13th TOP TEN AWARDS: Voting Begins for the Best Global Artists of 2025

The 13th TOP TEN AWARDS (TTA), which selects the 'Best Global Artists,' is set to commence voting. This year's TTA has been upgraded and expanded to include the actor category.

Organized by TenAsia, the 13th TTA aims to crown the best global artists for the first half of 2025. Artists representing K-pop and K-content will compete for the title of 'Best Global Artist' at the 13th TTA.

Preliminary voting will take place from May 19 at 10 AM to June 1 at noon, followed by the final voting from June 5 at 10 AM to June 14 at noon.

Voting is open to everyone globally through the Idol Champ and Celeb Champ applications. Idol Champ (referred to as A-Champ) will conduct voting in categories such as Male Idol Group, Female Idol Group, Male Idol Solo, Female Idol Solo, and Rookie (combined male and female). Celeb Champ (referred to as C-Champ) voting includes categories like Male Singer Solo, Female Singer Solo, Male Actor, Female Actor, and Best Song.

There are 93 teams nominated in Idol Champ and 88 teams in Celeb Champ. Idol Champ nominees include TREASURE, Stray Kids, IVE, TWICE, V (BTS), Junho (2PM), Minnie (i-dle), LE SSERAFIM, NMIXX, J-Hope (BTS), G-Dragon (BIGBANG), Jennie (BLACKPINK), Jisoo (BLACKPINK), ATEEZ, NiziU, and Kang Daniel, among others.

In the Celeb Champ singer category, 20 male and 20 female teams will compete, including Son Tae-jin, Kim Yong-pil, Kim Jung-yeon, Kim Hee-jae, Park Seo-jin, My Jin, Hong Ji-yoon, Kim Tae-yeon, HYNN (Park Hye-won), and Younha.

The Celeb Champ actor category features 24 male and 24 female nominees, including Lee Kyu-hyung, Park Jin-young (GOT7), Cha Eun-woo, Park Bo-gum, Lee Je-hoon, IU, Kim Hye-yoon, Jisoo, Go Yoon-jung, and Song Hye-kyo.

The Best Song category includes 16 songs such as Park Seo-jin's 'Honey Tip,' Jang Min-ho's 'Eurachachacha,' Son Tae-jin's 'I'll Call You,' My Jin's 'Love Recall,' JAESSBEE's 'All the Now with You,' Jo Jjae's 'Don't You Know (PROD. Rocoberry),' Hwang Ga-ram's 'I Am a Firefly,' Lee Young-ji's 'Small Girl (feat. D.O.),' Roy Kim's 'If You Ask Me What Love Is,' Soon Soon-hee's 'Sad Invitation,' 10CM's 'To Reach You,' Lim Jae-hyun's 'Rhapsody of Rain,' Crush's 'Sorry, Hate, Love,' OVAN's 'Flower,' Lee Mu-jin's 'Youth Comic,' and Lim Young-woong's 'More Beautiful Than Heaven.'

In the A-Champ application, nominees include top candidates from A-Champ Song & King of Kings, top rankers from A-Champ Chart, artists who ranked first in A-Champ voting from December last year to May this year, and artists who made a comeback in the first half of this year.

In the C-Champ application, nominees include artists who ranked in the C-Champ Chart TOP100 (male) and TOP150 (female), artists who ranked first in C-Champ voting from January to April, and artists who released new songs or had ongoing projects in the first quarter. Best Song nominees include songs that ranked in the TOP3 of the live broadcast voting of Trot Champion from January to April or in the TOP5 of the Melon Chart (excluding K-pop).

The top two artists from each category, selected through the preliminaries, will compete in the finals to be named the 'Best Global Artist of the First Half of 2025.'

By Min-Kyung Lee, TenAsia Reporter 2min_ror@tenasia.co.kr