Published December 13, 2020, 7:44 AM
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, Kang Daniel, Seventeen, GOT7, TWICE, Super Junior, IZ ONE, Mamamoo, Monsta X and NU’EST (Twitter)
The 2020 The Fact Music Awards ceremony was held on Dec. 12 to honor Korean artists with BTS and Super Junior emerging as the biggest winners.
K-pop superstars BTS won the daesang, or grand prize, the highest honor. This is their third consecutive year to bag the daesang, winning it for the first time in 2018. The award was based on music and record score from Gaon Music Chart data, 40 percent, and judges’ score, 60 percent.
BTS won three other awards: Listener’s Choice (music and record score, 60 percent, and judges’ score, 40 percent), and Year’s Artist and Worldwide Icon, both based on music and record score, 40 percent, and judges’ score, 60 percent.
The Fact Music Awards took place on December 12 as an “ontact” (no face-to-face contact, broadcast online) ceremony, hosted by Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun and Jun Hyun Moo.
The previous The Fact Music Awards was scheduled to be held in February 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although winners were announced.
For the third time in a row, BTS received the Daesang (Grand Prize). The group also took home trophies for This Year’s Artist, Worldwide Icon, and Listener’s Choice. Super Junior also won four awards: This Year’s Artist, TMA Popularity Award, Fan N Star Choice Award (Singer), and Fan N Star Most Votes Award (Singer).