BTS' surprise withdrawal leaves the newly constituted Asian Pop category wide open. Here are several K-pop acts that could fill that gap for the upcoming Grammy Awards.

For the unversed, BTS has received five Grammy nominations over the course of its career but has yet to take home a trophy.

Mason said the Asian Pop category was created “to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia.”

The group announced it would not submit its most recent album, ‘Arirang,’ for consideration a month after the Recording Academy introduced a new category for Asian pop.

Bangladeshi singer, songwriter and composer Armeen Musa has joined the Recording Academy as a member, becoming part of the Academy's voting membership for the Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy, which presents the Grammy Awards, is dedicated to ...

FILE - Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) (Julio Cortez ...

The Recording Academy is of course best known for hosting the Grammy Awards once a year, but the fact that they do more than the Grammys is lost to many people, something that CEO Harvey Mason Jr. himself admits. In a new Billboard interview, Mason ...

BTS announced it won't submit ARIRANG or any of its songs for Grammy consideration, citing concerns over the Recording Academy's new category rules.