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TWICE wins the US ‘Billboard Women in Music’ Awards
Twice won the 'Breakthrough Artist' category at the '2023 Billboard Women In Music' Awards held at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, USA on the 2nd and made K-pop history. Newly written.
'Billboard Women in Music' is a large-scale awards ceremony hosted by Billboard that awards awards to the best female artists, creators, producers, executives, etc. who have had the greatest impact on the music industry throughout the year. The 'Breakthrough Artist' award, of which Twice was selected, is an award given to singers who have achieved meaningful challenges and distinguished themselves in the music market. They are the first K-pop female artists to win the award, following the honors of previous winners in the category, Idina Menzel, Tori Kelly, Maren Morris, and Camila Cabello. raised the bar.
Twice attended the awards ceremony and said, "Receiving 'Breakthrough Artist' from 'Billboard Women in Music' started the year in the most magical way. Since becoming Twice, we have walked together, believing in each other, towards the future. We took a step forward. This moment is even more precious as all nine members are standing together in front of the fans who made our dreams come true. The award called 'Breakthrough Artist' means 'you can break through if you confidently pursue your dreams with those who support you. ' This proves that. Using this achievement as motivation, we will work hard to break more walls in the future. TWICE can continue to break through because ONCE (Fandom name: ONCE) is by our side. Thank you for being with us on our journey. “I would like to thank everyone,” he said in his acceptance speech.
On this day, every time TWICE's name was called at the awards ceremony, the audience erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and news of the award ranked #1 in real-time trending around the world on Twitter, demonstrating the group's overwhelming global popularity. In particular, Twice heightened the excitement by decorating the ending stage with the pre-released English single 'MOONLIGHT SUNRISE', which succeeded in entering the Billboard main chart 'Hot 100' for the second time. Through a fantastic performance with 9 members and 9 colors of overwhelming visuals on a mysterious sound, they proved their status as the 'K-pop representative girl group' and captivated global K-pop fans with their eyes and ears.
Twice has steadily accumulated global achievements and established itself as the top worldwide girl group. In June of last year, Nayeon, the first solo artist, achieved the first top 10 spot on the 'Billboard 200' as a K-pop solo artist with her 1st mini album 'IM NAYEON', and the full-length album 'BETWEEN 1&2' (Between One) released in August. N2) ranked 3rd on the chart and entered the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the third time. In addition, according to the results of last year's CD sales and digital download figures in the United States calculated by Luminate, an American music data aggregation company, 'BETWEEN 1&2' ranked 5th in the US region in 2022 based on group albums, and 'IM NAYEON' Based on female solo artist albums, they were ranked 9th best-selling in the U.S. in 2022. In addition, a total of 21 songs are released, including all active songs from the debut song 'Like OOH-AHH' to the latest song 'Talk that Talk', 3 Japanese songs, and the first English single 'The Feels'. They have put their music videos in the hundreds of millions of views and are holding the record of having the most music videos with over 100 million views among female groups around the world.
Starting in April, they will take a powerful leap forward as 'stadium artists' through their new world tour 'TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR 'READY TO BE''. According to the recently released first plan, starting in Seoul on April 15th and 16th, Sydney, Australia on May 3rd (hereinafter local time), Melbourne on the 6th, Osaka, Japan on the 13th and 14th, and Tokyo on the 20th and 21st. , 14 cities around the world, including Los Angeles, USA on June 10, Oakland, USA on the 13th, Seattle on the 16th, Dallas on the 21st, Houston on the 24th, Chicago on the 28th, Toronto, Canada on July 2, New York, USA on the 6th, and Atlanta on the 9th. A 17-session tour will be held. In addition, through this tour, the 'K-pop girl group's first ever Japanese stadium performance' will be held at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan and Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo, and will be held at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and MetLife Stadium in New York, USA, with a total of 6 stadium exclusive concerts. Expand .
Meanwhile, Twice will make a comeback with the release of their 12th mini album 'READY TO BE' and the title song 'SET ME FREE' at 2pm on the 10th (00:00 Eastern time in the US).
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
