BTS Breaks Justin Bieber’s Streak, Becomes Second Artist To Win Top Social Artist Award Stories Koreaboo May 21st, 2017 BTS won the Top Social Media Artist Award at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, breaking Justin Bieber’s 6-year streak for the award. The award was first established in 2011 by Billboard, called the “Top Social Artist” at the time, and was awarded to Justin Bieber. Image Source: International Business Times He continued to win the Top Social Artist Award at every Billboard Music Awards ceremony thereafter, until now. Image Source: Billboard BTS received over 300 million votes from all over the world, breaking Justin Bieber’s streak, and becoming the second artist ever to win this award. Image Source: Popsugar Congratulations to BTS for achieving an incredible milestone! Image Source: Billboard Next Page