Proving "K-pop's best rookie"..82 Major, U.S. "iHeartRadio" Nominated

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Boy group 82 Major (82MAJOR) has been nominated for the American Music Awards for the first time since its debut.

82 Major (Male Mo, Park Seok-joon, Yoon Ye-chan, Cho Sung-il, Hwang Sung-bin, and Kim Do-kyun) was nominated for the Best New Artist (K-Pop) category among the candidates for the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards announced by the U.S. online radio station iHeartRadio on the 8th (local time).

The iHeartRadio Music Awards is an award ceremony that selects winners based on the most played artists on radio stations and applications during the year. This year's event will take place on March 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on FOX Channel.

The nomination is evaluated as the result of 82 major's musical achievements and global activities. 82 Major recently achieved "career high" by surpassing 100,000 initial sales within five days of the release of its fourth mini album "Trophy." The intense performance of the concept of lifting the trophy also attracted the attention of K-pop fans and the industry at home and abroad.

In particular, 82 Major has been steadily expanding its global fan base with its stage dominance worthy of the term "performance-type idol." Following the successful completion of the tour of North America, Taiwan, and Malaysia, he made a strong impression on local audiences by taking the stage of various overseas festivals.

This activity led to the interest of leading U.S. media outlets, and in August last year, he conducted pictorials and interviews with major local magazines such as U.S. fashion magazine NYLON, Bustle, and Elite Daily, receiving favorable reviews as "a group ready to take the bigger stage." The continued attention of the local media has led to a rise in awareness in the U.S. music market, and a meaningful result has been produced by being selected as a candidate for the ceremony.

The 82 major is also showing clear growth in the Asian market. It signed an exclusive contract with a large Japanese management company and successfully completed its first Japanese fan meeting in December last year. Starting with France in March, he is set to go on a European tour linking Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In addition, 82 Major will hold its fifth solo concert "Extra-bum: BE Bum" at the SOL Travel Hall in Blue Square, Seoul, on the 24th and 25th. The concert sold out all seats in the previous round, setting the record of selling out solo concerts for the fifth consecutive time since its debut.

82 major (82MAJOR), All Day Project, Cortis, Hearts2Hearts, and Meovv were nominated for the "K-pop Best Rookie" category of the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

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