February 6, 2022 Mount Holyoke News Global BTS wins three awards at 2021 American Music Awards February 6, 2022 Mount Holyoke News Global Korean boy band BTS took home three awards at the American Music Awards, held at Los Angeles’s Microsoft Theater, on Nov. 21, 2021. The group won the coveted title of “Artist of the Year,” making them the first Asian artists in history to do so.