HIBE Labels artists are raging in the Japanese music market. This is the result of solidifying the position of a global K-pop powerhouse through a multi-label strategy and actively discovering new talented artists.
According to the list of winners of the '37th Japan Gold Disc Award' announced by the Recording Industry Association of Japan on March 10, BTS (Big Hit Music), Seventeen (Pledis Entertainment), &TEAM (Antim, HIBE Labels) under HIBE Labels Japan) achieved a total of 8 crowns.
BTS confirmed the popularity of their band in Japan by winning 4 crowns. In particular, they were named the winner of 'Best Asian Artist', an award given to the most active Asian artist during the year, for 5 consecutive years, setting a record for the most distinctions won ever in the category at Japan's Gold Disc Awards. contains the live performance of a fan meeting commemorating the 8th anniversary of
BTS made the 'Best 3 Albums (Asia)' with 'Proof', an anthology album that contains the history of 9 years after their debut, and 'Song of the Year by Download' with this album's title song 'Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)'. Asia'.
In addition, ´BTS 2021 Master Microcosm'' was awarded Music Video of the Year. This In addition, BTS was named in significant categories such as artist, album, sound source, and video at the 'Gold Disc Awards'. It became an uploading group. In addition to group activities, Jungkook and Charlie Puth's collaboration song 'Left and Right' was uploaded to 'Song of the Year by Streaming (Western music)', proving its powerful influence as a solo artist.
Seventeen's albums released in Korea and Japan were equally loved and won three crowns. Japan's first EP 'DREAM' and Korea's 4th regular album 'Face the Sun' were included on the list of 'Best 3 Albums (Asia)'. Among them, 'DREAM' demonstrated its potential to win 'Album of the Year (Asia)', which is given to the album of the year that achieves the most outstanding achievement in its category.
As a result, all selected works in the 'Best 3 Albums (Asia)' category of the Japan 'Golden Disk Awards' this year were filled with HIBE Labels artists. Last year, BTS' second-best Japanese album 'BTS, THE BEST', Seventeen's 9th mini album 'Attacca', and TXT Japan's first EP 'Chaotic Wonderland' were selected.
The progress of the HIBE Japan rookie group is also outstanding. &TEAM was named the recipient of the 'Best 5 New Artists (Japanese Music)' award. Debuting in December of last year, they won the 2022 Rookie of the Year award with less than a month of activity.
&TEAM's award has a special meaning. Ahead of &TEAM's debut, HIBE applied the same multi-label strategy that respects diversity and independence to overseas labels, and thoroughly considered local fandoms and environments to discover and promote talented artists. As a result, &TEAM proved its global competitiveness by becoming one of the 'Best 5 New Artists' in the Japanese music category.
Established in 1987 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, the 'Gold Disc Awards' is one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies in the Japanese music industry. Winners (works) are determined based on the net sales performance of CDs and videos (total shipments minus returns), music transmission sales, and streaming playback performance.