ENTERTAINMENT
New Jeans, the only K-pop female artist to win the ‘Billboard Women in Music Awards’
According to the list of winners of the '2024 Billboard Women In Music Awards' announced by Billboard on the 24th (local time), New Jeans (Minzy, Hani, Daniel, Haerin, Hyein) were named 'Group of the Year' Receives the Group of the Year Award. New Jeans is the first K-pop female artist to receive an award in this category. New Jeans plans to attend the awards ceremony held at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, USA on March 6th.
The 'Billboard Women in Music Awards', which started in 2007, is an awards ceremony that selects and awards the best female artists, creators, producers, and executives who have had a significant impact on the music industry in the year. This year, with global top female artists such as Maren Morris, Ice Spice, Charli XCX, Kylie Minogue, and Tems selected as winners in each category, New Jeans She was named as the only K-pop female artist.
New Jeans took the global music market by storm in 2023. With their second EP 'Get Up', they ranked first on the US Billboard main album chart 'Billboard 200' (as of August 5, 2023) in the shortest period of time (one year) since debut among K-pop groups. With this album staying on this chart for 26 consecutive weeks, New Jeans set a tie record for being the longest-running chart chart for a K-pop girl group.
In addition, New Jeans also appeared on Billboard's main song chart 'Hot 100' last year alone with 5 songs ('OMG', 'Ditto', 'Super Shy', 'ETA', and 'Cool with You'). With You)) was introduced. Based on these achievements, New Jeans won 'Top Global K-pop Artist' at the 'Billboard Music Awards' (BBMAs), one of the three major American music awards ceremonies, and became the first K-pop girl group to perform. unfolded.
Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr
