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Winners at the 2025 K-World Dream Awards

Published Aug 22, 2025 10:50 am
(Clockwise from top left) Stray Kids, IVE, NCT Wish and AHOF (X)
(Clockwise from top left) Stray Kids, IVE, NCT Wish and AHOF (X)

The 2025 K-World Dream Awards ceremony was held on Aug. 21 at the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in Seoul.

It started in 2017 as the Soribada Best K-Music Awards and became the K Global Heart Dream Awards in 2022. Last year, the music awards show was changed to K-World Dream Awards. 

K-pop girl group IVE won four awards, including Best Artist and Bonsang. Stray Kids, Tomorrow X Together, and NCT Wish bagged three awards each. 

Stray Kids won Best Artist, Bonsang and Group Popularity while Tomorrow X Together took home Global Music Artist Award, Bonsang, and World Class Award. NCT Wish won the Journalist's Pick Artist Award, Bonsang Award, and Best Performance Award.

Stray Kids (X)
Stray Kids (X)
KickFlip (X)
KickFlip (X)
Le Sserafim (X)
Le Sserafim (X)
IVE (X)
IVE (X)
AHOF (X)
AHOF (X)
NCT Wish (X)
NCT Wish (X)
ILLIT (X)
ILLIT (X)
Kang Daniel (X)
Kang Daniel (X)

Here are the winners at the 2025 K-World Dream Awards:

K-World Dream Best Artist Award - IVE, Stray Kids

K-World Dream Journalist's Pick Artist Award - NCT Wish, Le Sserafim 

K-World Class Award - Le Sserafim, IVE, Stray Kids, Tomorrow X Together

K-World Dream Bonsang Award - QWER, tripleS, Tomorrow X Together, ILLIT, NCT Wish, Le Sserafim, IVE, Stray Kids

K-World Dream Best Trot Artist Award - Park Seo-jin, Park Ji-hyun

K-World Dream Best Music Video Award - ILLIT, tripleS, Young Posse 

K-World Dream Best Performance Award - NCT Wish, Fifty Fifty, Cravity

K-World Dream Best All-Around Musician Award - QWER, Kang Daniel

K-World Dream Best Album Award - Seventeen, ENHYPEN, Aespa, NCT Dream, Plave

K-World Dream Best Digital Music Award - DAY6, Rosé, IU, G-Dragon

K World Dream Group Popularity Award (Male Group) - Stray Kids

K World Dream Group Popularity Award (Female Group) - UNIS

K World Dream Solo Popularity Award - Park Ji-hyun, IVE’s Jang Won-young

K World Dream Best Band Artist Award - Xdinary Heroes, Lucy

K World Dream Best OST Award - “Golden,” Huntr/X for “KPop Demon Hunters” 

K World Dream Listener's Choice Award - Paul Kim, BTOB

K World Dream Producer Award - Starship Entertainment Director Seo Hyun-joo

K World Dream Super Rookie Award (Male Group) - AHOF, KickFlip

K World Dream Super Rookie Award (Female Group) - KiiiKiii, Hearts2Hearts

K World Dream Global Music Artist Award - Tomorrow x Together

K World Dream New Vision Award - Newbeat, Fifty Fifty, Close Your Eyes

K World Dream Rookie Band Award - Dragon Pony

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