SB19 fans A'TIN win Billboard fan face-off for 3rd consecutive year
MANILA, Philippines — A'TIN, fans of P-pop boy band SB19, won the annual Billboard Fan Army Face-Off competition for a third year in a row.
It is a milestone win for A'TIN as it matches the three consecutive wins of girl group T-ara's fans called Queens. SB19 remains the only winning fans of a Southeast Asian group since the competition began in 2014.
The fan competition's first winner BIGBANG and its fans VIPs, two-time winner Super Junior and it fans E.L.F., and 2022 winner Stray Kids and its fan STAY are all Korean groups like T-ara.
The fan-voted competition was not held in 2019 and 2021.
The 2025 competition saw A'TIN face off against fan groups of North American artists Tate McRae, Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Sabrina Carpenter, and Selena Gomez.
Surprisingly, A'TIN's biggest win was against the Arianators in the second round, taking 88.6% of votes. The closest win was in the final round against Selenators with 60.1% of votes.
It's official! @SB19Official's #ATIN are the winners of #BBFanArmy2025 ????
— billboard (@billboard) August 19, 2025
This marks the third year in a row the fandom has taken the top spot in the competition. SB19's A'TIN now tie T-ara’s Queens for the most Billboard Fan Army Face-Off wins of all time (3). pic.twitter.com/07QQ71OppJ
A'TIN's win is also impressive as Tate, Ariana, Post, Shaboozey, Sabrina, and Selena have previously topped the Billboard Hot 100, something SB19 has yet to do.
This year's competition also featured the fan bases of P-pop act BINI (Blooms), Filipino-American singer Olivia Rodrigo (Livies), and global girl group Katseye (Eyekons) led by Filipino member Sophia Laforteza.
Other fan bases featured were Taylor Swift's Swifties, Lady Gaga's Little Monsters, Beyonce's Beyhive, Ed Sheeran's Sheerios, Justin Bieber's Beliebers, and K-pop acts BTS' Army, Blackpink's Blinks, Twice's Once, Seventeen's Carats, and Stray Kids' STAY once again.
Last year, A'TIN just narrowly beat fans of Rihanna in the finals after similar face-offs against fans of Taylor, Dua Lipa, and SZA.
The 2023 win was even closer as A'TIN beat Carats by just 1.1% after facing off against fans of Shakira, EXO, Lana, Ed, and Billie Eilish.
SB19 will soon embark on the second half of its "Simula at Wakas" world tour, which brings the P-pop Kings to Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Australia.
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