Congratulations, SEVENTEEN And Kep1er Win The Japan Record Awards

JAKARTA - K-pop idol groups SEVENTEEN and Kep1er received awards at the Japan Record Awards in 2022, an annual music award ceremony deemed equivalent to the Grammy Awards in Japan.

Sev, being the first in the group's career consisting of 13 personnel.

While Kep1er won the Special Awards category. Of the seven recipients of this category, Kep1er is the only K-pop group.

Quoted from Soompi, Thursday, November 17, the 64th Japan Record Awards ceremony will be held on December 30, 2022 and broadcast via Japanese broadcaster TBS.

Late this month, SEVENTEEN will start their BE THE SUN world tour across Japan, starting with a show on November 19 and 20 at Kyocera Dome, Osaka.

Last September, Kep1er established their popularity in Japan after releasing their Japanese debut single album FLY-UP. After selling more than 100,000 copies, the FLY-UP was quickly certified gold by the Japanese Recording Industry Association (RIAJ).