Winners Of 2026 K-World Dream Awards

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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Watch: Stray Kids Takes 3rd Win For “This & That” On “Show Champion”; Performances By WayV, KiiiKiii, And More

Stray Kids has won their third music show trophy for “This & That”!

On the August 19 episode of “Show Champion,” the candidates for first place were KiiiKiii’s “Pop Off Pop Off,” Red Velvet’s “Surfin’ Boy,” Stray Kids’ “This & That,” WayV’s “Vision Wings (English Ver.),” and Jennie’s “Less than a Lover.” Stray Kids ultimately took the win.

Congratulations to Stray Kids! Watch the winner announcement below:

Performers on today’s show included WayV, KiiiKiii, KISS OF LIFE, NOWZ, A.C.E’s Junhee, AxMxP, Splayit, Sentimental Squad, Far East Asian Tigers, No Brain, and XODIAC’s Hyunsik.

Check out their performances below!

WayV – “Vision Wings (English Ver.)”

KiiiKiii – “Pop Off Pop Off”

KISS OF LIFE – “SWEAT”

NOWZ – “Achilles”

A.C.E’s Junhee – “GET OUT (Feat. WOW)”

AxMxP – “10 Reasons to Date Me”

Splayit – “Domino + Last Bus”

Sentimental Squad – “1st STAR”

Far East Asian Tigers – “In Wandering Times”

No Brain – “Americano + You Have A Crush On Me”

XODIAC’s Hyunsik – “After School”

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Watch: RESCENE Takes 2nd Win For “LOVE ATTACK” On “Inkigayo”; Performances By Stray Kids, WayV, And More

RESCENE has won a second music show trophy for their 2024 hit “LOVE ATTACK”!

On the August 16 episode of SBS’s “Inkigayo,” the candidates for first place were I.O.I’s “Suddenly,” Stray Kids’ “This & That,” and RESCENE’s “LOVE ATTACK.” RESCENE ultimately took the win with a total of 4,699 points.

Congratulations to RESCENE! Watch a clip of the winner announcement below:

Performers on today’s show included Stray Kids, WayV, KiiiKiii, Apink’s Jeong Eun Ji, ARTMS, KISS OF LIFE, NOWZ, AxMxP, POW, WHIB, Splayit, A.C.E’s Junhee, and Han Yiseo.

Check out their performances below!

Stray Kids – “This & That”

WayV – “Vision Wings” (English version)

KiiiKiii – “Candy Pink Magic Hole Flip Phone” and “Pop Off Pop Off”

Apink’s Jeong Eun Ji – “i love LOVE”

ARTMS – “Born Stunner”

KISS OF LIFE – “SWEAT”

NOWZ – “Achilles”

AxMxP – “10 Reasons to Date Me”

POW – “Flavor”

WHIB – “CHERRY PIE”

Splayit – “Last bus”

A.C.E’s Junhee – “LA LA LA LUNE”

Han Yiseo – “One Way Train”

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Watch: RESCENE Takes 4th Win And 1st-Ever Triple Crown For “Pretty Girl” On “Music Core”; Performances By Stray Kids, KiiiKiii, And More

RESCENE has won a fourth music show trophy—and the first triple crown of their career—for their remake of KARA’s “Pretty Girl”!

On the August 15 episode of MBC’s “Music Core,” the candidates for first place were Red Velvet’s “Surfin’ Boy,” RESCENE’s “Pretty Girl,” and Stray Kids’ “This & That.” RESCENE ultimately took the win with a total of 7,046 points.

This is the third time that “Pretty Girl” has taken first place on “Music Core,” meaning that the song has now achieved a “triple crown”!

Congratulations to RESCENE! Watch a clip of the winner announcement below:

Performers on today’s show included Stray Kids, KiiiKiii, WayV, Apink’s Jeong Eun Ji, ARTMS, KISS OF LIFE, NOWZ, AxMxP, MEPC, WHIB, POW, Splayit, Bin Yeseo, Leeparan, A.C.E’s Junhee, and Ki:XÉ.

Check out their performances below!

Stray Kids – “This & That”

KiiiKiii – “Candy Pink Magic Hole Flip Phone” and “Pop Off Pop Off”

WayV – “Vision Wings” (English version)

Apink’s Jeong Eun Ji – “i love LOVE”

ARTMS – “Born Stunner”

KISS OF LIFE – “SWEAT”

NOWZ – “Achilles”

AxMxP – “10 Reasons to Date Me”

MEPC – “Protectors”

WHIB – “CHERRY PIE”

POW – “Flavor”

Splayit – “Last bus”

Bin Yeseo – “Eutteum Taryeong”

Leeparan – “Easy Go!”

A.C.E’s Junhee – “LA LA LA LUNE”

Ki:XÉ – “(rule)”

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Watch: Stray Kids Takes 2nd Win For “This & That” On “Music Bank”; Performances By KiiiKiii, WayV, And More

Stray Kids has won their second music show trophy for “This & That”!

On the August 14 episode of “Music Bank,” the candidates for first place were Stray Kids’ “This & That” and KISS OF LIFE’s “SWEAT.” Stray Kids ultimately took the prize with a total of 12,779 points.

Congratulations to Stray Kids! Watch the winner announcement below:

Performers on today’s show included Stray Kids, KISS OF LIFE, WayV, KiiiKiii, Apink’s Jeong Eun Ji, ARTMS, POW, NOWZ, A.C.E’s Junhee, WHIB, RED OOPART, A2O MAY, AxMxP, Splayit, Han Yiseo, and Hooni Yongi.

Watch the performances below:

Stray Kids – “This & That”

KISS OF LIFE – “SWEAT”

WayV – “Vision Wings (English Ver.)”

KiiiKiii – “Pop Off Pop Off” and “Candy Pink Magic Hole Flip Phone”

Apink’s Jeong Eun Ji – “i love LOVE”

ARTMS – “Born Stunner”

POW – “Flavor”

NOWZ – “Achilles”

A.C.E’s Junhee – “LA LA LA LUNE”

WHIB – “CHERRY PIE”

RED OOPART – “U WHO”

A2O MAY – “Love Got Me Ooh”

AxMxP – “10 Reasons to Date Me”

Splayit – “Last Bus”

Han Yiseo – “One Way Train”

Hooni Yongi – “Back to the 7080”

Watch full episodes of “Music Bank” with English subtitles below:

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Watch: Red Velvet Takes 1st Win For “Surfin’ Boy” On “Show Champion”; Performances By ARTMS, WHIB, And More

Red Velvet has won their first music show trophy for their new title track “Surfin’ Boy”!

On the August 12 episode of “Show Champion,” the candidates for first place were fromis_9’s “Vitamin ME,” KISS OF LIFE’s “SWEAT,” Red Velvet’s “Surfin’ Boy,” Stray Kids’ “This & That,” and Jennie’s “Less than a Lover.” Red Velvet ultimately took the win.

Congratulations to Red Velvet! Watch the winner announcement below:

Performers on today’s show included ARTMS, KISS OF LIFE, POW, NOWZ, NouerA, A.C.E’s Junhee, WHIB, RED OOPART, EMOTI:M, Lee Bada, UmYull, and Pengsoo.

Check out their performances below!

ARTMS – “Born Stunner” and “Blue Blood”

KISS OF LIFE – “SWEAT”

POW – “Flavor”

NOWZ – “Achilles”

NouerA – “LIFE IN COLOR” and “.exe”

A.C.E’s Junhee – “LA LA LA LUNE”

WHIB – “CHERRY PIE”

RED OOPART – “U WHO”

EMOTI:M – “SPARK”

Lee Bada – “Dancing On The Moon”

UmYull – “The Stranger of the 56th Street”

Pengsoo – “Get Happy Now”

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Watch: NouerA Takes 2nd Win For “.exe” On “Music Bank”; Performances By Stray Kids, Dayoung, Jay Park, And More

NouerA has won a second music show trophy of their career!

On the August 7 episode of “Music Bank,” the candidates for first place were NouerA’s “.exe” and CORTIS’s “REDRED.” NouerA ultimately took the prize with a total of 8,827 points, marking the first public broadcast network music show win of their career.

Congratulations to NouerA! Watch the winner announcement and encore below:

Performers on today’s show included Red Velvet, Picheolin (SEVENTEEN’s Dino), Stray Kids, Dayoung and Jay Park, KISS OF LIFE, POW, NOWZ, WHIB, NouerA, ARTMS, The Wind, A2O MAY, and Huh Jiwon.

Watch the performances below:

Red Velvet – “Surfin’ Boy”

Picheolin (SEVENTEEN’s Dino) – “Party Rock Rock” and “Sincerely”

Stray Kids – “This & That”

Dayoung and Jay Park – “FLIRTY”

KISS OF LIFE – “SWEAT”

POW – “Flavor”

NOWZ – “Achilles”

WHIB – “CHERRY PIE”

NouerA – “.exe”

ARTMS – “Blue Blood” and “Born Stunner”

The Wind – “Party Like A Rock Star”

A2O MAY – “Rain On My Parade + Under My Skin” and “Love Got Me Ooh”

Huh Jiwon – “Call Me Up”

Watch full episodes of “Music Bank” with English subtitles below:

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Watch: Jennie Takes 2nd Win For “Less than a Lover” On “M Countdown”; Performances By Red Velvet, Dino, And More

BLACKPINK’s Jennie has won her second music show trophy for her new single “Less than a Lover”!

On the August 6 episode of “M Countdown,” the candidates for first place were Young K’s “Shut The Door” and Jennie’s “Less than a Lover.” Jennie ultimately took the prize with a total of 7,253 points.

Congratulations to Jennie! Watch the winner announcement below:

Today’s performers included Red Velvet, Picheolin (SEVENTEEN’s Dino), BABYMONSTER, Dayoung and Jay Park, KISS OF LIFE, POW, NOWZ, WHIB, NouerA, ARTMS, Kep1er’s Xiaoting, The Wind, A2O MAY, Junhee, and Huh Jiwon.

Check out their performances below!

Red Velvet – “Surfin’ Boy”

Picheolin (SEVENTEEN’s Dino) – “Party Rock Rock” and “Love Sick”

BABYMONSTER – “MOON”

Dayoung and Jay Park – “FLIRTY”

KISS OF LIFE – “SWEAT”

POW – “Flavor”

NOWZ – “Achilles”

WHIB – “CHERRY PIE”

NouerA – “.exe”

ARTMS – “Born Stunner”

Kep1er’s Xiaoting – “LEGEND”

The Wind – “Party Like A Rock Star”

A2O MAY – “Rain On My Parade” and “Love Got Me Ooh”

Junhee – “LA LA LA LUNE”

Huh Jiwon – “Call Me Up”

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July Rookie Idol Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for rookie idol groups!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of various rookie idol groups, using big data collected from June 1 to July 1.

RESCENE topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 5,078,631, marking a 167.76 percent increase in their score since June.

High-ranking phrases in RESCENE’s keyword analysis included “Woni,” “alter ego,” and “promotional ambassador,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “reveal,” “reverse climb,” and “surpass.” The group’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 93.10 percent positive reactions.

CORTIS came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 4,973,702, marking a 19.75 percent rise in their score since last month.

ILLIT took third place with a brand reputation index of 2,491,433, marking a 4.22 percent increase in their score since June.

KiiiKiii held onto their spot at fourth place with a brand reputation index of 1,482,967, marking a 63.59 percent rise in their score since last month.

Finally, TWS rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 1,171,023, marking a 31.49 percent increase in their score since June.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

RESCENE
CORTIS
ILLIT
KiiiKiii
TWS
MEOVV
Hearts2Hearts
BABYMONSTER
XLOV
izna
AND2BLE
ALPHA DRIVE ONE
LNGSHOT
eite
KATSEYE
HEART OF WOMAN
KickFlip
ARTMS
IDID
UNIS
USPEER
SAY MY NAME
AHOF
idntt
Baby DONT Cry
SPIA
NAVILLERA
NEXZ
UNCHILD
NOWZ (formerly known as NOWADAYS)

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May Rookie Idol Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for rookie idol groups!

KiiiKiii continued their reign at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 1,154,671. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “Gen Z vibe,” “404,” and “KiiiKiii FesTiiival,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “distinguish themselves,” “participate,” and “active.” KiiiKiii’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 92.17 percent positive reactions.

Meanwhile, TWS rose to second place with a brand reputation index of 930,321 for May.

Hearts2Hearts came in at a close third with a brand reputation index of 904,097, while CORTIS followed in fourth with a score of 877,463.

Finally, ILLIT rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 776,045, marking a 3.94 percent increase in their score since April.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

KiiiKiii
TWS
Hearts2Hearts
CORTIS
ILLIT
KickFlip
ALPHA DRIVE ONE
ARTMS
BABYMONSTER
KATSEYE
RESCENE
Geenius
izna
idntt
ifeye
UNIS
MEOVV
Baby DONT Cry
AtHeart
SPIA
NOWZ (formerly known as NOWADAYS)
NEXZ
HORI7ON
eite
AHOF
SAY MY NAME
BE BOYS
CLOSE YOUR EYES
IDID
A1

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