On June 21, the 34th Seoul Music Awards took place at the INSPIRE Arena in Incheon.

i-dle took home this year’s Daesang (Grand Prize)—making them the first female artist since Girls’ Generation in 2010 to win a Daesang at the Seoul Music Awards—in addition to claiming one of this year’s Bonsangs (Main Awards).

Meanwhile, TXT bagged a total of three trophies this year, winning the awards for Best Song (for their 2024 hit “Deja Vu”) and Best Album along with a Bonsang.

Check out the full list of winners below!

Daesang (Grand Prize): i-dle

Best Song: TXT

Best Album: TXT, ZEROBASEONE

World Best Artist:aespa, Rosé (BLACKPINK)

Bonsang (Main Award): aespa, Doyoung (NCT), ENHYPEN, G-Dragon (BIGBANG), i-dle, ILLIT, NCT DREAM, NCT WISH, P1Harmony, PLAVE, QWER, Rosé (BLACKPINK), SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, TXT, Young Tak, ZEROBASEONE

Best Group: ILLIT, NCT WISH

Best Solo Artist: Doyoung (NCT)

Rookie of the Year: Hearts2Hearts, KickFlip, KiiiKiii

K-Pop World Choice (Group): BABYMONSTER
K-Pop World Choice (Solo): Young Tak

R&B/Hip Hop Award:RM (BTS)
Ballad Award: Hwang Karam
Trot Award: Young Tak
OST Award: Young Tak
Band Award: wave to earth

Best Performance Award:CRAVITY, FIFTY FIFTY

Korean Wave Award:Jimin (BTS)

Discovery of the Year: SAY MY NAME

K-Pop Special Award:BTOB

Popularity Award:Lee Chan Won

Rising Star: VVUP

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

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The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 755 boy group members, using big data collected from May 21 to June 21.

BTS’s Jimin topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 6,301,075, marking a 76.51 percent increase in his score since May. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “Filter,” “ARMY,” and “Park Jimin,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “military discharge,” “donate,” and “thankful.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 94.04 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jungkook jumped to second place after seeing an 86.60 percent rise in his brand reputation index, bringing his total score for June to 5,189,119.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon took third place with a brand reputation index of 4,521,564, while ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo came in fourth with a score of 4,140,574.

Finally, Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 4,026,558, marking a 79.69 percent increase in his score since May.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. BTS’s Jungkook
3. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
4. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
5. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
6. BTS’s Jin
7. BTS’s V
8. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
9. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
10. RIIZE’s Wonbin
11. EXO’s Baekhyun
12. BTS’s j-hope
13. HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Doojoon
14. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
15. BTS’s RM
16. BTS’ Suga
17. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
18. RIIZE’s Sungchan
19. SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan
20. SHINee’s Key
21. EXO’s Kai
22. NCT’s Doyoung
23. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
24. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
25. TXT’s Yeonjun
26. GOT7’s Jinyoung
27. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
28. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
29. SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu
30. THE BOYZ’s Sunwoo

Watch BTS’s film “BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE” on Viki below:

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Or check out Cha Eun Woo’s variety show “Rented in Finland” here:

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And Park Ji Hoon’s drama “Love Song for Illusion” below:

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