Dedication Award 2025: Soobin scores a spectacular 'hat-trick'

(Photo: PV/Vietnam+)

With the awards “Male Singer of the Year,” “Album of the Year” and “Music Video of the Year,” Soobin Hoang Son has achieved a spectacular hat-trick of this year’s Dedication season.

The 19th Dedication Awards Ceremony 2025 organized by the Sports and Culture Newspaper (Vietnam News Agency) took place on the evening of March 5 at the Hanoi Opera House.

Vibrant music picture of the year

In the Music category, the list of nominees for 10 categories has a total of 32 names, including 21 male artists and 11 female artists. Of the 21 male artists, 6 were honored, while only one female artist won the award.

Specifically, the “Album of the Year” award went to “Turn it on” (Soobin); “Program of the Year” award: "SKYNote" (Quoc Thien); “Program series of the year” award: Live concert “Anh trai vu ngan cong gai” (Yeah1); “Producer of the Year” award: SlimV; “Song of the Year” award: “Tai sinh” (composer: Tang Duy Tan; singer: Tung Duong); “Music video of the year” award: “Gia nhu” (composer and performer: Soobin; director: Lam Dao Dao); “New artist of the year” award: Duong Domic; “Musician of the year” award: Phan Manh Quynh; “Female singer of the year”: Trang Phap and “Male singer of the year”: Soobin.

The “Musician of the Year” award went to Phan Manh Quynh. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)

This season, Soobin repeated the achievement of his senior Tung Duong at the 16th Dedication Awards (2021), winning in 3 nominated categories.

According to the Award's Professional Council, in 2024, Soobin affirmed his position with a series of breakthrough music products and elaborate artistic activities, thereby contributing to reshaping the style and renovating the Vietnamese popular music life.

Participating in the game show “Anh trai vu ngan cong gai,” Soobin is considered an outstanding factor when he created a good media effect, with most of his performances quickly becoming popular on social networking platforms.

Soobin's joy was multiplied when the live concert "Anh trai vu ngan cong gai" was named in the category "Program series of the year." The program's music director SlimV and "brother" Quoc Thien were also honored in the categories "Producer of the year" and "Program of the year" (SKYNote), respectively.

Male singer Tung Duong receives the award. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)

This year, singer Tung Duong won the “Song of the Year” category with “Rebirth.” He maintained his “throne” on the “overall ranking” of the Dedication Cup with a total of 14 nightingale cups.

The song “Rebirth” (composed by Tang Duy Tan) performed by Tung Duong is structured as a musical journey that gradually moves from calm, rustic melodies to dramatic peaks. The live version as well as the audio version of “Rebirth” has achieved impressive views and listens on YouTube and other digital platforms, affirming the appeal of the product and showing that Tung Duong’s voice is no longer “picky about listeners” as before.

In addition to the official categories, the Awards Council decided to award the “Impressive Dedication 2025” Award to the Organizing Committee of the “Youth Concert” program for demonstrating creativity and breakthrough innovation in combining high-quality music nights with interactive programs, training for students, connecting with many famous artists and fostering passion for working in the entertainment industry.

Professor, World Record Holder, Artist Chu Bao Que performs in the program. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)

The “Inspiring Artist” award was given to Professor, World Record Holder, Artist Chu Bao Que for his many contributions to preserving, maintaining and promoting the nation's fine traditional cultural values ​​through teaching, transmitting and practicing traditional folk art forms.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Dedication Award, the Organizing Committee also awarded commemorative medals to 4 individuals: Musician Duong Thu - who has been associated with the Dedication Award since the first seasons as a special advisor; journalist Huu Trinh - who has contributed his professional voice to Dedication throughout many seasons; divo Tung Duong, the artist who owns the most Dedication Cups; singer My Tam with a musical career associated with many valuable albums, a series of hit songs, many spectacular live shows, and has received 6 Dedication Awards in different categories.

Spread the spirit of sportsmanship and dedication

Along with the Devotion Music Award, the Devotion Sports Award is part of the Devotion Award "ecosystem" with the aim of: Honoring and praising individuals and groups with outstanding achievements, works, and contributions to the annual national and international sports activities of Vietnam Sports. Propagating, promoting, and contributing to spreading the spirit of dedication to the country, to society in general and sports in particular.

The category “Sports Achievement of the Year” went to the National Men’s Football Team. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)

As a result, the category "Sports Achievement of the Year" went to the National Men's Football Team with a resounding achievement - Winning the 2024 ASEAN Cup Championship, a championship that is not only the pride of Vietnamese sports but also a source of inspiration for the entire nation, demonstrating the aspiration to rise and conquer new heights.

The “Sports Face of the Year” category was awarded to Nguyen Xuan Son - the best player and also the top scorer of the ASEAN Cup 2024 with 7 goals. Contributing significantly to the championship of the Vietnamese football team, above all, Nguyen Xuan Son's resilient and courageous fighting spirit has truly spread the spirit of dedication to the flag and colors of Vietnam, the second homeland of the Brazilian player who has just been naturalized.

The category "Young Sports Face of the Year" through the votes of fans and the votes of the Voting Council belongs to young female canoeist Nguyen Thi Huong with outstanding achievements: Winning a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics; Winning a Gold medal at the Asian Championship; Winning 3 Gold medals at the Southeast Asian Championship.

Finally, the Voting Council unanimously awarded the “Aspiration for Contribution” category to Dong Luc Joint Stock Company. Established in 1989, Dong Luc Joint Stock Company is currently the leading corporation in Vietnam in the field of manufacturing, distributing, importing and exporting sports equipment, health care equipment, manufacturing and trading educational equipment, consulting and constructing sports facilities with the mission of aiming at sustainable development for the community and society.

Prestigious awards over the past 20 years

20 years ago, the Devotion Music Award was born at the representative office of the Sports and Culture newspaper in Ho Chi Minh City, carrying with it a great aspiration: Using the voice of public opinion to encourage and honor the positive values ​​of popular music in the year and thereby partly influencing and reorienting this field with an extremely diverse market.

Editor-in-Chief of Sports and Culture Newspaper (VNA) Le Xuan Thanh - Head of the Organizing Committee of the 2025 Dedication Award - delivered the opening speech. (Photo: Hoang Hieu/VNA)

Since 2023, the Award has been expanded in scale, becoming a new "ecosystem" of Dedication with the Dedication Music Award and the Dedication Sports Award; at the same time, the voting method has also changed with active participation from the public, so that Dedication is increasingly closer to the music market while still maintaining its core values. Meanwhile, the Dedication Sports Award has honored the most outstanding and impressive achievements and sports figures.

Speaking at the award ceremony, journalist Le Xuan Thanh, Head of the Dedication Award Organizing Committee, said that the nominated individuals and organizations are all outstanding and highly representative of each field.

According to Mr. Thanh, those faces were not selected by the Organizing Committee, but were the result of a systematic voting process, combining the professional assessment of the Voting Council, with the converted scores from the public's widespread voting on the Bvote system and from the impartial and objective votes of music journalists nationwide.

“This combination has created the formula for victory in the digital age. A formula that we have spent 20 years building and developing the Dedication Award to perfect,” said Mr. Thanh.

Presenting the Dedication Award medal to musician Duong Thu, singer Tung Duong, singer My Tam, and journalist Huu Trinh. (Photo: Hoang Hieu/VNA)

Sharing with reporters of VietnamPlus Electronic Newspaper, People's Artist Xuan Bac, Director of the Department of Performing Arts (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) affirmed that the prestige and quality of the Dedication Award are increasingly affirmed and are attracting the attention of artists.

“In an era of booming cultural, artistic and entertainment programs, maintaining an award like this is essential. It is a source of encouragement, motivation and recognition for the contributions of those working in the arts,” People’s Artist Xuan Bac shared.

Sharing the same view, musician Duong Thu said that it is not easy for an award organized by a newspaper to exist for 20 years.

“I think the Award has been able to exist and maintain its prestige to this day because the Organizing Committee has done the right thing. The categories are not judged by us or by experts, but by the audience and the press. The audience is the most impartial and the journalists are the ones who follow the music industry very closely. Therefore, this evaluation is accurate, creating prestige and quality for the award,” musician Duong Thu commented.

Musician Duong Thu speaks after receiving the commemorative medal. (Photo: Hoang Hieu/VNA)

To close this year’s season, the Organizing Committee auctioned a Dedication Cup - a special edition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Award. Crafted in the shape of a nightingale, approximately 40cm in height, this Dedication Cup is special because it is not specifically associated with any award category but symbolizes the sustainability of the Dedication Award and the eternal beauty of art. A fan of Soobin successfully bid for 700 million VND.

All proceeds will be contributed to the charity program "For schools for children" to build and repair classrooms for children in remote areas of The Thao and Van Hoa newspaper./.

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/giai-thuong-cong-hien-nam-2025-soobin-lap-cu-hat-trick-ngoan-muc-post1016941.vnp