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The 2025 K-WORLD DREAM AWARDS celebrated global K-POP artists, with Stray Kids and IVE winning top honors among many others.

The 2025 K-WORLD DREAM AWARDS celebrated global K-POP artists, with Stray Kids and IVE winning top honors among many others.

August/22/2025 18:02

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The largest K-POP festival, '2025 K-WORLD DREAM AWARDS,' gathered artists active worldwide. Yesterday (21st), the '2025 K-WORLD DREAM AWARDS' was held at the Seoul Jamshil Indoor Gymnasium. Thousands of K-POP fans from not only Korea but also China, Japan, and Europe gathered early outside the venue, creating a lively atmosphere. The K WORLD DREAM Best Artist Award trophy was awarded to Stray Kids and IVE. In addition to the grand prize, Stray Kids achieved four awards including the K WORLD DREAM Group Popularity Award, the main award, and the K WORLD Class Award. They expressed, 'We are sincerely grateful for receiving such a meaningful award. We received great strength from STAY (the name of their fans) right before our comeback, so we believe we can create good memories. This year, we were loved by STAY worldwide and spent dreamlike days. Thanks to the big present from STAY, we believe we can continue to achieve positive results. We love you.' IVE, through their agency STARSHIP Entertainment, said, 'We received great love with 'REBEL HEART' and 'ATTITUDE' earlier this year, and we are truly thankful for receiving such a meaningful award. We will do our best to become a group that DIVE (the name of their fans) can be proud of.' They also announced, 'We will make our comeback on the 25th with 'IVE SECRET' and the title track 'XOXZ.' Everyone worked hard to prepare, so please support us.' TOMORROW X TOGETHER achieved three awards including the K WORLD DREAM Global Music Artist Award, the main award, and the K WORLD Class Award. They stated, 'We are honored to receive such a big award thanks to MOA (the name of their fans). We will start our fourth world tour with a performance at the Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome. We wanted to express our gratitude directly during rehearsal. Since we received a wonderful award before the world tour starts, we believe we can work hard. We are grateful.' The list of winners for the '2025 K-WORLD DREAM AWARDS' includes: Best Artist Award: IVE, Stray Kids; Journalist Pick Artist Award: NCT WISH, LE SSERAFIM; K WORLD Class Award: LE SSERAFIM, IVE, Stray Kids, TOMORROW X TOGETHER; Main Award: QWER, tripleS, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ILLIT, NCT WISH, LE SSERAFIM, IVE, Stray Kids; Best Trot Artist Award: Park So-jin, Park Ji-hyun; Best Music Video Award: ILLIT, tripleS, YOUNG POSSE; Best Performance Award: NCT WISH, FIFTY FIFTY, CRAVITY; Best All-Round Musician Award: QWER, Kang Daniel; Best Album Award: SEVENTEEN, ENHYPEN, aespa, NCT DREAM; Best Source Award: DAY6, BLACKPINK's Rosé, IU, BIGBANG's G-DRAGON; Group Popularity Award (Male Group): Stray Kids; Group Popularity Award (Female Group): UNIS; Solo Popularity Award: Park Ji-hyun, IVE's Wonyoung; Best Band Artist Award: Xdinary Heroes, LUCY; Best OST Award: 'KPOP Girls! Demon Hunters' ('Golden'); Listener's Choice Award: Paul Kim, BTOB; Producer Award: STARSHIP's Seo Hyun-joo; Super Rookie Award (Male Group): AHOF, KickFlip; Super Rookie Award (Female Group): KiiiKiii, Hearts2Hearts; Global Music Artist Award: TOMORROW X TOGETHER; New Vision Award: NEWBEAT, FIFTY FIFTY, CLOSE YOUR EYES; Band Award: Dragon Pony.

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