BTS pose for a commemorative photo after winning Song of the Summer for SWIM at the 2026 American Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 25th (local time)./Courtesy of Reuters Yonhap News

Group BTS received the "song of the summer" award at the American Music Awards (AMA) held on the 25th (local time) at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, United States.

BTS's fifth full-length album title track "Swim (SWIM)" was nominated in this institutional sector and earned the honor of winning, beating nine other nominees including pop singer Taylor Swift's "Elizabeth Taylor."

The AMA is considered one of the three major popular music awards in the United States, along with the Grammy Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.

On the day, BTS was also named as a nominee in the grand prize-equivalent "artist of the year" and "best male K-pop artist" institutional sectors.

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