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BTS Jungkook ranked first in ‘Best K-Pop Idol of 2022’ by ‘Mashable India’
Mashable India, an IT media outlet headquartered in New York, USA, selected and reported on the talented and versatile 'Best K-Pop Idols' who shone in 2022.
Among them, BTS member Jungkook was the first to be ranked first in 'Best K-Pop Idol', showing off his popularity and presence as a super-powerful trend.
The media introduced Jungkook as a perfect idol with everything from visuals to skills, saying, "He is known as one of the most popular members of BTS. He tends to steal the show during concerts with his angelic visuals and impressive dancing and singing skills." “This year, he made history as the ‘first’ K-pop idol to sing the FIFA World Cup theme song Dreamers,” he added, emphasizing Another Level’s ‘untouchable’ influence.
In addition to Jungkook, BTS's V was ranked 2nd, 3rd was Blackpink's Lisa, 4th was Blackpink's Jennie, 5th was Espa Carina, 6th was Ive's Jang Won-young, 7th was Astro's Cha Eun-woo, 8th. A large number of male and female idols with great influence in the global music market, including IU, rose to the top.
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. .
Jungkook was selected as the K-pop solo singer in the ' Top K-Pop Artists 2022 ' category by Anghami, the largest music streaming platform in the Middle East, known as the 'Middle East version of Spotify'. He received the honor of being the ‘only’ member to be listed in the top 10.
Jungkook took first place in the 'Best New Artist' category at the ' 2022 Channel R Radio Awards' hosted by American radio station ' Channel R Radio', with Charlie Puth 's collaboration song 'Left and Right' took first place in the Best Collaboration category, winning '2 awards', and 'Genius Korea' of American digital music media Genius. In the '2022 Year-End Genius Korea Chart' chart, he ranked 1st in the ' Top Male Soloists ' chart and ranked as the top K-OST with his solo song 'Stay Alive'. Song ( Top K-OST Songs) ranked first and set a true record by achieving 'double wins'.
In addition, Jungkook won first place in the 'Collaboration Song' category at the '2022 People's Choice Awards' (E! People's Choice Awards 2022, PCAs), an American music, film and TV awards ceremony, with 'Left and Right'. . Jungkook also achieved the feat of becoming the first Korean solo singer to win the People's Choice Awards.
Jungkook has achieved endless feats, including being named first in this year's 'Artist of the Summer' selected by Audacy, the second largest radio company in the United States, in September of last year, and is expected to perform as a solo artist in 2022 . It showed a dazzlingly successful move.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
