The αмєяι¢αn Music Awards, which began in 1974, is considered one of the most influential popular music awards ceremonies in the United States, along with the Grammy Awards and the Billboard Music Awards. BTS themselves won “Favorite Social Artist,” “Favorite Pop Duo/Group,” “Tour of the Year,” and the coveted “Artist of the Year” in 2021.
The awards ceremony was discontinued after the 2022 event and was held again in 2025 after three years. This year, BTS is nominated as solo artists including RM and Jimin in the category of "Favorite K-Pop Artist", alongside many other prominent Kpop artists such as BLACKPINK Rosé, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, etc.
Therefore, the atmosphere in the fandom has become lively since a month ago. ARMYs have been enthusiastically voting and cheering for the group's two solo artists in this category with the determination that one of the two will win the award.
Finally, on the 26th, the 'αмєяι¢αn Music Awards' held at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Las Vegas honored RM as the winner of this year's 'Favorite K-Pop Artist' category. With this achievement, he became the first and only K-pop artist to win a trophy at the 'αмєяι¢αn Music Awards' as a group member and a solo artist.
While fans celebrated and congratulated RM for his new proud achievement in his solo career, there were also a number of criticisms and negative comments directed at him. Some extreme solo fans accused RM of manipulating the results and even ¢υяѕєd him with negative words.
On the other hand, some anti-fans and fans of other Kpop artists were displeased with the results of the vote, claiming that he was undeserving. They even sparked civil wars among BTS fans and tried to downplay the leader's achievements.
In the face of the attacks on RM, ARMYs stood up to defend him by pushing back against the bad hashtags with #RM_AMAFavoriteKpopArtist, #RMwinsAtAMA2025, #CONGRATULATIONSRM...Moreover, fans pointed out that whether RM or Jimin won, BTS would still win in the end.
On the other hand, ARMYs also pointed out that RM received many positive reviews from the public and critics for his second solo album 'Right Place, Wrong Person', released in May last year. 'Right Place, Wrong Person' was voted 'Best Album of 2024' by major overseas media outlets such as Billboard, Rolling Stone, and NME, and many songs on the album were also included in the 'Best Songs of 2024' list, attracting attention.
In particular, RM was recognized for his artistry and originality through the album's title track, 'LOST!' At the time of the album's release, British music magazine NME gave the song "Right Place, Wrong Person" a perfect score of 5, calling it "a beautiful and interesting work of art". Grammy.com also praised RM's versatility and creativity, and highly appreciated the album's perfection.
'LOST!' recently swept three categories at the 2025 Shark Music Video Awards held in the UK: 'Best Music Video', 'Best R&B/Soul Video', and 'Best Direction'. The music video has previously won awards at the British Video Music Awards, the G͜͡E͜͡R͜͡M͜͡A͜͡N͜͡Sislov Festival, and the Berlin Trade Awards.
Fans appreciate the dedication RM has brought to his solo work and insist that he deserved to win outright:
- Now that it's over i need everyone to understand that RM's win is also BTS's win, and therefore this is ALSO jimin's win because he is also BTS. MINIMONI OUR AMA NOMINEES SO PROUD OF YOU
- Anyone who doesn't know how over the moon happy Jimin will be about RM winning this...doesn't really know Jimin.
- Agree. This win proves real ARMY are united. All that noise was antis pretending to be solos. Real fans of Jimin are ARMY and showed their love for both or understood the αѕѕignment. Don't bite on the gas lighting of antis.
- If jimin won in place of rm we would celebrate in the same way like we're doing rn a win for jimin is win for all and a win for rm is a win for all, certain breeds should get it in their minds
- True — stay mad solos cos when ARMYs unite you don’t stand chance here— our leader deserves same treatment as any other members and we love him and all of them the same
- A win for any member is a win for all the members. I genuinely don’t understand some people. Furthermore, RPWP really put Namjoon on the map for so many wins, it makes sense that such a solid foundation would draw more votes
- And as I always say, Jimin, JK, the rest wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. They themselves even praise him for all his help and hard work throughout all these years and more to come. Without their LEADER!!!, they wouldn't have been where they are now
