TWS won 2 awards including 'Rookie of the Year' at 'Japan Gold Disc Awards'

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Group TWS (Touus) won the "Asia's Best Newcomer" trophy at Japan's prestigious awards ceremony.

According to Hive Music Group label Pledis Entertainment on the 12th, TWS (Shin Yu, Do Hoon, Youngjae, Hanjin, Jihoon, and Kyungmin) won the "New Artist of the Year (Asia)" and "Best 3 New Artist (Asia)" categories at the "40th Japan Gold Disc Awards."

TWS said, "We are grateful to receive such an honorable award. "It's because of the 42 (fandom name) who support us," he said. "We'll do our best to help many people enjoy TWS' music this year."

The "Japan Gold Disc Awards" is an award ceremony honoring artists and works who have contributed to the development of the music industry by the Japan Records Association, and winners and winners are selected based on sales performance, streaming, and download figures of albums and music videos over the past year. The "Best 3 New Artists (Asia)" named as the winner by TWS will be given to the top three Asian artists excluding Japan, while the "New Artist of the Year (Asia)" will be awarded to the highest-selling group among them.

TWS made a huge splash right after its debut in Japan in July last year. The debut single "Nice to see you again (original はじめまして/Hajime Mashite)" won four gold medals in the first week of its release, topping major weekly charts in Oricon and Billboard Japan, and earning gold disc "Platinum" certification from the Japan Records Association, exceeding 250,000 cumulative album shipments. Based on these achievements, TWS ranked the highest (2nd) among foreign artists in the 'Rookie Rankings' of 'Oricon Annual Rankings 2025'.

TWS did not stop at the record march, but enjoyed various stages. It held its first Japanese fan meeting "2025 TWS 1ST FANMEETING <42:CLUB> IN JAPAN" and its first tour "2025 TWS TOUR '24/7:WH:US' IN JAPAN" and worked with a total of 80,000 fans. He also appeared in the large music festivals 'Rock in Japan Festival 2025', 'Countdown Japan 25/26 (COUNTDOWN JAPAN 25/26)', and the Fuji TV year-end special program "2025 FNS Song Festival".

Meanwhile, TWS will hold its second fan meeting "2026 TWS 2ND FANMEETING <42:CLUB> IN SEOUL" at the Olympic Park TicketLink Live Arena (formerly handball stadium) in Songpa-gu, Seoul, from March 27 to 29. A Japanese fan meeting will also be held at Pia Arena MM in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan from April 8-9.

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