV, which is one of the biggest television networks in Brazil. Through fan votes, the winners for 11 different categories will be chosen from over 25 different artists, and this year, an overwhelming majority of the nominees are K-Pop artists and K-Pop music!
As long as you’re following @DabemePOP on Twitter, you can vote for your favorites on the company’s website as many times as you’d like until February 27. The following are all the categories (minus one on TikTok) and their nominees, written in descending order from most to least voted as of the time of this writing!
Fandom of the Year
Only one nominee on this list, CNCOwners, isn’t in the K-Pop genre!
1. ARMYs (BTS)
2. STAYs (Stray Kids)
3. Orbits (LOONA)
4. EXO-Ls (EXO)
5. BLINKs (BLACKPINK)
6. NCTzens (NCT)
7. ONCEs (TWICE)
8. CNCOwners (CNCO)
9. Ahgases (GOT7)
10. Buddys (GFRIEND)
11. E.L.Fs (Super Junior)
12. ReVeluvs (Red Velvet)
Album of the Year
All seven of the nominees for this list are K-Pop albums!
1. [12:00] by LOONA
2. Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS
3. Go Live by Stray Kids
4. The Album by BLACKPINK
5. Neo Zone by NCT 127
6. Eyes Wide Open by TWICE
7. Breath of Love: Last Piece by GOT7
Favorite Male Artist
Five of the ten artists nominated for this category are K-Pop acts!
1. Baekhyun
2. Taemin
3. Harry Styles
4. J.Y. Park
5. Zico
6. Kang Daniel
7. Justin Bieber
8. Shawn Mendes
9. The Weeknd
10. Post Malone
Favorite Female Artist
Out of the ten nominees for this category, five of them are K-Pop artists as well.
1. IU
2. Taeyeon
3. Hwasa
4. Ariana Grande
5. Billie Eilish
6. Taylor Swift
7. Chungha
8. Dua Lipa
9. Sunmi
10. Lady Gaga
Collaboration of the Year
Three of the seven collaborations on this list include K-Pop artists, and they’re in the top three places currently!
1. “Eight” by IU ft. Suga
2. “Ice Cream” by BLACKPINK & Selena Gomez
3. “Monster” by Red Velvet’s Irene & Seulgi
4. “Honey Boo” by CNCO & Natti Natasha
5. “Rain On Me” by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
6. “Monster” by Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber
7. “WAP” by Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion
Artist of the Year
In this category, five of the eight nominees are K-Pop artists, and they are all dominating the vote!
1. TWICE
2. BTS
3. BLACKPINK
4. Baekhyun
5. GOT7
6. CNCO
7. Ariana Grande
8. Taylor Swift
New Artist of the Year
Six of the eight nominees on this list are rookie K-Pop artists that have recently debuted!
1. Weeekly
2. TREASURE
3. Secret Number
4. MCND
5. WEi
6. CRAVITY
7. Doja Cat
8. Megan Thee Stallion
Favorite Male Group
Only one of the male artists nominated for this category isn’t a K-Pop boy group!
1. Stray Kids
2. BTS
3. EXO
4. NCT 127
5. ATEEZ
6. SEVENTEEN
7. CNCO
8. GOT7
Favorite Female Group
As with the boys, only one artist nominated on this list isn’t a K-Pop group!
1. LOONA
2. BLACKPINK
3. Little Mix
4. TWICE
5. GFRIEND
6. Red Velvet
7. IZ*ONE
8. ITZY
Song of the Year
And finally, only one of the songs nominated for this category isn’t a K-Pop single!
1. “Star” by LOONA
2. “Dynamite” by BTS
3. “How You Like That” by BLACKPINK
4. “I Can’t Stop Me” by TWICE
5. “WANNABE” by ITZY
6. “Beso” by CNCO
