BTS’ comeback record, Arirang, was in contention for Album of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (“Swim”), in addition to being the favorite for Best Asian Pop Performance. This featured the addition of Best Asian Pop Music Performance, designed to honor work recorded primarily in an Asian language, "including, but not limited to" K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop. The Asian Pop category was created to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia. The gist of their backlash: Instead of honoring Asian artists, the new Grammy ghettoizes them, providing a consolation prize from the General Field and mainstream pop categories. RELATED: The new Best Asian Pop Music Grammy is BTS’ to lose — these are the artists who could pull an upsetAsian pop has historically been shunned by the Grammys.