Winners at 2021 The Fact Music Awards
The 2021 The Fact Music Awards ceremony was held on Oct. 2 at the Paradise Hotel and Resort in Jung-gu, Incheon in South Korea.
Hosted by The Fact media outlet and Fan N Star, the ceremony had Shin Dong Yup and Seohyun of Girls’ Generation as emcees while Boom took charge of the red carpet event.
Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, strict social distancing rules were implemented. On the red carpet ceremony, all performers wore masks and the number of onsite staff was minimized and state-of-the-art filming equipment was used. Quarantine gates were installed at all entrances and exits of the performance hall to check body temperature and disinfect visitors, according to The Fact.
For the criteria, the music and album scores were based on Gaon Music chart data while the judges were editor Park Soon-gyu, composer Park Geun-tae, composer Cho Young-soo and former producer Ryan.
K-pop superstars BTS emerged as the biggest winner of the ceremony. BTS won the “daesang” (grand prize), the fourth straight year that they won the award.
In addition, they also won four other awards: Artist of the Year, Listener’s Choice, Fan N Star Most Voted (singer) and U+ Idol Live Popularity Award.
Here are the winners of the 2021 The Fact Music Awards:
Daesang (Grand Prize) based on music and album scores (40 percent) and judges’ scores (60 percent) – BTS
Artist of the Year (music and album scores, 40 percent and judges’ scores, 60 percent) – BTS, Seventeen, ATEEZ, ASTRO, Brave Girls, Stray Kids, The Boyz, ITZY, Kang Daniel, Oh My Girl, TXT, Super Junior, ENHYPEN
Listener’s Choice (music and album scores, 60 percent and judges’ scores, 40 percent) – BTS
Worldwide Icon (music and album scores, 40 percent and judges’ scores, 60 percent) – Super Junior
World Best Performer (music and album scores, 40 percent and judges’ scores, 60 percent) – Seventeen
Hottest (music and album scores, 40 percent and judges’ scores, 60 percent) – Weeekly, Cravity
Next Leader (music and album scores, 40 percent and judges’ scores, 60 percent) – STAYC
Fan N Star voting winners
Fan N Star Most Voted (Voting from Dec. 21, 2020 to Sept. 6, 2021)
Fan N Star Most Voted (Singer) – BTS
Fan N Star Most Voted (Individual) – Hwang Chi-yeol
Fan N Star Most Voted (Trot, Male) – Lim Young-woong
Fan N Star Most Voted (Trot, Female) – Jeon Yu-jin
Fan N Star Choice Award (First voting – Aug. 9-23, 2021 / second voting: Sept. 6 to 27, 2021)
Fan N Star Choice Award (Individual) – Hwang Chi-yeol (1,569,106 votes)
Fan N Star Choice Award (Singer) – Super Junior (9,231,776 votes)
Fan N Star Trot Popularity Award – Lim Young-woong (4,199,369 votes)
Fan N Star Best ADs Award: Lim Young-woong
U+ Idol Live Popularity Award: BTS
