[M+Special Survey-Asked 144 Singers Part②] Best New Artist, Breakthrough Artist, Role Model of the Year?
[MBN스타 남우정·송초롱 기자] At the end of each year, many look back on the past year. Whether it be work assessment or financial status evaluation, people look back and contemplate on what happed during the past year and prepare for the next. This goes for media as well. The press publishes reports that summarizes the top events of the year or provides in-depth analysis. In any case, the objective is to make things better next year than this year. The music industry is not an exception. Many records were broken, and numerous incidents and accidents continued in the music industry throughout the year. MBN Star Pop Culture Division looks back on the past 12 months of the music industry through the eyes of singers. 144 singers of 32 groups were asked who the best singer is, what the best song and the best album are, and what they think of their achievements during the past 12 months.
Postman, Huh Gak, Orange Caramel, SunnyHill, Fly to the Sky, BTS, Beast, BTOB, AOA, CNBLUE, TEEN TOP, 100%, M.I.B, Crush, Roy Kim, HELLOVENUS, Jung Jun Young, Park Boram, Hong Dae Kwang, ToppDogg, Block B, Lovelyz, Apink, SISTAR, JUNGGIGO, Boyfriend, Girl’s Day, VIXX, B1A4, BESTie, GOT7 participated in the survey for “Music Industry in 2014 From Singers’ Perspective”. Girls’ Generation-TTS and Taemin of SHINee joined for the survey on what the singers think of their achievements during the past year./ MBN Star Pop Culture Division
We can’t even count the number of songs released even in one day and the number of new faces. Musicians were asked to pick the best new artist, breakthrough artist, and role model of the year.
Best New Artist of the Year-WINNER
Amidst many new singers, those who participated in the survey picked WINNER as the best new artist of the year throwing a total of 44 votes. WINNER released their debut album only in August, but the popularity they have gained through their survival show had their “EMPTY” and “Don’t Flirt” sweep the online music charts. WINNER also received new artist awards at SBS’s GAYODAEJEON and Mnet’s MAMA, proving their great popularity.
Those who were surveyed commented that WINNER was the best artist of the year because “They attracted so much attention that they topped all the online charts as soon as they debuted, and they are all very talented.” and “They were chosen as the best new artist at all the awards this year. Incredible debut.”
Mamamoo, a girl group consisting of highly talented vocals, was chosen as the second best new artist winning 36 votes, and the third best went to AKMU with 16 votes.
◇ Role Model of the Year
Many big names in the music industry made a comeback this year, but singers chose God as their role model. God has staged a comeback after a long break inspiring a lot of their fellow artists. God won the most votes with 15.
Those who voted for God said, “I want my group to become an iconic group just like God”, “I want to be loved for long” and “Their music is great, they are all easy to like, watching their performance has a healing effect.”
Seo Taiji, who made a big comeback this year, and G-DRAGON, who formed a unit group with TAEYANG, got 11 votes each, taking the second place. Park Hyo Shin won 10 votes landing at the fourth place, and TAEYANG at the fifth place with 9 votes.
2014. 12. 27.
