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Manila Bulletin devider Entertainment devider Hallyuwood devider ATEEZ, BTS, Le Sserafim among winners at 2026 K-World Dream Awards

ATEEZ, BTS, Le Sserafim among winners at 2026 K-World Dream Awards

Published Aug 28, 2026 09:42 am  |  Updated Aug 28, 2026 02:00 pm
(Clockwise from top) ATEEZ, BTS and Le Sserafim (X)
(Clockwise from top) ATEEZ, BTS and Le Sserafim (X)

The 2026 K-World Dream Awards offered another snapshot of who is commanding attention in K-pop, with established global names BTS sharing the spotlight with one of the genre’s fastest-rising groups, ATEEZ, and girl group Le Sserafim.

Held Aug. 27 at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, the awards brought together some of the biggest names in the current Hallyu scene, with BTS, ATEEZ and Le Sserafim among the night’s multiple winners.

BTS took home Artist of the Year, Artist Award and Best Album, while ATEEZ had one of the strongest showings of the night with four awards: Best Artist Award, Best Stage, Group Popularity and Artist Award.

Le Sserafim won three awards: Artist Award, Best Visual Content and Best Artist.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Female Group Popularity Award

ILLIT

Male Group Popularity Award

ATEEZ

Female Solo Popularity Award

Carmen (Hearts2Hearts)

Male Solo Popularity Award

Park Ji Hyeon

K-World Dream Artist Award 

ND2BLE, CORTIS, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii, ILLIT, RIIZE, &TEAM, KickFlip, Le Sserafim, ATEEZ, P1Harmony, BTS, Stray Kids

K-World Dream Global Next Leader Award

AMPERS&ONE, NOWZ, XLOV

K-World Dream Global Spotlight Award

Xikers, IDID, AHOF

K-World Dream Best Visual Content Award

KiiiKiii, RESCENE, Le Sserafim

K-World Dream Super Rookie Award

CORTIS, AND2BLE, ALPHA DRIVE ONE

K-World Dream Listener’s Choice Award

Seeya

K-World Dream Best Stage Award

ATEEZ, P1Harmony, ILLIT

K-World Dream Best Album Award

BTS, ENHYPEN, NCT WISH, Tomorrow X Together, BLACKPINK

K-World Dream Best Music Award

AKMU, Hwasa, I.O.I, IVE, Aespa, YENA

K-World Dream Best Band Artist Award

Hi-Fi Un!corn, QWER

K-World Dream Best Fandom Award

RESCENE, AHOF

K-World Dream Best All-Round Musician Award

Evan, Jay B

K-World Dream Best Performance Award

RIIZE, 82MAJOR, MEOVV

K-World Dream Best Producer Award

Jeong Hae-jang

K-World Dream Best Trot Artist Award

Seong-ri, Park Ji-hyeon

K-World Dream Global Music Artist Award

Hearts2Hearts, KickFlip, &TEAM

K-World Dream Journalist’s Pick Artist Award

RIIZE

K-World Dream Artist of the Year

BTS

K-World Dream Female Group Best Artist Award

Le Sserafim

K-World Dream Male Group Best Artist Award

ATEEZ
RIIZE (X)
RIIZE (X)
ENHYPEN (X)
ENHYPEN (X)
Cortis (X)
Cortis (X)
ILLIT (X)
ILLIT (X)
Alpha Drive One (X)
Alpha Drive One (X)

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