The voting continues and the competition heats up in our end-of-the-year Best of K-Pop Awards polls.
In the category of "Best K-Pop Song of the Year," 2PM's "My House" continues to hold onto the top spot with 38.8% of the votes while the gap between second and third narrows. With 19.83% of the votes BTS' "I Need U" keeps its hold on second but how long will it last? With 15.19% of the votes, GOT7's "Just Right" is catching up fast.
Holding on to fourth with 7.05% of the votes, Super Junior's "Magic" continues to maintain a healthy lead over fifth place holder, SHINee's "View." With 3.66% of the votes, "View" has a pretty solid grasp of fifth while INFINITE's "Bad" holds sixth with 1.9% of the votes. With 1.72% of the votes EXO's "Love Me Right" continues to hold on to seventh while Big Bang's "Bang Bang Bang" remains steady at eighth. Jung Yong Hwa's "One Fine Day" maintains a mere 0.16% lead over VIXX's "Love Equation," which remains steady in tenth.
In the category of "Best K-Pop Group of the Year," TVXQ manages to hang on to first with 29.84% of the votes but the competition among the top three is fierce. With 28.82% of the votes second place GOT7 is closing in fast while the third place group, 2PM brings in 23.36% of the votes.
With 8.13% of the votes, BTS continues to comes in fourth while SHINee stays put in fifth with 1.98%. CNBLUE continues to hold sixth with 0.95% of the votes but one has to wonder, how long will this last? With 0.92% of the votes, seventh place Big Bang wouldn't need much to reclaim their previous position. At the same time, with 0.9% of the votes VIXX could easily find themselves climbing the ranks as a mere 0.02% keeps them in eighth. With 0.87% of the votes INFINITE remains in ninth while FT Island continues to round out the top ten with 0.82%.
In the category of "Best K-Pop Artist of the Year," TVXQ's U-Know Yunho continues to dominate the votes, coming in with 27.83%. In second place, with 10.72% of the votes, TVXQ's Max Changmin remains in second but 2PM's Nickhun isn't far behind as he claims 9.56% of the votes as his own.
With 6.36% of the votes, GOT7's BamBam is steadily closing the gap between third and fourth. The question is, will he be able to claim a position within the top three? With 5.69% of the votes, 2PM's Wooyoung remains in fifth while GOT7's Jackson stays steady in sixth with 4.71%. 2PM's Junho brings in 4.48% of the votes, placing him in seventh while band-mates Taecyeon, Jun.K and Chansung round out the top ten with 3.36%, 3.29% and 2.7% of the votes, respectively.
Wrapping up our look at the poll standings thus far, we take a look at the standing in our "Best K-Pop Rookie Group of the Year" category. JYP Entertainment's rookie girl group sensation, TWICE, continues to dominate the category, bringing in 40.44% of the votes. Pledis Entertainment's boy group SEVENTEEN continues to hold onto second with 18.09% of the votes while JYP Entertainment's only rock band, DAY6, comes in third with 16.95%.
Monsta X, continues to hold steady in fourth with 6.71% of the votes while iKON remains in fifth with 5.14%. UP10TION comes in with 4.9% of the votes, giving them a comfortable hold on sixth while N.Flying brings in 2.98% of the votes and stays steady in seventh. G-Friend remains in eighth with 2.51% of the votes while ninth place Oh My Girl stays steady in ninth with 1.3%. Rounding out the top ten in our "Best Rookie Group" category, CLC brings in 0.98% of the votes.
With just over SIX days left to vote in this year's "Best of K-Pop" polls, there's still plenty of time for you to cast your vote. With such small margins separating those ranking in the top ten in the various categories, every vote counts so be sure to come back every day and vote for all your favorites!
