Top 10 news in music: K-pop, trot are not mutually exclusive Posted : 2020-12-14 08:43 Updated : 2020-12-16 09:46 By Park Han-sol The year 2020 saw a rare phenomenon in the Korean music industry: It was the year of mutual gains for trot and K-pop, defying the long-held belief that musicians of the two drastically different genres are inevitably pitted against each other over popularity. While the pandemic opened new doors for the K-pop industry to experiment with livestreaming services and virtual technologies to meet global fans, albeit digitally, megastar BTS became the first Korean act to be nominated for a Grammy. At home, veteran trot singer Na Hoon-a created a sensation after the huge success of his TV concert on the eve of the Chuseok long weekend. This contributed further to an already existing boom in the trot genre, evidenced by the popularity of "Mr. Trot," which broke TV Chosun's viewership records every week it aired.