The Fact Music Awards 2023 was held on October 10th at the Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea. The awards ceremony recognizes major contributors to the Hallyu wave.
The biggest winner of the night was Seventeen, who took home the Daesang (Grand Prize). Other notable winners included aespa, ATEEZ, ITZY, IVE, Lim Young Woong, NewJeans, NMIXX, Stray Kids, and TREASURE, who all won Artist of the Year (Bonsang).
aespa also took home the Worldwide Icon award, while IVE won the Best Performer award. Stray Kids won the Four Star Award, and NewJeans won the Listeners’ Choice award.
RIIZE and ZEROBASEONE won the Next Leader award, while Lee Chan Won won the Best Music (Spring) award. BTS won both the Best Music (Summer) and Best Music (Fall) awards. Lim Young Woong won the Best Music (Winter) award.
BTS’s Jimin won the Idol Plus Popularity Award, while Kwon Eun Bi won the Solo Performer of the Year award. Jannabi won the Band Performer of the Year award.
BTS and Lim Young Woong won the Fan N Star Most Voted award, while BTS won the Fan N Star Choice Award (Group) and Lim Young Woong won the Fan N Star Choice Award (Solo).
BOYNEXTDOOR and xikers won the Hottest award, while Lim Young Woong won the Fan N Star Best Ads Award.
List of the winners of The Fact Music Awards 2023
- Daesang (Grand Prize): Seventeen
- Artist of the Year (Bonsang): aespa, ATEEZ, ITZY, IVE, Lim Young Woong, NewJeans, NMIXX, Seventeen, Stray Kids, TREASURE
- Worldwide Icon: aespa
- Best Performer: IVE
- Four Star Award: Stray Kids
- Listeners’ Choice: NewJeans
- Next Leader: RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE
- Best Music (Spring): Lee Chan Won
- Best Music (Summer): BTS
- Best Music (Fall): BTS’s V
- Best Music (Winter): Lim Young Woong
- Idol Plus Popularity Award: BTS’s Jimin
- Solo Performer of the Year: Kwon Eun Bi
- Band Performer of the Year: Jannabi
- Fan N Star Most Voted: BTS, Lim Young Woong
- Fan N Star Choice Award (Group): BTS
- Fan N Star Choice Award (Solo): Lim Young Woong
- Hottest: BOYNEXTDOOR, xikers
- Fan N Star Best Ads Award: Lim Young Woong
