Lim Young Woong ranks first in Melon Weekly Popularity Award... 'TtoTto' wins for the 36th time with a score of 70.37 points

Lim Young Woong reaffirmed their position as a solo artist by taking first place in the Melon Weekly Popularity Award with the new song ″TtoTto.″ In the third week of September, ″TtoTto″ topped the Melon Weekly Popularity Award TOP 20 with a total score of 70.37 points. It earned 45.69 points in voting and 24.68 points in the weekly chart, surpassing Big Bang’s ″BiiG″ (62.03 points) and Soyeon’s ″I Quit″ (60.46 points). With this, Lim Young Woong set a record of 36 total wins in the Melon Weekly Popularity Award. The popularity of ″TtoTto″ continued on music shows. On the September 19 broadcast of MBC’s Show! Music Core, after competing for first place with Big Bang and &TEAM, Lim Young Woong secured first place with a final score of 7,485 points. The scores included 5,000 points for digital and album sales, 390 points for video and broadcast, 1,095 points for pre-voting, and 1,000 points for real-time live voting. Lim Young Woong won the trophy without appearing on the broadcast. To celebrate their 10th debut anniversary, Lim Young Woong released the special digital album ″IM HERO 10″ on the 8th. The album contains a total of 10 tracks, including the title song ″TtoTto.″ ″TtoTto″ is a song that Lim Young Woong personally participated in writing and composing, and the lyrics include the name of their pet dog Siwol (which means October in Spanish, Octubre). Lim Young Woong revealed, ″The lyrics include the name of my pet dog Siwol, and the lyrics are cute.″ As of September 21, the official music video for ″TtoTto″ surpassed 3.08 million views. It had already attracted attention by exceeding 3 million views as of the 20th. The music video features Lim Young Woong’s pet dog Siwol making a direct appearance. The songs included in ″IM HERO 10″ also recorded high view counts. The music video for ″Baila″ surpassed 1 million views as of the 19th, and ″Please Be Happy″ and ″To Us Who Have Lived″ also exceeded 1 million views on the 16th and 17th, respectively. As a result, three new songs achieved a million views within 64 hours. ″IM HERO 10″ includes six new songs and four rearranged existing tracks. Meanwhile, Lim Young Woong successfully completed the 10th debut anniversary concert ″IM HERO - THE STADIUM 2″ from September 4 to 6 at the Goyang Sports Complex Main Stadium. On the 20th, at the ″2026 The Fact Music Awards (TMA)″ held at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Lim Young Woong won both the ″TMA Popularity Award″ and the ″Judges’ Special Award,″ achieving a double crown.