BTS Jungkook wins Male Artist of the Year at ‘Philippine K-Pop Awards’

BTS' Jungkook won the '2022 Male Artist of the Year' at the 'Philippine KPOP Awards'.

The 11th Philippine K-Pop Convention was held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, Philippines on December 30 (local time).

This event, the largest K-pop fan festival in the Philippines that started in 2009 and is celebrating its 11th anniversary this year, includes the 'Philippine K-Pop Awards' awards ceremony to award stars who shined in 2022, as well as a 'K-pop goods booth'. , 'K-Pop Cosplay', 'K-Pop Dance Battle', and 'K-Pop Idol Lookalike Contest' continued to add excitement.

In particular, at the 'Philippine K-Pop Awards' awards ceremony, BTS Jungkook was honored with the honor of winning 'Male Artist of the Year 2022', re-proving the power of a global icon.

K-pop male artists nominated along with Jungkook included BI, BTS Jin, Lim Young-woong, Psy, and Zico.

In the 'Best Collaboration of the Year 2022' category, BTS' Suga and Psy won with 'That That'.

It is known that Jungkook's Filipino fan base, which boasts tremendous firepower, is actively active in the local area.

Jungkook's Philippine fan base 'Golden Alliance PH' celebrated Jungkook's birthday on September 1 last year by posting the longest panorama by a Korean artist, measuring 60 meters wide and 2.5 meters tall, on the exterior wall of Villa Sampaguita Resort in Antipolo, Philippines. An art mural was created as a birthday present and became a hot topic.

On September 1, Jungkook's birthday fountain show was held at Luneta Park (hereinafter Rizal Park) located in Manila, Philippines.

In addition, 'Golden Alliance PH' has been leading various donation and sharing activities to spread Jungkook's good influence, and after donating food and equipment to 'Mali', the only remaining elephant at the Manila Zoo in the Philippines, "K-pop idol BTS He also received a thank you message from local mayor Isko Moreno (45), saying, "Thank you to Jungkook's Philippine fan club 'Golden Alliance PH' for donating food and equipment to the elephant Marley at the Manila Zoo."

In addition, on the famous Philippine variety show 'It's Showtime' last September, celebrities, audience members, and broadcasting officials performed Jungkook's 'For Youth' dance challenge, making the broadcast that day like a 'Jungkook special'. It was filled like a 'side', and popular actresses Shaira Diaz, Bianca Umali, Mikee Quintos, and Liza Soberano showed their passionate fandom for Jungkook. Pray is showing great popularity from local fans to famous celebrities.

Recently, Jungkook was included in the '200 greatest singers of all time' selected by Rolling Stone, a renowned American music media outlet, and was selected as the 'most famous musician' representing people born in 1997 around the world by US media outlet STACKER. .

In addition, Jungkook was ranked first in the 'Best K-Pop Idol of 2022' by Mashable India, an IT media outlet headquartered in New York, USA, and 'Best K-Pop Idol of 2022' by American radio 'Channel R Radio'. 1st place in the 'Best New Artist 2022' category, 1st place in 'Top Male Soloists 2022' selected by 'Genius Korea' of American digital music media Genius, second in the US Ranked first in ‘Artist of the Summer’ selected by major radio company Audacy, and ranked first in ‘K-Pop Star’ by social media service ‘Tumblr’ for five consecutive years. ', showing the successful progress of a solo artist with a dazzling multi-award winning relay in 2022.

Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr