(Update in Progress – April 2022)
NOTE FROM KATHERINE 4/1/21: Hi all! I haven’t gotten around to fully reformatting Red Velvet’s group profile yet, but I did update the music show wins section to include all of their trophies up through “Feel My Rhythm.” I’ll continue to check in and update in real time. And hopefully I’ll be able to make the rest of the new profile soon! ❤
MUSIC SHOW WINS
First Win: March 25, 2015 on Music Bank for “Ice Cream Cake”
50th Win: August 23, 2018 on M! Countdown for “Power Up”
Total Wins: 80 (as of April 1, 2022)
Most Awarded Song: “Power Up” with 10 wins (as of April 2022)
First Triple Crown: January 18th, 2020 on Music Core for “Psycho”
Total Triple Crowns: 3 (as of April 2022)
| The Show | Show Champion | M! Countdown | Music Bank | Music Core | Inkigayo | Total Wins | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Cream Cake | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Dumb Dumb | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| One of These Nights | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Russian Roulette | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Rookie | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Red Flavor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Peek-a-Boo | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Bad Boy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Power Up | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Zimzala-bim | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Umpah Umpah | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Psycho | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Queen-dom | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Feel My Rhythm | 1 | 1 |
*MBC Music Core got rid of their awards system in 2015 and re-introduced it in 2017, which is partially why there’s a gap in Music Core trophies for a while.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Charts, Streaming, and Certifications
Red Velvet received their first Perfect All-Kill with “Power Up” in August 2018. A Perfect All-Kill is when a song hits #1 on 6 music charts (daily and real time), as well as #1 on iChart’s real time and weekly charts.
Billboard
- “Dumb Dumb” was #70 on Billboard‘s list of “100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time”
- Red Velvet is the first K-pop girl group to top the “World Albums” chart four times (The Red, Rookie, The Red Summer, and Perfect Velvet).
- “Bad Boy” is #43 on Billboard‘s list of “100 Best Songs of 2018: Critics’ Picks.” They are one of four K-pop acts who were listed.
YouTube Views
As of December 2018, Red Velvet has five music videos with over 100 million views: “Russian Roulette,” “Dumb Dumb,” “Bad Boy,” “Peek-A-Boo,” and “Red Flavor.” (Listed in order of when each passed 100 million)
Historical Achievements
In April 2018, Red Velvet was the first K-pop group to perform in North Korea as part of a special concert (minus Joy). The concert was aired on MBC in South Korea.
AWARDS
NOTE: The prizes are arranged by awards season, as several awards shows take place in the beginning of the year after music is released. Notable awards such as a bonsang and a daesang are highlighted in bold. Also, this blog will mainly focus on awards given in Korea (with a few exceptions).
2014-2015
| Award Show | Awards Won |
| Golden Disc Awards | New Artist Award |
| Seoul Music Awards | New Artist Award |
2015-2016
| Awards Show | Awards Won |
| Gaon Chart Awards | Hot Performance of the Year |
| Golden Disc Awards | Digital Bonsang (for “Ice Cream Cake”) |
| Melon Music Awards (MMA) | Best Female Dance (for “Ice Cream Cake”) |
| MAMA (MNET Asian Music Awards) | Best Dance Performance – Female (for “Ice Cream Cake”) |
| Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang (for “Ice Cream Cake”) |
2016-2017
| Awards Show | Awards Won |
| Golden Disc Awards | Ceci Asia Icon Award |
| Melon Music Awards (MMA) | Top 10 Artist Best Music Video (for “Russian Roulette”) |
| Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang (for “Russian Roulette”) |
2017-2018
| Awards Show | Awards Won |
| Golden Disc Awards | Digital Bonsang (for “Red Flavor”) |
| Korean Music Awards* | Best Pop Song (for “Red Flavor”) |
| Melon Music Awards (MMA) | Top 10 Artist |
| MAMA (MNET Asian Music Awards) | Best Female Group |
| Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang |
| Soribada Best K-Music Awards | SOBA Top 11 (Bonsang) Hallyu Icon Award |
*NOTE: Winning a Korean Music Award is fairly significant because it’s somewhat rare for K-pop artists to win them. The Korean Music Awards rely on professional opinions and critics to determine their winners, unlike sales/streaming records and fan votes (which most of the awards shows do).
2018-2019
| Awards Show | Awards Won |
| Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards | Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Commendation |
| Soribada Best K-Music Awards | SOBA Top 11 (Bonsang) Hallyu Artist Award |
SOURCES: Wikipedia, Soompi (1) (2) (3) (4), Billboard, YouTube
FEATURED IMAGE: Red Velvet’s 2nd win for “Queendom” on Music Bank in 2021 – original picture can be seen on their Twitter here
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