Source: Billboard Japan
Credit: allkpop



T-ara & TVXQ awarded “Top Pop Artists” at Billboard Japan Music Awards 2011 + performance of “Roly Poly”

Both T-ara and TVXQ (Tohoshinki) have been awarded with the “Top Pop Artists” award at the Billboard Japan Music Awards 2011 event which took place on March 3rd.

This is good news for both groups, with T-ara having just released their newest Japanese single “Roly Poly” along with TVXQ set to release their upcoming Japanese single, “Still“.

2011 was a fruitful year for both T-ara & TVXQ in Japan. When T-ara released their Japanese debut single, “Bo Peep Bo Peep” and TVXQ released their album ‘TONE‘, it marked the first time in the 42-year-long history of the Oricon that South Korean artists have claimed first in both the single and the album ranking simultaneously.

T-ara sold 50,000 copies in their first week for “Bo Peep Bo Peep” and also become the first foreign group and first female artist(s) to reach first place with their debut single. Meanwhile, TVXQ’s album sold 205,000 copies in its first week, which also is an outstanding achievement for foreign male solo artists and groups. It marked the first time in 11 years and four months since Bon Jovi’s ‘Crash‘ that a foreign male artist sold over 200,000 copies in the first week alone.

Other winners for this category were AKB48, JUJU, and Avril Lavigne.

T-ara was present and proudly accepted their award, they also put on a performance of “Roly Poly”. TVXQ on the other hand, unfortunately couldn’t attend the event. Additionally, YG Entertainment‘s Gummy was awarded with the K-Pop New Artist of the Year award.

Congratulations to T-ara, TVXQ, & Gummy, and check out T-ara’s “Roly Poly” performance below:




Source: Billboard Japan
Credit: tokyohive

Artist Award winners for ‘Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2011′ + Performances

The Artist Award winners for ‘Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2011‘ have been announced!

Billboard JAPAN established this awards festival back in 2009. They nominate artists who have topped the Billboard Charts throughout the year. The winners are chosen by votes submitted through cell phones or the internet.

For 2011, the ‘Artist of the Year‘ award went to none other than AKB48. The group also claimed the ‘Top Pop Artist‘ award, the ‘Hot 100 of the Year‘ award, and the ‘Hot 100 Single Sales of the Year‘ award, making them the first artist to win 4 awards in one year.

Check out the full list of winners below!

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<Artist of the Year>
- AKB48

<Top Pop Artist>
- Avril Lavigne
- AKB48
- JUJU
- T-ara
- Tohoshinki

<Jazz Artist of the Year>
- Uehara Hiromi

<Classic Artist of the Year>
- Miyamoto Emiri

<Animation Artist of the Year>
- Mizuki Nana

<Independent Artist of the Year>
- AK-69

<US Billboard Publisher’s Awards>
- Yuki Saori

<K-POP New Artist of the Year>
- GUMMY

<Active Artist of the Year (Presented by Daiwa House)>
- BIGMAMA

<New Artist of the Year>
- Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook

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<AKB48>


<T-ARA>