This Next Leader Award was given to the new girl group that debuted last year, STAYC. The Girl Group Proves They Deserve The Best Rookie Award.
Today, Saturday (2/10), the music awards event The Fact Music Awards 2021 was held on-tact (online and without contact) which was attended by a number of popular singers and groups. Several awards have also been awarded at the time of writing, including the Next Leader or Rookie Award.
This Next Leader award is given to a new girl group that debuted last year, STAYC. The girl group proved that they deserved the best rookie award through their highly satisfying achievements of the song "ASAP" and "Stereotype" on digital music charts.
Artist of the Year - Bonsang Awards are given to 13 groups/singers who did well this year. The award was given to ENHYPEN, Brave Girls, ATEEZ, The Boyz, Stray Kids Kang Daniel, Super Junior, TXT, ASTRO, Oh My Girl, SEVENTEEN (II), ITZY, and BTS (Bangtan Boys).
Artist of the Year award-winning groups - Bonsang have achieved satisfactory results whether in sales of physical, digital, or both albums. BTS and SEVENTEEN even managed to sell millions of copies of their albums.
On the other hand, the Hottest Award was given to two groups, Weekly, and CRAVITY. While the Fan n Star Choice Award was given to solo singers Hwang Chi Yeul and Lim Young Woong as well as Super Junior and BTS for different sub categories.
In addition, SEVENTEEN also took home the World Best Performer award while Super Junior won the Worldwide Icon. Meanwhile, BTS won another award, namely Listener's Choice.
Meanwhile, The Fact Music Awards 2021 was hosted by Girls' Generation's Seohyun with Shin Dong Yup and Boom. This is Seohyun's third time hosting the event, previously in 2019 and 2020. (wk/dewi)