BTS wins grand prize at 2023 MAMA Awards, setting a record with 6 consecutive wins and expressing gratitude to fans.
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The protagonist of the grand prize was indeed BTS (Bulletproof Boy Scouts). Many artists received trophies and thanked their fans. On the 28th, the "2023 MAMA AWARDS" opened. The award ceremony will be held at the Tokyo Dome for the first time as a 2-day K-POP award ceremony on the 28th and 29th. On the first day, "Chapter 1," Chung Somi appeared as the host, following last year. On the first day, INI, JO1, Tohoshinki, xikers, &TEAM, ENHYPEN, Kep1er, the cast of "STREET WOMAN FIGHTER 2," TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Dynamic Duo, JUST B, Lee Yong Ji, TREASURE, and others appeared. Photo = CJ ENM On this day, BTS won the "Worldwide Icon of the Year" award, which is worth the grand prize, and set a record of 6 consecutive wins. Including the previous grand prize, "Artist of the Year," it is 8 consecutive wins. BTS also won the "Worldwide Fans' Choice" award and achieved a double crown. BTS was unable to attend the award ceremony, but the youngest member, Jungkook, conveyed his thoughts on the award through a video. He said, "I am sincerely grateful to the ARMY (BTS fans) who send me unwavering love," and "I am sorry that we cannot meet today, but I think we will be able to meet as one big group soon. Until that day, I hope you all stay healthy and happy." Photo = "2023 MAMA AWARDS" broadcast screen capture The "Worldwide Fans' Choice" award was selected by global K-POP fans who directly participated and led this year's K-POP trends. Online voting was conducted through Mnet Plus and Spotify, and the verification of the progress and process was handled by Samil PwC. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, BTS, ZEROBASEONE, ENHYPEN, Im Young Woong, ATEEZ, NCT DREAM, Stray Kids, TWICE, and SEVENTEEN each received a trophy. As it is an award selected by fans' votes, they expressed their gratitude to the fans who participated in the voting and showed their love. Photo = CJ ENM Photo = CJ ENM TOMORROW X TOGETHER said, "We love MOA (TOMORROW X TOGETHER fans) very much," and ZEROBASEONE said, "We will perform even more wonderful music and performances to repay ZE_ROSE (ZEROBASEONE fans) for this gift they have given us and deliver great happiness and joy." ENHYPEN expressed their gratitude, saying, "This award is made by ENGENE (ENHYPEN fans)." ATEEZ mentioned their fans, ATINY, before expressing their thoughts on winning the award. SEVENTEEN also expressed their gratitude to their fans, CARAT, before anything else. Photo = CJ ENM Photo = CJ ENM Unfortunately, Im Young Woong, NCT DREAM, Stray Kids, and TWICE, who were unable to attend, conveyed their thoughts on the award through video. Im Young Woong expressed his gratitude, saying, "Thanks to the fans of the Hero Era (Im Young Woong fans), I was able to receive a meaningful award at this award ceremony, and I am very happy. I am sincerely grateful." NCT DREAM conveyed words of thanks to their fans, NCTzen, saying, "Thanks to the fans, we were able to win the award." Stray Kids also conveyed words of thanks, saying, "I think we were able to win this award for 3 consecutive years thanks to STAY (Stray Kids fans)." TWICE expressed their gratitude to ONCE (TWICE fans), saying, "I am sincerely grateful for being able to receive an award thanks to your love once again." Photo = "2023 MAMA AWARDS" broadcast screen capture Photo = CJ ENM ZEROBASEONE also won a trophy in the "FAVORITE NEW ARTIST" category, which is given to rookie artists who achieved a cumulative album sales of 1 million in the year of their debut, and achieved a double crown. They, who were formed through the cable channel Mnet's "BOYS PLANET," said, "It is a glory to receive an award like a ray of light on the stage we have always dreamed of." RIIZE also won the "FAVORITE NEW ARTIST" category. They expressed their gratitude to BRIIZE (RIIZE fans) who always support them, saying, "It is a glory to be able to stand on such a big stage as '2023 MAMA AWARDS' today," and "We are preparing for what we are doing now, so we ask for your continued support next year." Photo = CJ ENM Photo = CJ ENM Tohoshinki, who celebrated their 20th anniversary this year, achieved a record of a total of 10 million albums sold and won the "Inspiring Achievement" category. Yunho expressed his gratitude to Cassiopeia (Tohoshinki's Korean fans) and Bigeast (Tohoshinki's Japanese fans), saying, "I think this award is an achievement that we reached together with Cassiopeia and Bigeast, who support us." YOSHIKI of X JAPAN performed a reinterpretation of the representative song "ENDLESS RAIN" with TOMORROW X TOGETHER's Taehyun and Hueningkai, BOYNEXTDOOR's Jaehyun, RIIZE's ANTON, and ZEROBASEONE's Han Yujin. He, who won the "Favorite International Artist" category, humbly said, "It is an honor to be able to perform with such wonderful K-POP artists." Photo = CJ ENM Photo = CJ ENM INI won the "Favorite Asian Male Group" category. They expressed their joy, saying, "We are sincerely grateful to MINI (INI fans)." Kep1er, who won the "Favorite Asian Female Group" category, called on Kep1ian (Kep1er fans), saying, "We will do our best next year, so we ask for your continued support." TREASURE, who became the protagonist of the "Galaxy Neo Flip Artist" category, expressed their thoughts on winning the award, saying, "I am happy to start a new week with Tume (TREASURE MAKER, TREASURE fans)." "2023 MAMA AWARDS" has the concept of "ONE I BORN." It incorporates the meaning of "I," the only one in the world with infinite possibilities, meeting "MAMA AWARDS" and becoming a perfect "One" through positive energy. "Chapter 2" of "2023 MAMA AWARDS" will be held at the Tokyo Dome this afternoon (29th). Actor Park Bogum will serve as the host, following last year. ・Tohoshinki, SM's junior RIIZE, and "Rising Sun" collaboration stage! Fans are excited about the collaboration stage ・The world's largest K-POP award ceremony "MAMA AWARDS" finally comes to the Tokyo Dome! SEVENTEEN, TXT, Tohoshinki, and other luxurious artists will perform a dream collaboration Photo = CJ ENM Photo = CJ ENM [List of winners on the first day of "2023 MAMA"] ◆Worldwide Icon of the Year: BTS ◆Worldwide Fans' Choice (main award): TOMORROW X TOGETHER, BTS, ZEROBASEONE, ENHYPEN, Im Young Woong, ATEEZ, NCT DREAM, Stray Kids, TWICE, SEVENTEEN ◆FAVORITE NEW ARTIST: RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE ◆Inspiring Achievement: Tohoshinki ◆Favorite International Artist: YOSHIKI ◆Favorite Asian Male Group: INI ◆Favorite Asian Female Group: Kep1er ◆Galaxy Neo Flip Artist: TREASURE
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