Hanteo Music Awards 2022 Winners (Day 1): Stray Kids, Red Velvet, More!
Hanteo Music Awards has finally held its first offline awarding, and its Day 1 winners were announced.
Read to see who bagged trophies home!
Hanteo Music Awards 2022 Winners (Day 1): Stray Kids, Red Velvet, More!
On February 10, the Hanteo Music awards has finally commenced, giving awards to various K-pop stars in its first day.
Its ceremony was held at Jamsil Arena, to commemorate Hanteo Global's 30th anniversary. Since K-pop contains a long history with Hanteo, it's only imperative to honor the chart, due to having an impact towards the propulsion of the genre and artists' releases.
Hanteo CEO Kwak Young Ho also added that the ceremony will be a place for international fans to watch, since well-recognized group will be performing and awarded.
The Day 1 event was hosted by S.E.S. Eugene, CIX Hyunsuk, and EPEX Baeksung. Since Day 1 focused on awarding artists with Bonsang (Main Awards) category, Day 2 will announce the winners for four Daesangs (Grand Prizes).
See the winners for Day 1 below!
Artist Of The Year Bonsang (Main Award)
- STAYC
- Kang Daniel
- BLACKPINK
- aespa
- Kim Hojoong
- NCT 127
- Stray Kids
Special Award (Trot)
- Kim Hojoong
Special Award (Ballad)
- Younha
- Lee Seok Hoon
Trend Award (Top Trending Artist)
- Yuju
Trend Award (Generation Icon)
- Red Velvet
Trend Award (Focus Star)
- VERIVERY
New Hallyu Star Award
- TAN
Blooming Star Award
- TRI.BE
- BLANK2Y
- BLITZERS
- JUST B
Post Generation Award
- Jeong Dong Won
- EVERGLOW
Blooming Band Performer Award
- LUCY
Emerging Artist Award
- Billlie
- WEi
With Hanteo Music Awards 2022 finishing its first day, the rest of the victors will be announced at February 11, on its second day. More artists will attend Day 2, gathering famous K-pop groups like TEMPEST, SF9, CIX, EPEX. NCT DREAM, TNX, fromis_9, Dreamcatcher, and Kep1er.
They have also invited soloists Youngtak, Choi Yena, and BE'O.
Congratulations to all artists!
Hanteo Music Awards 2021 Reveals the Top 10 Winners of the 'First-Week Sales Record Award'
In other news, Hanteo Music Awards 2021 announced the 10 winners for "First-Week Sales Record," listing some of the most popular K-pop acts.
On December 20, 6 P.M. KST, Hanteo Global announced the victors who earned the First-Week Sales Record Award. The prize is also known as Initial Chodong Record Award.
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Global fan community platform Whosfan revealed the winners for this category:
- BTS
- SEVENTEEN
- NCT DREAM
- NCT 127
- EXO
- ENHYPEN
- ATEEZ
- Stray Kids
- EXO Baekhyun
- BLACKPINK Lisa
An artist who sells the most albums in their first week in 2021, is given the First-Week Sales Record Award, also known as Initial Chodong Record Award.
This award also indicates the album's sales volume one week following its release. It is regarded as a gauge of an artist's popularity and the size of their fanbase around the world.
Stay tuned for more updates about Day 2's winners!
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