Blackpink nabs 4 nominations at the SEC Awards in Brazil

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Heads up, Blinks! South Korean girl group Blackpink is nominated at the SEC Awards Brazil in four categories: Musical Group of The Year, International Music Artist, Best Fandom, and Best Documentary for Netflix's Blackpink: Light Up The Sky. 

ICYDK: The SEC Awards is a pop culture award-giving body in Brazil that celebrates the best of TV series, movies, music, and celebrities.

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For the Musical Group of the Year award, Blackpink was nominated alongside BTS once again.

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Other groups that will be fighting over the spot are Twice, Black Eyed Peas, Now United, Little Mix, CNCO, and Twenty One Pilots. 

The K-POP girl group’s song “How You Like That” is also a contender for International Music of the Year. Other tracks that are also up for the award include Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's “WAP,” Harry Styles' “Watermelon Sugar,” Ariana Grande's “Positions,” BTS’ “Dynamite,” Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License,” Dua Lipa and DaBaby’s “Levitating,” and Justin Bieber’s “Peaches.” 

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Blinks will also be facing off against the BTS ARMY for Best Fandom of the Year. Other nominated fan groups include Taylor Swift's Swifties, Harry Styles' Harries, Anitta's Anitters, Katy Perry's Katycats, Pabllo Vittar's Vittarlovers, and Ariana Grande's Arianators. 

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In the Best Documentary category, Blackpink: Light Up The Sky will be up against Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, The Race of Vaccines, The Dilemma of the Chains, Predestined, Anitta: Made in Honório, 40m², and Mundo Misterio.

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The SEC Awards event is still a few days away, taking place on June 20 (June 21, Philippine time). So if you need more Blackpink content, you can watch their Running Man episode called Blackpink: Deliver Us From Probabilities for free on TrueID. 

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