Tung Duong is the first Vietnamese artist to receive the 2025 Japan Music Award - Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television

Singer Tung Duong performs in Japan. (Photo: NVCC)

The MAJ 2025 Organizing Committee sent a notice to Tung Duong and the male singer of "Rebirth" confirmed that he will come to Japan to attend the Award Ceremony taking place on May 21-22 at the ROHM Theater Kyoto at the invitation of the Organizing Committee.

The awards ceremony will honor Japanese and international music artists in 60 award categories, broadcast live on Japan's national broadcaster NHK.

This is an important milestone not only for Tung Duong personally but also the pride of Vietnamese music on the international music map.

In 2025, marking the 20th anniversary of its establishment and development, the Devotion Music Awards of the Sports and Culture Newspaper (VNA) has cooperated with the Japan Music Awards. This is an award organized and operated by the Culture & Entertainment Industries Promotion Association (CEIPA) of Japan.

The Japan Music Awards 2025 voting panel consists of more than 5,000 experts in the music industry, including artists, producers, record label employees, critics, journalists, publishers, international judges, etc. Last March, the Japan Music Awards Organizing Committee invited two Vietnamese journalists, Le Xuan Thanh and Hoang Thu Hang, to represent the Sports and Culture Newspaper/Vietnam News Agency to participate in voting for 6 award categories: Song of the Year; Album of the Year; Artist of the Year; New Artist of the Year; Top Global Hit from Japan and Best Song Asia.

The MAJ 2025 judging criteria are based on objective data from major charts such as Oricon, Billboard Japan, GfK/NIQ Japan, Luminate, USEN, JASRAC, etc. Works/artists must have released products between January 29, 2024 and January 26, 2025 to be eligible for the award. Some special categories (e.g. Best of Listeners' Choice) are decided entirely based on public votes from the audience via Spotify.

The International Special Awards is a category established through the collaboration between CEIPA and music award organizations from 6 countries: China, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

In Vietnam, as announced, MAJ has decided to cooperate with the Organizing Committee of the Award Dedication of Sports and Culture newspaper/Vietnam News Agency. According to the cooperation agreement, in 2026, the Dedication Award will also honor Japanese artists on the award stage in Vietnam.

The Organizing Committee of Music Awards Japan 2025 and the Organizing Committee of Dedication Music Awards 2025 of Sports and Culture Newspaper/Vietnam News Agency have unanimously selected and honored singer Tung Duong in the International Special Awards category for the first time because Tung Duong's musical path and musical orientation have the criteria closest to the MAJ Awards 2025 at the present time, and he is also the one who has made an impression, influence and a series of awards achieved so far.

The organizers of the Music Awards Japan 2025 also recognized the “Song of the Year” award that Tung Duong was awarded at the 2025 Devotion Music Awards. This was honored as a typical song with great influence in popular music life, selected based on achievements and artistic values ​​that have been affirmed in the country.

Tung Duong is a persistent, tenacious artist who constantly surpasses his own limits – as singer Tung Duong once shared. Over two decades of artistic activities, Tung Duong has proven himself not only as an excellent singer but also as a symbol of creativity, innovation and profound influence in the Vietnamese musical life.

For over 20 years, Tung Duong has always been proactive in renewing himself through each project and each album. He is not afraid to try many different genres: from pop, rock, jazz, world music... to contemporary folk music. Constantly renewing himself helps him avoid repetition, boredom and always maintain curiosity and excitement in his creativity.

Besides his artistic activities, Tung Duong also actively participates in community programs and musiceducation , contributing to raising awareness and love of music in society, being a model of an artist who not only knows how to shine on stage but also has responsibility for the community and national culture.

One of the clearest proofs of Tung Duong's talent and dedication is the huge list of awards he has won in his career.

Notably, Tung Duong is currently the artist holding the record for the number of Devotion Music Awards (14 times). Being continuously honored in many important categories such as “Male Singer of the Year”, “Album of the Year”, “Program of the Year” has affirmed Tung Duong’s irreplaceable position in the hearts of professionals and music lovers.

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