Winners announced for the 34th Seoul Music Awards
Highlights of this award ceremony included I-DLE, the group formerly known as (G)I-DLE winning their very first Daesang (Grand Prize) award. Making it the first time in 14 years a girl group to win the award. While the boy-group TXT winning 3 awards for Best Album, Best Song for their song Déjà vu and a Bonsang (Main Prize) along with other notable k-pop groups such as ENHYPHEN, G-DRAGON and BLACKPINK this year.
BTS members managed to keep up their winning streak during this award ceremony, further cementing they're in the music industry as Jimin, a fellow member of BTS, received the Korean Wave Award for his role in promoting Korean culture to the rest of the world. While their famous girl-group counterpart BLACKPINK vocalist ROSÉ gained well-deserved praise and recognition for becoming the first female soloist to win a Bonsang at the music awards, all while she won an additional award in the World Best Artist Award Category for her latest album Rosie. As this year's awards ceremony draws to a close, all eyes are on the recent award winners as fans wait with bated breath for what comes next.
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