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▲This photo, provided by Yonhap News Agency, shows girl group IVE at MMA 2022. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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| ▲This photo, provided by Yonhap News Agency, shows Lim Young-woong at MMA 2022. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) —Singer Lim Young-woong won five awards, including "Artist of the Year," the grand prize of the 2022 MMA, hosted by Kakao Entertainment's music streaming platform Melon.
Lim Young-woong won "Artist of the Year," "Album of the Year," "Top 10," "Best Male Artist," and "Netizen Popularity Award" at the award ceremony, which was held on Gocheok Sky Dome, according to Melon on November 27.
He gained popularity as his new album, "IM HERO," which was released in May of this year, topped album and music charts.
Lim Young-woong said, "I always think about the time when I could never even dream about winning these awards," and added, "I will try my best to become a singer who puts effort into paying it back with better music." "Thank you so much."
Girl group IVE, who made their debut in December of last year and became a top girl group just in a year, won four awards, starting from "New Artist of the Year," "Best Group (Female)," "Top 10 Artist," and "Best Song of the Year."
In particular, the "New Artist of the Year" award, which drew attention as large rookie girl groups made their debuts one after another this year, was jointly won by girl group NewJeans in addition to IVE.
IVE said, "We are so nervous because we did not expect this award, but we thank everyone who helped us all the way," and continued, "It's almost a year since we made our debut, and we sincerely thank everyone who loved our music and us."
Moreover, BTS won the "Record of the Year," "Best Group (Male)," and "Top 10 Artist."
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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