As per a 2023 year end survey of 32 Kpop companies' top management/CEOs, conducted by Kmedia News1, Jungkook and Newjeans are tied as "Best Singer of 2023"

[instiz] 23 ENTERTAINMENT OFFICIALS PICK 2023'S SINGER
by pannchoa December 15, 2023

Survey conducted by News1 on 32 entertainment officials

1st place Jungkook & NewJeans (9 votes)

3rd place BTS (4 votes)

4th place IVE (3 votes)

5th place Seventeen (2 votes)

Blackpink, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, im Youngwoong, Fifty Fifty (1 vote each)

32 people who participated in the survey

General Director Go Giho (IN NEXT TREND) Director of External Cooperation, Kim Seonho (JYP Entertainment) Director Kim Sook-kyung (Jellyfish Entertainment) General Manager Kim Yong-seup (FNC Entertainment) CRO Kim Ji-won (SM Entertainment) CEO Kim Jinwon (RBW) President Park Jang-geun (Yuehua Entertainment) Executive Producer (One Hundred) CEO Bang Yoon-tae (Wake One) Director Bang Jae-hyuk (KQ Entertainment) Director Yang Moon-young (YG Entertainment) Director Yang Hyun-ok (C-JeS Entertainment) Director Oh Si-yong (T.O.P. Media) Director Yeon Han-jun (Think Entertainment) Director Im Woochung (Woollim Entertainment) Director Won Geun-yeon (Maru Planning) CEO Wi Myeong-hee (We Entertainment) CEO Lee Dong-hyeong (Abyss Company) Lee Director Seong-yong Lee (At Area) Director Lee Yong-hwan (The Black Label) Lee In-gyu Director (Antenna) Lee Jong-hyun CEO Lee Ji-hyun (Superbell Company) Head of Division (Starship Entertainment) Director Lee Hae-jong (DSP Media) Vice President Lim Seung-chae (WM Entertainment) Vice President Jeon Seung-hwi (Cube Entertainment) CEO Jeon Hong-jun (Attrakt) Director Jeong Jin-ho (Hybe) Vice President Choi Sung-pil (IST Entertainment) Director Choi Soo-ri (BrandNew Music) Tiger JK (Feel Good Music) Director Hwang Sang-hoon (C9 Entertainment)

source: https://v.daum.net/v/20231216070028008

original post: here

1. Looks like it's KookJeans everywhere

2. Bangtan💜

3. Jungkookie💖

4. Hybe is the biggest trend this year

5. Jungkook💜 Bangtan 💜

6. Wow what's up with NewJeans's vigor

7. Even if BTS isn't there, they're there ㅋ As expected, they're another level
Jungkookie will be unrivaled in 2025

8. The bunnies are saving the world 🐰

9. As expected, Jungkook is #1!!!

10. NewJeans and Jungkook congrats congrats

better translation

Quote from ppiper

JK got 9 votes,
it means even rival company also vote for him

there was only 1 person from Hybe in that list, not even a BH rep...and given the number of Hybe artists voted for we do not even know who he chose.

Quote from WhyKnock

No, not until 2026 since all other members have to release one solo album each

will tag you again when he does release his next album before 2026 end

Quote from bartkun

I don't know why directors and ceo's from smaller companies are doing it

like will they be blackisted if they won't answer?

they are basically "building" those votes for big acts

Or maybe they are not like Kpop fans and are professionals who can give anonymous unbiased replies about what they genuinely feel. The poll is literally asking who was the biggest act so why should someone other than the biggest act win and how is the company CEO voting for his company's nugu act being fair and unbiased in his reply?

Quote from Jasmine_Waters

It is very much a Jungkook thing to release late (literally four months to the end of the year), dip to the military, and still be high on these lists when now we know in hindsight he wasn't gonna seriously promote in South Korea (and only gave K-ARMY one performance of each of his three singles to not make them send trucks feel left out)

Even to his fellow peers, he left an impact

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And even Billboard said the same thing but to a lesser extent (and this was for global acts) he couldn't beat #10, Drake, because he released super late and he also has fewer songs than the top 10

I guess we can just look forward to his sophomore album in 2026 now that the military won't be an issue and he'll still be 28 years old.

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Babe, super late is an understatement seeing how he only had 2 singles out before November.