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February Voting for 'TENASIA ARTIST TOP TEN' Kicks Off: Woody and Hwasa Lead the Pack
Organized by TenAsia, the 'Artist Top Ten' is a monthly competition that selects the most buzzworthy domestic artists. Male and female K-pop idols, as well as artists from various genres such as indie, mixed groups, and ballads, compete for the top spot in their respective categories.
This month's voting runs from February 9th at midnight until February 22nd at 11:59 PM.
The global voting for 'Artist Top Ten' is divided into three categories: K-POP BOY BRAND, K-POP GIRL BRAND, and HOT GENRE BRAND.
In the HOT GENRE BRAND category, 20 teams, including Woody, Hwasa, WOODZ, Hanroro, Davichi, LE SSERAFIM, j-hope, ALLDAY PROJECT, Lee Chan-hyuk, Roy Kim, Park Koon, Son Bin-ah, Kim Yong-bin, Hong Ja, Park Seo-jin, Kim So-yeon, Chu Hyuk-jin, Choi Woo-jin, Kim Yong-pil, and Kim Da-hyun, are nominated.
Among them, Woody and Hwasa have garnered the most attention. Woody recently held a solo concert titled 'Woody, Story' at the Cloud Under Theater in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on February 7th and 8th, where he connected with fans. He is also set to release a new EP, 'Woody.zip,' featuring four tracks, including 'One More Drink' and 'Let's Just Get Wet in the Rain,' on February 12th at 6 PM.
Hwasa received significant acclaim for her performance with actor Park Jung-min at the '46th Blue Dragon Film Awards' held at KBS Hall in Yeouido on November 19th last year. Her music video for 'Good Goodbye,' performed at the event, surpassed 100 million views on her official YouTube channel as of 9:20 AM on January 30th. The video was released simultaneously with the track on October 15th at 6 PM, reaching this milestone in just over three months.
Voting for 'Artist Top Ten' is conducted through the TenAsia voting service. Rankings are determined solely by the voting scores from the TenAsia application. After the monthly voting concludes, the top 10 artists are selected based on the highest combined fan voting scores. The voting page also offers a daily heart gift event for checking in.
Candidates for the K-POP BOY BRAND and K-POP GIRL BRAND categories are selected from the top 20 teams on the monthly Melon Chart and Idol Champ Chart. Candidates for the HOT GENRE BRAND category are chosen from the top 20 artists on the monthly Melon Chart and Celeb Champ Chart.
Artists who make it to the 'Artist Top Ten' receive benefits such as a special feature article linked to their final ranking, promotion on the TenAsia website, and inclusion in the following month's Artist Top Ten candidates (limited to the first-place artist).
By Min-Kyung Lee, TenAsia Reporter 2min_ror@tenasia.co.kr
