ILLIT Wins Excellent Work Award at the Japan Record Awards... BOYNEXTDOOR Receives Rookie Award

Girl group ILLIT and group BOYNEXTDOOR, along with &TEAM and other K-pop artists, have been selected as winners of the 67th Japan Record Awards, proving their overwhelming influence in the Japanese music market.

According to the list of winners posted on the official Japan Record Awards website on the 21st, artists under HYBE Labels swept the major categories.

ILLIT Honored with 'Excellent Work Award' for Two Consecutive Years

Girl group ILLIT won the Excellent Work Award with their Japanese song 'Almond Chocolate' released in February this year. The Excellent Work Award selects 10 songs released in the year that demonstrate outstanding artistry, originality, and planning, and these 10 songs will also be nominated for the Award (Record Award) to be announced on December 30.

Following their win of the Rookie Award at last year's Japan Record Awards, ILLIT has now achieved the honor of winning for two consecutive years. This is considered an extraordinary achievement for a rookie K-pop group.

BOYNEXTDOOR Rookie Award, &TEAM Special Award

The award-winning streak of HYBE Labels artists continued.

• Boy group BOYNEXTDOOR received the Rookie Award, awarded to promising newcomers. (The Rookie Award is a finalist for the Best New Artist Award)

• HYBE's local Japanese group &TEAM received the Special International Music Award. The Special International Music Award is given to artists who have shown outstanding activities globally, proving &TEAM's global recognition.

The Japan Record Awards, which began in 1959, is a prestigious music award ceremony hosted by the Japan Composers Association and will be broadcast live on TBS on December 30.