First overseas awards ceremony in Japan outside of Korea
Itzy, aespa, NewJeans on the 8th
K-pop festival 'The Fact Music Awards' that has expanded worldwide
Source: Reporters Lee Sae-rom, Nam Yoon-ho, and Park Heon-woo
[The Fact | Kyocera Dome Osaka = Reporter Kim Saet-byeol] The Fact, celebrating its 10th anniversary, has completed a 'K-pop festival' created by fans and artists around the world with the '2024 The Fact Music Awards' that it has specially prepared, heating up Japan.
The '2024 The Fact Music Awards (TMA)' was held on the 8th at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan. Following the previous 7 days, the second day's performance featured a total of 9 teams, including ITZY, aespa, NewJeans, Kiss of Life, Unis, and &Team, Xikers, NCT WISH, and JO1, creating a stage that can only be enjoyed at 'The Fact Music Awards'.
The grand prize winner of this '2024 The Fact Music Awards' is aespa. With this, aespa has won three awards: Grand prize, Listeners’ Choice, and Artist of the Year.
Aespa, who went up on stage with bright smiles, said, "I feel like I've prepared so hard this year as a reward, so I'm dazed but also so grateful," and "There were times when the members weren't in good condition, but it feels like I'm being compensated. I'm really grateful to the fans."
Aespa performed three songs, from 'Supernova' to 'Set The Tone' and 'Armageddon', and received a hot response from local fans.
NewJeans won four awards: WorldWide Icon, World Best Performer, Artist of the Year, and TMA Popularity Award.
In particular, NewJeans prepared a special individual stage just for The Fact, thrilling fans. Minzy showed off her unique charms with 'ETA', Hani with 'OMG', Haein with 'Ditto', Daniel with 'Hype Boy', and Haerin with 'Attention'.
Source: Reporters Lee Sae-rom, Nam Yoon-ho, and Park Heon-woo
ITZY, who is participating in the 'The Fact Music Awards' for the 6th time, also proved their consistent popularity by winning two awards, 'World Best Performer' and 'Artist of the Year'.
On this day, it was accompanied by the cheers of fans from the red carpet to the main stage. The members said, "If it weren't for our MIDZY (fandom name), we probably wouldn't have received this award," and "I see a lot of MIDZY today, and we love you MIDZY a lot. We will repay you with good music and good performances in the future."
Source: Reporters Lee Sae-rom, Nam Yoon-ho, and Park Heon-woo
JO1, who is receiving much love in Japan, also won two awards, winning the 'TMA Popularity Award' and 'Artist of the Year'. The members decorated the stage with a splendid performance of 'Trigger', 'Love Seeker', and 'Test Drive' to repay the fans who visited the site.
The activities of new groups also stood out. Unis proudly won the Hottest Award, which is given to the hottest rookie of the year. The Next Leader Award, which is expected to be even more exciting now and in the future, was won by NCT WISH, a unit of NCT that debuted in February, proving that they are rising rookies.
Xikers and Kiss of Life, who boast a solid fandom and receive much love both domestically and internationally, became the main characters of the 'Global Hot Trend' award. In particular, Xikers and Kiss of Life prepared a special performance that can only be seen at The Fact Music Awards.
First, Xikers took charge of the splendid opening of the '2024 The Fact Music Awards' with a cover stage of BTS' 'FAKE LOVE' and 'Butter'.
Xikers, who made a comeback with 'Witch' on the 6th, has been busy preparing for the awards ceremony stage. The members said, "We've been working hard recently, but we love and are grateful for the fans who sleep less and eat less than us," and "We will continue to work hard so that the shoulders of the fans can pierce through the universe."
Kiss of Life also decorated the stage with songs from senior singers. First, Belle opened the show with 2NE1's 'Lonely', Natty chose Lisa's 'MONEY', Julie chose CL's 'MTBD', and Haneul chose Jennie's 'SOLO'. Kiss of Life also performed 2NE1's 'Fire' and Blackpink's 'Shut Down' as a group.
Source: Reporters Lee Sae-rom, Nam Yoon-ho, and Park Heon-woo
The multinational boy group &Team and the multinational girl group Unis received the 'Global Generation' award. Above all, the award given to the global localization group &Team drew a hot response from local fans.
Unis added a meaningful award. They became the winner of Today's Choice Award, which was decided 100% by the votes of the audience gathered on the day.
After their name was called, Unis, who went up on stage in surprise, said, "I think it's an even more meaningful and thankful award because it's an award that is voted for by the live audience," and added, "I'm so grateful to the live audience, and I will continue to work hard as a Unis."
Source: Reporters Lee Sae-rom, Nam Yoon-ho, and Park Heon-woo
Jun Hyun-moo and Seohyun, who have been consistently guarding the home of 'The Fact Music Awards', showed off their fantastic chemistry and steadily led the two-day awards ceremony. Starting in 2018, the two, who have teamed up for the sixth time in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and this year, showed their irreplaceable 'chemistry' and synergy.
In addition, Park Seul-gi, who appeared as the red carpet MC for 'The Fact Music Awards' for two consecutive years, heated up the atmosphere of the venue by drawing out the artists' diverse charms.
The 'The Fact Music Awards', which took its first steps in April 2019, is now in its 7th year. The 'The Fact Music Awards' has solidified its purpose as an awards ceremony created by K-pop artists and fans, and has presented a spectacular stage that cannot be seen anywhere else every year.
Source: Reporter Lee Sae-rom
In particular, this time, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the launch of The Fact, the event was held overseas for the first time ever, drawing the attention of K-pop fans around the world.
The Fact is organized by Fan N Star and FEELINGVIVE, the '2024 The Fact Music Awards' has completed a hot global festival enjoyed by artists and fandoms together under the slogan 'NEW GEN FOR FANSTIVAL'.
For this, global localization groups have been mobilized. From Kim Jaejoong, ITZY, JO1, aespa, NiziU, Kepler, NewJeans, Xikers, Kiss of Life, n,SSign, Evnne, NCT Wish, and Unis, Nexz, a total of 18 popular teams from home and abroad participated and presented a bountiful stage for two days.
Source: Reporter Park Heon-woo The following is a list of winners from the 2nd day of the '2024 The Fact Music Awards': ▶Next Leader Award = NCT WISH ▶Hottest Award = Unis ▶Global Hot Trend Award = Xikers, Kiss of Life ▶Global Generation Award = &TEAM ▶Popularity Award = NewJeans ▶TMA Popularity Award = JO1 ▶Artist of the Year Award = NewJeans, aespa, JO1, ITZY ▶World Best Performer Award = NewJeans, ITZY ▶Today's Choice Award = Unis ▶WorldWide Icon Award = NewJeans ▶Listener's Choice Award = aespa ▶Grand Prize = aespa 
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