--- title: BTS Had an Absolute Blast at the Billboard Music Awards description: The K-pop supergroup took home two awards for Top Duo/Group and Top Social Artist and performed at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. canonical: https://time.com/5581984/bts-bbmas-2019/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-02T15:29:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:53.038Z og:title: BTS Had an Absolute Blast at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards og:description: BTS won two awards, performed and met a ton of stars at the BBMAs og:url: https://time.com/5581984/bts-bbmas-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78a884ba94f9477d/6989495b457a52d7c5d60fd0/bts-bbma-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Billboard Music Awards - Season 2019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: BTS Had an Absolute Blast at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards twitter:description: BTS won two awards, performed and met a ton of stars at the BBMAs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78a884ba94f9477d/6989495b457a52d7c5d60fd0/bts-bbma-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # BTS Had an Absolute Blast at the Billboard Music Awards and This Is Proof > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 2, 2019 3:29 PM UTC  2019 BBMA at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada 2019 BBMA at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 2, 2019 3:29 PM UTC When the seven boys of BTS — the [juggernaut K-pop group](http://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567876/bts) that has made chart history — dropped by the 2019 [Billboard Music Awards](https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8509655/billboard-music-awards-2019-winners-list), they were [guaranteed](http://time.com/5570948/bts-time-100-2019-reader-poll-winner/) to make a splash on the red carpet and on the stage for their performance of latest single [“Boy With Luv”](http://time.com/5569633/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-weekend-3/) with Halsey. They also ended up taking home awards for Top Duo/Group and Top Social Artist, delivering a thoughtful speech from the stage. They clearly had fun while they were at it, too, as fans have happily documented. From eating popcorn to hamming it up for the cameras, RM, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jung Kook and V [had a great time](http://time.com/5421722/) at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 1. This is not the first time BTS has popped up [at the BBMAs](http://time.com/5285984/tyra-banks-bts-bbmas/); they made their first major U.S. awards show appearance at the same event back in 2017 and performed at it again in 2018, kicking off a spree of musical releases and U.S. exposure. The group, which was also part of TIME’s list of [100 Most Influential](http://time.com/collection-post/5567876/bts/) People this year, set a K-pop record when their April album [_Map of the Soul: Persona_](http://time.com/5559673/bts-comeback-trailer/) debuted atop the Billboard charts, earning them their third number one album in the space of a year. At the BBMAs, their celebration seemed in full swing. And other celebrities and fellow artists joined in: BTS shared photos with fellow stars including Drake, Madonna, the Jonas Brothers and Cardi B during the evening’s festivities. They kick off their stadium tour this week in California. > [](https://twitter.com/KiiTae/status/1123751032398450689) > [](https://twitter.com/BTS%5Ftwt/status/1123789564114608130) > [](https://twitter.com/BTS%5Ftwt/status/1123769492478287877) > [](https://twitter.com/BTS%5Ftwt/status/1123769735546638336) > [](https://twitter.com/Randomsplashes/status/1123770311424524289) > [](https://twitter.com/MUSLIMKOOK/status/1123961170199818247) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5581984/bts-bbmas-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5581984/bts-bbmas-2019/"},"headline":"BTS Had an Absolute Blast at the Billboard Music Awards and This Is Proof","datePublished":"2019-05-02T15:29:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:53.038Z","description":"They also won for Top Duo/Group and Top Social Artist","url":"https://time.com/5581984/bts-bbmas-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","onetime","bts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78a884ba94f9477d/6989495b457a52d7c5d60fd0/bts-bbma-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78a884ba94f9477d/6989495b457a52d7c5d60fd0/bts-bbma-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Billboard Music Awards - Season 2019","caption":"Billboard Music Awards - Season 2019","creditText":"NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5581984/bts-bbmas-2019/","name":"BTS Had an Absolute Blast at the Billboard Music Awards and This Is Proof"}}]}] ```