Received “Best New Asian Artist” in JO1 and MAMA. Cheerful comment “Really like a dream” | ORICON NEWS



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The 11-member global boy group JO1 won the “Best New Asian Artist” at Asia’s largest music awards ceremony “2020 MAMA (Mnet ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS)” on the 6th.

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MAMA celebrated its 12th anniversary this year at the Global Music Awards Ceremony held by Korean entertainment channel “Mnet” and CJ ENMCJ ENM. This year, it was held in an off-site format, and popular artists like BTS, IZ * ONE, and TWICE performed in Japan.

Among these artists, JO1 performed the title track “Shine A Light” and the debut track “INFINITY” from the first album “The STAR” that was just released on November 25. He received the prestigious “Best New Asian Artist” award given to new Asian artists who are expected to play an active role in the future.

The JO1 group of the survival audition program “PRODUCE 101 JAPAN” is made up of 11 people selected from 101 people (Kazunari Mamehara, Ren Kawajiri, Takumi Kawanishi, Yoshio Ohira, Shioon Tsurubo, Ruki Shiraiwa, Kei Sato. It is a group of boys global formed by Akira, Shoya Kizen, Junki Kono, Aomi Kaneshiro and Susumu Yonajo.

■ JO1 award commentary
I think so many miraculous things have happened this year. I made my debut as JO1 and received the award in “2020 MAMA”, which is really like a dream.

I am very grateful to all the fans who always support and love us. We will continue to strive to become a growing JO1 to make our dreams come true. Thanks Mom! Thank you KOREA!

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