-We have two members in two different countries, one member preparing for a MAMA stage, one member releasing his solo album, and one member preparing for enlistment. They did no heavy campaigning for it as they did for their English singles and yet were more nominated than ever for their Korean singles.
Even in their hiatus, we couldn't have predicted how flopstastic this has been for them. 
I'm not gonna lie, I was expecting only a nom at BEST for pop duo because this year BTS didn't even try and yet the opposite happens. This is also a reminder that even tho ARMY stan THEE BTS, we keep our expectations very low and don't shoot ourselves in the foot by wanting/expecting more. So I can imagine this being amplified with BTS more with them not all in South Korea expecting the Grammys judge panels taking them seriously after the Butter and YTC live performances.