kpop band bts and their fans are on cloud nine after the band picked up all three awards they were nominated for at the american music awardsthe sevenmember boy band beat out the likes of the jonas brothers and panic at the disco to win the favorite duo or grouppoprock they even performers won against fellow nominees billie eilish exo ariana grande and shawn mendes to win favourite social artist and scoring them the hattrick was the award for tour of the year beating out music heavyweights including ariana grande elton john pnk and ed sheeran this has reportedly made them the first asian act to win the prestigious awardthough the boys couldnt be there to accept the awards in person they did record a message for their devoted fans bts army they said thank you so much we are really honoured to receive such an important and meaningful award bts has been a group for six and a half years and throughout those years weve had so many of our dreams somehow manifest into reality and army you guys are the ones who make all this possible and we really couldnt have done it without your love and support from all over the worldthey concluded we will try our best to live up to it to strive high and work hard and return your love back to youfans across the globe soon began trending americasbestgroupbts on social networking sites to laud the singers for the winsreportedly bts tied with khalid to win three awards each after artist of the decade recipient taylor swift who won five competitive awards and artist of the decade with a total of 28 american music awards to her name the singer created history by breaking michael jacksons longstanding record of 24 wins