South Korean boy band BTS on Monday won the Billboard award in the Top Duo/Group category, according to Billboard’s official website. The K-pop group became the first group to bag the honours two years in a row since the former British boy band One Direction. 

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BTS were finalists in four categories at the awards show – top duo/group, top song sales artist, top social artist and top-selling song for their Billboard Hot 100 No 1 hit “Dynamite.”

Others nominated in the Group/Duo category were AC/DC, AJR, Dan + Shay and Maroon 5. 

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