{"id":932184,"date":"2026-09-06T01:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T06:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/billboard-china-billboard-korea-tencent-music-reveal-winners-of-cross-market-k-artists-initiative\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T01:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T06:20:25","slug":"billboard-china-billboard-korea-tencent-music-reveal-winners-of-cross-market-k-artists-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/billboard-china-billboard-korea-tencent-music-reveal-winners-of-cross-market-k-artists-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard China, Billboard Korea & Tencent Music Reveal Winners of Cross-Market K-Artists\u00a0Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Projects by SEVENTEEN, i-dle, THE8 and NINGNING won in fan voting across four categories.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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\n\tTencent Music, Billboard China<\/a><\/em> and Billboard Korea<\/a><\/em> have officially announced the winners of the inaugural cross-market fan voting initiative recognizing standout K-pop artists across four categories.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBased on the combined results from both the China<\/a> and Korea<\/a> voting channels, the final winners are:<\/p>\n

\n\tBoy Group:<\/strong> SEVENTEEN \u300aTHUNDER\u300b<\/p>\n

\n\tGirl Group:<\/strong> i-dle \u300a\ub098\ub294 \uc544\ud508 \uac74 \ub531 \uc9c8\uc0c9\uc774\ub2c8\uae4c (Fate)\u300b<\/p>\n

\n\tMale Solo:<\/strong> THE8 \u300aCold Love\u300b<\/p>\n

\n\tFemale Solo:<\/strong> NINGNING \u300aKetchup And Lemonade (NINGNING Solo)\u300b<\/p>\n

\n\tThe project combines editorial curation with fan participation. Nominees were selected based on their performance on the Tencent Music Korean Chart alongside recommendations from Billboard Korea<\/em>\u2018s editorial team, with final results determined through fan voting. The awards recognize artists who demonstrated both strong chart performance and broad fan support.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe campaign featured four categories \u2014 Boy Group, Girl Group, Male Solo and Female Solo \u2014 highlighting both group and solo artists across the K-pop landscape.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the Tencent Music Chart and Billboard China<\/em> voting channel, EXO topped the Boy Group category with \u201cCrown,\u201d while i-dle\u2019s \u201cFate\u201d led the Girl Group category. THE8 earned the top spot in Male Solo with \u201cCold Love,\u201d and NINGNING topped the Female Solo category with \u201cKetchup And Lemonade (NINGNING Solo).\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe final winners were determined by combining results from the China and Korea voting channels. Voting in both markets produced the same winners in the Male Solo and Female Solo categories. In the Korea voting channel, BTS\u2019 \u201cBody to Body\u201d topped the Boy Group category, while BLACKPINK\u2019s \u201cJUMP\u201d led the Girl Group vote.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe combined results highlight both the strong alignment in audience tastes across markets and the subtle differences in fan preferences, offering an interesting snapshot of how music resonates with listeners in different regions.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe inaugural cross-market initiative marks a new collaboration between Billboard China<\/em>, Billboard Korea<\/em> and Tencent Music, bringing together chart performance, editorial curation and fan participation in a cross-market initiative. The project also reflects a broader effort to explore new ways of connecting music fans across different markets through Billboard\u2019s global<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Music Projects by SEVENTEEN, i-dle, THE8 and NINGNING won in fan voting across four categories. Trending on Billboard Tencent Music, Billboard China and Billboard Korea have officially announced the winners of the inaugural cross-market fan voting initiative recognizing standout K-pop artists across four categories. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Based on the combined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":932185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":["post-932184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-podcast-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}