The final voting for the "WHOS FANDOM Award" at the "30th Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2022" has concluded, and BTS has been confirmed as the first recipient of the award.

Hanteo Global, the organizer of the Hanteo Music Awards, announced on the 19th that "the final voting for the 'WHOS FANDOM Award,' conducted through the 'WHOS FAN' app, ended at noon on the 18th, and BTS has earned the honor of winning."

In the final voting for the "WHOS FANDOM Award," BTS and Stray Kids faced off. They showed an intense voting battle, having surpassed many formidable candidates.
The voting resulted in BTS receiving 63.78% of the votes and Stray Kids receiving 36.22%, with BTS ultimately taking first place.

The "WHOS FANDOM Award" is an award given to both the global fandom and the artist.

It signifies that the protagonists of K-pop are the global fandom and the artist, and it is determined 100% by global fan voting. Starting with the Seoul Music Awards in 2020, it is now being awarded through the "Hanteo Music Awards," and this marks the third consecutive year that BTS and ARMY (the fandom name) have achieved the feat of winning.

Meanwhile, the "30th Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2022" is the first offline awards ceremony to be held in celebration of Hanteo Chart's 30th anniversary. It will be held at the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium on February 10th and 11th.

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.