by Musician 250 won the most awards at the 20th Korean Popular Music Awards, including Album of the Year and Musician of the Year.
On the 5th, the Korean Popular Music Awards announced the results of the 20th Korean Popular Music Awards on the official YouTube channel. On this day, 250 won awards in four categories, including ‘Record of the Year’ and ‘Musician of the Year.’
With this, 250 holds the record for the most awards in a year, which has only been awarded twice in the 20-year history of the Korean Popular Music Awards.
This is not the only record set by 250’s award this time. 250’s ‘Pong’ became the first electronic music genre to win the ‘Record of the Year’ in the history of the Korean Popular Music Awards.
It is also the first record in 10 years since ‘Jang Ki-ha and the Faces in 2012 to win ‘Record of the Year’ and ‘Musician of the Year simultaneously.
In addition to their albums, 250 won the ‘Best K-Pop Album’ and ‘Best K-Pop Song’ for New Jeans’ debut album ‘New Jeans,’ which they directly participated in arranging.
‘250’ released her regular album ‘Pong’ this year, drawing much attention from critics and music fans at home and abroad. In particular, the UK’s Guardian magazine qualifies ‘250’ as an ‘International treasure’ and highly praised the musical performance of the album ‘Pong.’ It also received favorable reviews from music magazines.
At the end of last year, 250’s ‘Pong’ was selected as the ‘Album of the Year’ by many Japanese media, including Japan’s oldest and most historic music magazine, ‘MUSIC MAGAZINE.’ Many domestic media also selected ‘250’ of ‘Pong’ as the ‘Album of the Year.’
