Internationally renowned K-pop boy band BTS won five prizes, including best Asian artist, at Tuesday’s annual Japan Gold Disc Awards. K-pop band BTS to play 4 Hong Kong concerts in March BTS’ third full-length Japanese album, “Face Yourself”, released last April, also picked up the album of the year award and the best 3 albums award at this year’s 33rd ceremony, hosted by Japan’s Recording Industry Association, which recognises artists’ music sales. The seven-member South Korean group won another best 3 albums award for its latest album “Love Yourself: Answer” and the best music video award for a video covering its first tour of Japanese dome arenas in October 2017. “We are happy to release good news at the beginning of the year … We will always do our best to respond to your love with better music,” BTS said, according to its management agency Big Hit Entertainment. Happy 25th birthday BTS’ J-Hope: a look at life of K-pop star Four other K-pop bands also won awards, emphasising K-pop’s growing presence in Japan. Girl band TWICE received a best 3 albums award for its first full-length Japanese album, “BDZ”, as well as the song of the year by download for its single Candy Pop . GFriend, Seventeen and Momoland, won awards in the best 3 new artists category, with Seventeen named new artist of the year. The top prize, artist of the year, went to Japanese pop diva Namie Amuro for the second year in a row. All of this year’s award winners were chosen based on last year’s record and music video sales. Want more stories like this? Sign up here . Follow STYLE on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter This article was originally written by Yonhap for The Korea Times .