Seventeen, NCT Dream, Stray Kids, IVE win grand prizes at 31st Hanteo Music Awards
K-pop groups Seventeen, NCT Dream, Stray Kids and IVE emerged as the biggest winners on the second day of the 31st Hanteo Music Awards held on Feb. 18 at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.
The 31st Hanteo Music Awards ceremony was held for two days on Feb. 17 and 18. It was presented by Hanteo Global, which operates the Hanteo Chart, a popular music chart in South Korea, and the fandom app WhosFan.





The winners of the grand prize at the 31st Hanteo Music Awards held on Feb. 18 (Photos from Hanteo Music Awards)
The four groups each won a “daesang” or grand prize, the highest award. Each grand prize was based on Hanteo Global score (50 percent), global voting score (20 percent), and judges’ score (30 percent).
NCT Dream won the grand prize for Best Artist and the members thanked fans for the award.
"There was a lot of effort and help from many people before we received this award. My sincere thanks to Czennies [NCT fans]. I want to say thank you. We will continue to work hard to become an even better NCT Dream,” said Mark.
Jaemin, another member of NCT Dream, said, "Thanks to the support of our fans, we were able to come this far. On behalf of the other members who couldn't come today, we would like to say that we are truly grateful. This grand prize was given to us by our fans, so we will work hard to repay it.”
Seventeen won Best Album, Stray Kids bagged Best Performance and IVE grabbed the Best Song grand prize.
The Artist of the Year (“bonsang” or main prize), the second highest award, went to BTS’ Jungkook, Jimin and V, NCT Dream, Stray Kids, Seventeen, IVE, ENHYPEN, Aespa, Tomorrow X Together, NewJeans, ATEEZ, (G)I-DLE, Le Sserafim, NCT 127 and ZeroBaseOne.










Some of the winners of the Artist of the Year at the 31st Hanteo Music Awards held on Feb. 18 (Photos from Hanteo Music Awards)
Here is the complete list of winners from Days 1 and 2 of the 31st Hanteo Music Awards:
Day 2 winners (Feb. 18, 2024)
Grand Prize (Daesang)
Best Album - Seventeen
Best Performance - Stray Kids
Best Song - IVE
Best Artist - NCT Dream
Artist of the Year (Bonsang or Main Prize)
BTS’ Jungkook
BTS’ Jimin
BTS’ V
Seventeen
Stray Kids
Tomorrow X Together
ENHYPEN
NewJeans
Aespa
ATEEZ
(G)I-DLE
IVE
Le Sserafim
NCT 127
NCT Dream
ZeroBaseOne
Rookie of the Year (Female) - Triple S
Rookie of the Year (Male) - ZeroBaseOne
Global Artist Award
- Tomorrow by Together (Asia and North America),
- BTS’ Jimin (South America and Oceania)
- BTS V (Europe and Africa)
Global Outstanding Artist Award - NMIXX
Blooming Performance Group - 8Turn
Legend Rock Icon - YB
Best Trend Leader - Aespa
Special Award (Ballad) - Parc Jae-jung
Special Award (Hip-hop) - B.I
Top Global Performer - ATEEZ
Next Worldwide Artist - Riize
Global Rising Artist - Kiss of Life
Global Generation Icon - Aespa
Day 1 winners (Feb. 17, 2024)
Favorite Vocal Performance - Kim Jae-hwan
Favorite Crossover Group - Liberante
Favorite Band Performance - Lucy
Popular Global Group - Kep1er
Popular Performance Group - Viviz
Popular Solo Artist - Jeong Dong-won
Emerging Artist Award - Viviz, Tempest
Hanteo Choice K-Pop Male Artist - Vanner
Hanteo Choice K-Pop Female Artist - Billlie
Blooming Star - Just B
Special Award (Virtual Artist) - Plave
Special Award (Trot) - Young Tak
Special Award (Band) - Xdinary Heroes
Post Generation Award - Lee Chan-won
Whos Fandom Award - Hero Generation / Lim Young-woong