AWARDS

Awards & Accomplishments

For his accomplishments in 2020, Kang won four bonsang^[a] awards from the APAN Music Awards, Soribada Best K-Music Awards, Seoul Music Awards, and The Fact Music Awards. He also won the Stage of the Year award at the 2020 Soribada Best K-Music Awards which was previously a daesang^[b] award. Overall, Kang has won 45 awards from 67 nominations since the start of his career in 2017.

In other accolades, Kang has attained a Guinness World Record for gaining one million followers on Instagram in the shortest amount of time and breaking the previous record of 12 hours held by Pope Francis. In 2017, Naver reported that Kang was included on its list of ‘Most Searched Keywords’ as the only singer in the top six, placing right below the president of South Korea at that time. According to KBS News’ list of ‘Most Mentioned Figures in TV and Entertainment for 2018’, Kang was the only individual among groups in the top three. He was also the only individual among groups in Forbes 2019 ‘Korea Power Celebrity‘ list to place in the top four. Aside from the entertainment industry, Kang is known for his involvement in philanthropic activities and received a plaque of recognition from The Snail of Love, a social welfare group for the deaf and hard of hearing.