A total of 10 artists are nominated for the 'Global HotStar Award'

Source: The Fact

[The Fact | Reporter Lee Na-rae] While '2025 The Fact Music Awards (TMA)' has started voting online for the fan and star category, interest in the 'Global Hot Star Award' is hot.

Fan N Star started voting for the 'Global HotStar Award' on the 21st. The 'Global HotStar Award' is a new category established this year and is an award given to the 4th and 5th generation K-POP artists who received the most love from domestic and international fans in 2025. The first place will be decided by the votes of global fandoms such as Korea, Japan, English-speaking countries, China, and Vietnam.

The 'Global HotStar Award' nominees, which were pre-voted from September last year to the 21st of this month, included Nexz, BoyNextDoor, Stray Kids, Ateez, n.SSign, Enhyphen, Zero Base One, Tempest, Tomorrow X Together, and Plave. They will proceed with the runoff vote until August 11th.

Voting is conducted through Fan N Star, an idol comprehensive professional service operated by the online comprehensive media The Fact, and you can participate in 'daily stars', 'rainbow stars', and 'video voting' video advertisements.

Meanwhile, the organising committee of '2025 TMA' announced on the 25th that "Stray Kids, Ive, and aespa will appear in '2025 The Fact Music Awards'". As a result, '2025 The Fact Music Awards' previously released NEXZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, NMIXX, NCT WISH, KiiiKiii, Hearts2Hearts, MEOVV, AHOF, ENHYPEN, ZEROBASEONE, CLOSE YOUR EYES, and TWS as the 1st and 2nd lineups, and completed the dream lineup by joining Stray Kids, Ive, and aespa.