On January 7, the 37th annual Golden Disc Awards took place in Bangkok, Thailand.

BTS won the Album of the Year Daesang (Grand Prize) for the sixth year in a row, while IVE won both the Digital Song of the Year Daesang and the Rookie Artist of the Year award in the same year.

Check out the full list of winners below!

Digital Song of the Year (Daesang): IVE

Album of the Year (Daesang): BTS

Best Digital Song (Bonsang): BIGBANG, (G)I-DLE, IVE, Jay Park, MeloMance’s Kim Min Seok, Lim Young Woong, NewJeans, PSY

Best Album (Bonsang):BLACKPINK, BTS, ENHYPEN, NCT, NCT 127, NCT DREAM, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids

Artist of the Year: PSY

Most Popular Artist: (G)I-DLE, Stray Kids

Rookie Artist of the Year: IVE, LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans

TikTok Golden Disc Popularity Award: BTS

Best Group:TREASURE

Best Performance: SEVENTEEN

Best Solo Artist: BE’O, Younha
Best R&B/Hip Hop: BIG Naughty

Best Producer: Seo Hyun Joo of Starship Entertainment

Thai Fans Support with BAOJI: BTS’s J-Hope
Thai K-Pop Artist: SEVENTEEN

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 male idol groups!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes of various boy groups, using big data collected from December 7, 2022 to January 7, 2023.

BTS topped the list for the 56th consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 10,103,467 for January. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “Jungkook,” “Jin,” and “collab,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “record,” “collaborate,” and “enlist.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 83.10 percent positive reactions.

NCT rose to second place after enjoying an impressive 129.32 percent increase in their brand reputation index since last month. The group’s total score for January came out to 5,087,767.

Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN took third place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 3,595,017.

Super Junior shot to fourth place with a brand reputation index of 2,962,809, marking a whopping 155.83 percent rise in their score since last month.

Finally, EXO came in at a close fifth with a brand reputation index of 2,805,829, marking a 32.86 percent increase in their score since December.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS
2. NCT
3. SEVENTEEN
4. Super Junior
5. EXO
6. Stray Kids
7. THE BOYZ
8. BTOB
9. ASTRO
10. BIGBANG
11. ENHYPEN
12. TXT
13. TREASURE
14. SHINee
15. ATEEZ
16. MONSTA X
17. WINNER
18. INFINITE
19. PENTAGON
20. Highlight
21. YOUNITE
22. Shinhwa
23. VIXX
24. Wanna One
25. 2PM
26. SF9
27. TEMPEST
28. Block B
29. TVXQ
30. Golden Child

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