New Jeans added a prestigious Japanese music awards trophy to their collection. Despite it being before their official debut in the country, they continued to prove their powerful popularity.

The Recording Industry Association of Japan announced the list of winners for the "38th Japan Gold Disc Awards" on Wednesday. New Jeans won in two Asian categories.

First of all, New Jeans was selected as the "Best 3 New Artists" in Asia. With its hit song "OMG," it won the "Song of the Year by Streaming" trophy in Asia.

The "Japan Gold Disc Awards" is an award ceremony awarded to artists and works that have contributed to the development of the record industry by the Japan Record Association. Winners in each category are selected according to the record, music video sales, and streaming playback performance released over a year.

"Thank you to many people for sharing various moments with 'OMG'. I hope that our music will remain in your memories in the future," New Jeans said, adding, "We will work harder to present you better music."

As a result, New Jeans won a total of five trophies at major music award ceremonies in Japan. Last year, they received the "Best Buds Award" at the "Japan Record Awards" and the "Special Award" at the "MTV VMAJ 2023."

The popularity of New Jeans is evidenced by their accomplishments in Japan last year. The Recording Industry Association of Japan has certified three songs as platinum (more than 100 million times) in the streaming sector.

"Ditto" and "OMG" reached 100 million cumulative streams on Oricon. It also topped the list of K-pop artists in several categories of the 2023 annual charts released by Oricon and Billboard Japan, respectively.

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<Translated by=Jisu Kim (Dispatch)>