The Fact Music Awards

The Fact Music Awards (Korean: 더팩트 뮤직 어워즈; abbreviated as TMA) is an awards ceremony hosted by The Fact and organized by Fan N Star that recognizes major contributors to the Hallyu wave.^[1] Established in 2019, The Fact Music Awards determines its winners through objective data from Gaon, a panel of judges, and the support and participation scores of fans at home and abroad.^[2]

The Fact Music Awards
Official poster for the 2021 awards
Awarded for	Contributions to the Hallyu wave
Country	South Korea
Presented by	The Fact and Fan N Star
First awarded	April 24, 2019; 3 years ago (2019-04-24)
Website	tfmusicawards.com

The awards ceremony broadcasts across Asia through multiple channels including both V Live and ABS-CBN.^[3]

The December 2020 ceremony was replaced by an online ceremony for awards in all categories in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent further spread of the virus and to ensure the safety of both fans and artists.^[4]

Ceremonies

Edition	Date	Venue	City	Host(s)	Ref.
1st	April 24, 2019	Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon	Incheon, South Korea	Jun Hyun-moo and Seohyun	^[5]^[6]
2nd	March 16, 2020	Online Announcement			^[7]^[8]
3rd	December 12, 2020	Online Ceremony (On-tact)		Jun Hyun-moo and Seohyun	^[9]^[10]
4th	October 2, 2021			Seohyun, Shin Dong-yup, and Boom	^[11]^[12]
5th	October 8, 2022	KSPO Dome	Seoul, South Korea	Jun Hyun-moo and Seohyun	^[13]^[14]

Grand Prize (Daesang)

Edition	Year	Winner
1st	2018	BTS
2nd	2019
3rd	2020
4th	2021
5th	2022

Artist of the Year (Bonsang)

Edition	Year	Winner(s)
1st	2018	BTS	Twice	Mamamoo	Monsta X	NU'EST	Red Velvet	Chungha	iKon	GFriend	Momoland	—	—	—
2nd	2019	BTS	Twice	Mamamoo	Monsta X	NU'EST	Red Velvet	Chungha	Super Junior	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	2020	BTS	Twice	Mamamoo	Monsta X	NU'EST	Seventeen	Kang Daniel	Super Junior	Iz*One	Hwasa	Got7	—	—
4th	2021	BTS	Itzy	Brave Girls	Astro	Ateez	Seventeen	Kang Daniel	Super Junior	Oh My Girl	Stray Kids	The Boyz	TXT	Enhypen
5th	2022	BTS	Itzy	(G)I-dle	Treasure	Ateez	NCT Dream	Kang Daniel	Psy	Ive	Stray Kids	The Boyz	TXT	Lim Young-woong

Best Performer Award

Edition	Year	Winner(s)
1st	2018	Mamamoo	Monsta X	—
2nd	2019	(G)I-dle	Stray Kids	The Boyz
3rd	2020	Itzy	Jessi	TXT
4th	2021	Seventeen	—	—
5th	2022	Ateez	NCT Dream	—

Next Leader Award

Edition	Year	Winner(s)
1st	2018	(G)I-dle	Stray Kids	The Boyz
2nd	2019	Itzy	TXT	—
3rd	2020	Cravity	Enhypen	Weeekly^[15]
4th	2021	STAYC	—	—
5th	2022	Ive	Le Sserafim	NewJeans

Worldwide Icon Award

Edition	Year	Winner(s)
1st	2018	Red Velvet	Twice
2nd	2019	Super Junior	—
3rd	2020	BTS	Seventeen
4th	2021	Super Junior	—
5th	2022	NCT Dream	—

Popularity Award

Edition	Year	Winner
1st	2018	BTS
2nd	2019
3rd	2020	Super Junior
4th	2021	BTS
5th	2022

Listener's Choice Award

Edition	Year	Winner
2nd	2019	BTS
3rd	2020
4th	2021
5th	2022	NCT Dream

Global Hottest Award

Edition	Year	Winner(s)
3rd	2020	Ateez	(G)I-dle	Stray Kids	The Boyz
4th	2021	Cravity	Weeekly	—	—
5th	2022	TNX	Kep1er	—	—

Other Awards

Edition	Year	Award	Winner(s)
1st	2018	Best Album	BTS's Love Yourself: Answer
		Best Song	iKon's "Love Scenario"
		Fan Rising Star	A.C.E
2nd	2019	Band Performer of the Year	IZ		N.Flying
5th	2022	Hot Stage of the Year	Psy

Fan N Star Awards

(Determined through fan votes)

Fan N Star Angel N Star Award

Edition	Year	Winner
5th	2022	Kim Ho-joong	Lim Young-woong	Young Tak

Fan N Star Choice Award

Edition	Year	Winner
		Group	Individual
1st	2018	Super Junior	Kang Daniel
2nd	2019
3rd	2020		Hwang Chi-yeul
4th	2021
5th	2022	BTS	Jin

Fan N Star Four N Star Award

Edition	Year	Winner
5th	2022	Stray Kids

Fan N Star Global Award

Edition	Year	Winner
5th	2022	BTS

Fan N Star Most Votes Award

Edition	Year	Winner
		Group	Individual
1st	2018	Super Junior	Kang Daniel	—
2nd	2019			—
3rd	2020		Hwang Chi-yeul	—
4th	2021	BTS		Lim Young-woong
5th	2022

Fan N Star Trot Popularity Award

Edition	Year	Winner
3rd	2020	Lim Young-woong
4th	2021
5th	2022

Fan N Star Best Ads. Award

Edition	Year	Winner
3rd	2020	Lim Young-woong
4th	2021
5th	2022

Fan N Star Hall of Fame Award

Edition	Year	Winner(s)
		Group	Individual
1st	2018	Super Junior	Eunhyuk
		NU'EST	JR
			Aron
		—	Kang Daniel
		—	Kim Jae-joong
4th	2021	Super Junior	—

Fan N Star Special Award

Edition	Year	Winner
2nd	2019	Yang Joon-il

Most Wins

Rank	Artist(s)	Awards
1	BTS	23
2	Super Junior	15
3	Lim Young-woong	10
4	Kang Daniel	8
5	Stray Kids	6
6	Hwang Chi-yeul	5
	The Boyz

General references

• April 24, 2019 Winners:^[16]
• March 16, 2020 Winners:^[17]
• December 12, 2020 Winners:^[18]
• October 2, 2021 Winners:^[19]
• October 8, 2022 Winners:^[20]

References

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2. "The Fact Music Awards: About Event". The Fact Music Awards. December 27, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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4. "몬스타엑스·세븐틴·슈퍼주니어, 올해의 아티스트상 수상[2020 더팩트뮤직어워즈]". MBN (in Korean). December 12, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
5. "전현무x서현, 더팩트 뮤직어워드 MC 확정..방탄소년단에 아이콘까지 [공식]". Osen (in Korean). April 4, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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12. "신동엽·서현 '2021 TMA' MC 발탁…붐 스페셜MC" [Shin Dong-yup·Seohyun selected as MCs for '2021 TMA'... Boom Special MC]. MBN (in Korean). September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
13. 더보이즈→아이브 등…‘2022 더팩트 뮤직 어워즈(TMA)’ 1차 라인업 공개 (in Korean). August 18, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
14. 전현무X서현, ‘더팩트 뮤직 어워즈’ 4회 연속 공동 MC (in Korean). 2022-09-14. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
15. "위클리, '2020 더팩트뮤직어워즈'서 '넥스트 리더' 수상". Hankyung (in Korean). December 14, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
16. "All the winners & performances from The Fact Music Awards". SBS PopAsia. April 25, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
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18. "방탄소년단, 3년 연속 더팩트 뮤직어워즈 대상…이변 없었다(종합)". News1 (in Korean). December 12, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
19. Kim, Saet-byeol (October 3, 2021). "[2021 TMA] '더팩트 뮤직 어워즈' 성료…스타와 팬이 만든 '힐링'". The Fact (in Korean). Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Naver.
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