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BTS, NewJeans, and SEVENTEEN win top awards at MAMA 2023

BTS, NewJeans, and SEVENTEEN win top awards at MAMA 2023

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K-pop artists from HYBE such as BTS, NewJeans, and SEVENTEEN bagged top prizes at the recently concluded 2023 MAMA Awards last November 28 and November 29.

Held at Japan's iconic Tokyo Dome, the popular artists received recognition in different categories.

Supergroup BTS marked their sixth consecutive year of winning the worldwide icon of the year award despite their absence from the event.

The seven-piece act also won Best OST for their song "The Planet" which is part of the soundtrack for SBS's animation series Bastions and which also topped the Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 award.

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Their members, who mostly had their solo debuts this year before their military enlistment, also won awards in their respective categories.

BTS's Jimin won as Best Male Artist; Suga, under his stage name Agust D, won  Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance; while Jungkook won Best Dance Performance (Male Solo) and Best Collaboration awards for his song "Seven" featuring American singer and rapper Latto.

Rising girl group NewJeans took home two grand prizes, also known as Daesangs, for artist of the year award and song of the year award for their single "Ditto."


The popular five-member group also won Best Female Group and Best Dance Performance Female Group.

Meanwhile, boy group SEVENTEEN won five awards: album of the year award for FML, their tenth extended play that was released last April; the best male group and best dance performance male group, both for their title track “Super”; Bibigo Culture & Style winner; and a part of worldwide fans’ choice top 10.

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The boy group thanked their fans and supporters for their love and appreciation in their acceptance speech.

As per Korea JoongAng Daily, the award is the group's first top honor from the annual ceremony since its debut in 2015.

"We attended our first MAMA in the year we debuted in 2015, returning with empty hands," Hoshi said.

"We are so thrilled now to take home Album of the Year after nine years, and we would like to give the honor to Carat," he added, pertaining to their group’s fandom.


During member Seungkwan's speech, he showed gratitude to all the artists that showed a brilliant performance and stated that he had learned a lot from everyone.

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He also paid tribute to his friend Moonbin from boy group ASTRO who passed away in April.


"It would be a good thing if everyone who is in this not-so-easy industry cheers on for each other," he said. "I want to say that I am very thankful to my friend Bin (Moonbin) and I love him," he said, as reported by Pink Villa.

Entertainment giant HYBE was a big winner, with its various sub-labels with their own roster of artists, like BTS from Big Hit Music, SEVENTEEN from Pledis Entertainment, and NewJeans from ADOR.

Singer Jeon So-mi and actor Park Bo-gum served as hosts for the first and second nights of the awards show respectively.


Here are the list of winners for MAMA Awards 2023:

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Best Male Group - Seventeen

Best Female Group    - NewJeans

Best Male Artist - BTS' Jimin

Best Female Artist - BLACKPINK's Jisoo

Best New Male Artist - ZEROBASEONE

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Best New Female Artist - TripleS

Best Dance Performance (Male Group) - SEVENTEEN ("Super")

Best Dance Performance (Female Group) - NewJeans ("Ditto")

Best Dance Performance (Male Solo) - BTS' Jungkook ("Seven" feat. Latto)

Best Dance Performance (Female Solo) - BLACKPINK's Jisoo ("Flower")

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Best Vocal Performance (Group) - AKMU ("Love Lee")

Best Vocal Performance (Solo) - Parc Jae Jung ("Let's Say Goodbye")

Best Music Video - Jisoo ("Flower")

Best OST - BTS ("The Planet")

Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance - Agust D ("People Pt.2" feat. IU)

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Best Collaboration - BTS' Jungkook ("Seven" feat. Latto)

Favorite Dance Performance (Male Group) - Treasure

Favorite Dance Performance (Female Group) - Le Sserafim

Favorite Global Performer (Male Group) - ATEEZ

Favorite Global Performer (Female Group) - (G)I-DLE

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Favorite New Artist - RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE

Favorite International Artist - Yoshiki (Japan)

Favorite Asian Female Group - Kep1er

Favorite Asian Male Group - INI (Japan)

Inspiring Achievement - TVXQ

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Galaxy Neo Flip Artist - Treasure


The following won the Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10:

NCT Dream

ATEEZ

TWICE

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ZEROBASEONE

Lim Young-woong

SEVENTEEN

Tomorrow X Together

ENHYPEN

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