The first-ever (and hopefully not the last) HallyuLife Awards (#HLA2021) is done, and today, we are officially announcing the winners!

With voting exclusively held on our website (hallyulife.com/awards) from December 24 (5 p.m.) to January 5 at 11:59 p.m. KST, the HallyuLife Awards have gathered almost a million votes on its online poll, with the additional millions of tweets from Twitter voting for the HallyuLife Global Fans’ Choice category, in which we picked 10 winners.

We’ve utilized Twitter in order to reach more fans, making sure our Global Fans’ Choice category is actually global. And while the aforementioned category is based on popularity as it seems, the others were also based on a multitude of criteria, such as album/digital sales and streams, as well as HallyuLife team selection. More information about that on this page: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) | HallyuLife Awards

With that said, here are the winners for the first-ever HallyuLife Awards 2021!

Best Group

• Male – BTS
• Female – BLACKPINK

Best Band

• DAY6

Rookie of the Year

• Male – TREASURE
• Female – aespa

Best Solo Artist

• Male – BAEKHYUN
• Female – IU

Best Vocal Performance

• IU – eight (prod & ft. SUGA of BTS)

Best Dance Performance

• NCT 127 – Kick It

Music video of the Year

• BTS – Dynamite

Song of the Year

• BTS – Dynamite

Artist of the Year

• BTS

Album of the Year

• BTS – MAP OF THE SOUL: 7

HallyuLife Global Fans’ Choice

• BTS
• NCT
• SECRET NUMBER
• TREASURE
• BLACKPINK
• ENHYPEN
• AESPA
• Red Velvet
• TWICE
• STRAY KIDS

HallyuLife Special Awards

These awards are purely given based on HallyuLife’s own discretion. Get to know more about it here.

• Editors’ Choice Award: GFRIEND
• Special Excellence Award: OH MY GIRL
• Next Big Thing Award: LOONA

Congratulations to all the winners! -HallyuLife.com