Stray Kids and NEXZ will perform on a year-end music awards show on December 29, featuring top songs and artists of 2025.
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Stray Kids and NEXZ will appear on 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year - Annual Music Awards 2025' broadcast on December 29 from 5:30 PM on Nippon Television. This is a music festival that wraps up 2025 on the NTV network. Music listened to this year on streaming services will gather in one place! Based on Spotify's streaming data, the 'most listened to song of the year' will be introduced. Which song and artist were the most listened to this year? A live performance by luxurious artists will be delivered in a 5-hour and 30-minute live broadcast from Hotel New Otani Makuhari, the longest in the program's history. Many luxurious artists have been confirmed to appear. Stray Kids, who surpassed 10 billion cumulative streams of all their songs on Spotify, achieving this as the third K-POP group in history, will perform. Additionally, NEXZ, a junior group from the same agency as Stray Kids, will also appear as an artist who was active this year. Ado, who ranked first as the 'most played domestic artist overseas' in Spotify's 2025 first half ranking, and Creepy Nuts, who achieved first place in both Spotify's annual ranking for 'domestic songs played overseas' and Billboard JAPAN's annual ranking for 'most listened to Japanese songs in the world' with 'Otonoke' following last year's 'Bling-Bang-Bang-Born', will also perform. BE:FIRST, whose song 'Mucyu' released in April surpassed 100 million streams globally in record time, and HANA, who debuted in April this year with five songs that recorded 100 million streams, achieving the highest record for a female dance and vocal group in Japan, will also appear. Furthermore, Number_i, who ranked first as the 'most played dance and vocal group in Japan' in Spotify's annual ranking for 2025, NEWS, who released the English version of their hit song 'Chankapana' in June, and Naniwa Danshi, who had four songs reach number one on the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 chart in September, will also be featured. Other artists who were active this year, such as Kento Nakajima, T.N.T, Choutokkyuu, and MAZZEL, will gather at Hotel New Otani Makuhari. A dream stage that can only be seen at the annual music awards will be decided. A one-night-only family collaboration led by SKY-HI and BMSG artists, who have energized the Japanese music scene in 2025, will be realized! Popular BMSG artists will perform in a medley format. Four groups from BMSG, including BE:FIRST, MAZZEL, HANA, and STARGLOW, will gather under SKY-HI, participating in each other's songs for a stunning stage and luxurious collaboration that can only be seen here. TREASURE will also appear on the December 29 broadcast of NTV's 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year' covering a BIGBANG song. Stray Kids achieved eight crowns at the '2025 AAA', which is meaningful as a self-produced group. Program Overview: 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year - Annual Music Awards 2025' December 29 (Monday) from 5:30 PM to 10:54 PM <MC> Jun Shison, Yuko Araki <Featured Artists> Ado, Creepy Nuts, SKY-HI (appearing in the dream stage), STARGLOW (appearing in the dream stage), Stray Kids, Choutokkyuu, T.N.T, Travis Japan, TREASURE, Kento Nakajima, Naniwa Danshi, Number_i, NEWS, NEXZ, HANA, BE:FIRST, MAZZEL <Related Links> Official website of 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year - Annual Music Awards 2025'.
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