Naver V Live is edging closer to its much-anticipated first V HEARTBEAT ceremony and in preparation for the grand celebration of music they have in store, they had announced the winners for their two categories: the Global Top 12 and Rookie Top 5! 

V Live has been announced for V Live's first official awards ceremony V HEARTBEAT.

In the past, V Live honored their Global Top 10 artists and Top 5 rookies with an award party. This year, however, V Live will be holding the 2019 V Live Awards V HEARTBEAT, where awards will be given to the top 12 artists and top five rookies. Winners are chosen based on their V Live popularity and fan engagement: hearts, comments, and a total number of views collected on V Live from December 1, 2018, to September 30 this year.

For 2019, V Live is taking their awards party to the next level by hosting an awards ceremony. At V Live Awards V HEARTBEAT, V Live's Top 5 rookies will be given awards, and two additional artists have been added to the usual Top 10 artist winners to form Top 12.

V Live's Top 12 K-Pop group winners are: TWICE, BTS, MONSTA X, EXO, Stray Kids, IZ*ONE, SEVENTEEN, iKON, BLACKPINK, WINNER, GOT7, and NCT. Voting for the winner of "The Most Loved Artist" award will open on October 22 and end November 14.

The Top 5 K-Pop group rookies are, in no particular order: X1, TXT, CIX, AB6IX, and ITZY.

With this announcement, the voting period for determining the winner of The Most Love Artist award has commenced simultaneously. It will run until November 14 through the official V HEARTBEAT event page on V Live's official website.

From October 22 through November 14, a vote will be held to determine the winner of The Most Loved Artist.

On October 22, V Live announced the 17 winners that were chosen based on the total views, hearts, and comments accumulated from December 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, on each artist's V Live channel.

V HEARTBEAT will be held at Gocheok Sky Dome on November 16 at 7 p.m. KST and will be broadcast live via V Live, MBC Music, and MBC every1. The lineup announced so far it includes GOT7, MONSTA X, MAMAMOO, Stray Kids, TXT, X1, ITZY, AB6IX, CIX, JANNABI, Noo Phuoc Thinh and Afgan.