The K-World Dream Awards, which first kicked off in 2017 as the Soribada Best K-Music Awards, has returned for its 10th year!
Hosted by Jun Hyun Moo and Jang Do Yeon, the ceremony for the 2026 K-World Dream Awards was held on August 27 at KINTEX.
ATEEZ took home four awards including the Best Artist Award and the fan-voted Popularity Award. LE SSERAFIM won three awards including the Best Artist Award, and BTS also won three including Artist of the Year. RIIZE was additionally awarded three trophies for the night.
Check out the full list of winners:
– Global Next Leadership: AMPERS&ONE, NOWZ, XLOV
– Global Spotlight Award: xikers, IDID, AHOF
– Best Performance Award: RIIZE, 82MAJOR, MEOVV
– Best Band Artist Award: Hi-Fi Un!corn, QWER
– Trot Artist Award: Seongri, Park Ji Hyeon
– Best Producer Award: Jung Hae Jang (YH Entertainment)
– Best All-Rounder Musician Award: JAY B, EVAN
– Best Fandom Award: RESCENE, AHOF
– Best Digital Music Award: AKMU, Hwasa, I.O.I, IVE, aespa, Yena
– Best Album Award: BTS, ENHYPEN, NCT WISH, TXT, BLACKPINK
– Best Stage Award: ATEEZ, P1Harmony, ILLIT
– Listeners’ Choice Award: SEEYA
– Solo Popularity Award: Park Ji Hyeon, Carmen (Hearts2Hearts)
– Group Popularity Award: ATEEZ, ILLIT
– Super Rookie Award: CORTIS, AND2BLE, ALPHA DRIVE ONE
– Best Visual Content Award: KiiiKiii, RESCENE, LE SSERAFIM
– Global Music Award: &TEAM, KickFlip, Hearts2Hearts
– Journalist Pick Artist Award: RIIZE
– Artist Award: AND2BLE, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, CORTIS, KiiiKiii, Hearts2Hearts, KickFlip, ILLIT, RIIZE, &TEAM, LE SSERAFIM, P1Harmony, ATEEZ, Stray Kids, BTS
– Artist of the Year: BTS
– Best Artist Award: LE SSERAFIM, ATEEZ
Congratulations to all of the winners!
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