Group THE BOYZ was honored with an award at the 'MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2023'.
At the 'MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2023' ('MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2023' / hereinafter 'MTV VMAJ 2023') held at K Arena Yokohama, Japan on the 22nd, The Boyz's 8th mini album 'BE' released in February. AWAKE (Be Awake)'s title song 'ROAR' was selected as the winner of 'Best Asia Group'.
'MTV VMAJ 2023' is the Japanese version of 'MTV VMA', the largest music awards ceremony in the United States, and has been held every year since 2002.
The 'Best Asian Group Award' won by The Boyz is an award given to representative Asian groups. This award holds even greater significance as we have had a busier year than ever before traveling around the world, from our second world tour this year to a performance at the KSPO Dome (Gymnastics Stadium), one of Korea's largest performance venues, to our first solo concert at an 'arena-level' concert venue since our debut. has
The Boyz expressed their thoughts through their agency, "We are happy and honored to win this meaningful award. I think The Boyz can work hard because we have Derby (official fandom) who always supports us." He continued, "I'm happy to win an award at the same time as making a comeback with the new song 'Watch It'. We will continue to work hard to meet expectations and deliver even better performances and music that only The Boyz can show."
The Boyz released their 2nd full-length album 'PHANTASY' pt.2 'Sixth Sense' on the 20th. After the release of their new album, The Boyz ranked first on domestic and international music sites and ranked at the top of iTunes Top Album Charts in 20 countries. In addition, the group showed off its power encompassing the music, album, and global charts at the same time as the comeback, reaching #1 on the Circle Chart (formerly Gaon Chart) Retail Album Chart and the Hanteo Chart Physical Album Chart.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr