Welcome to the final instalment of the 2025 KPOPREVIEWED Awards – the Announcement of Winners!
Just to recap what has been done so far: the nominees were announced, and voting opened mid-December 2025 for you to pick the winner across multiple categories; the announcement of KPOPREVIEWED’s Choice on 31st December 2025; and the voting closed mid-January 2026.
Since that last event, I have been working behind the scenes to prepare this post, including determining the Best Overall Song and Artist of 2025 (50% based on your fan votes and 50% on my Weekly KPOP Charts). And now, I am ready to present the winners of the 2025 KPOPREVIEWED Awards.
In addition to the images I have prepared for the announcement of winners, I have included the winners and honourable mentions (those who came second in each category) in the captions for each category, in case the images don’t load properly.
Also, in addition to announcing the Best Overall Song and Artist of 2025 today, I will also be posting the Top 30 songs and artists of 2025 on Saturday in a separate post. So keep your eyes out for that! But for now, the winners of 2025!
Page 1 – Artist Categories (this page)
Page 2 – Performance, Stages, Visuals & Blog Related Categories
Page 3 – Song & Album Categories
Artist categories
Best New Artists of 2025
Best New Male Group of 2025 Winner: CORTISBest New Male Group of 2025 Honourable Mention: AHOF
Best New Female Group of 2025 Winner: HEARTS2HEARTSBest New Female Group of 2025 Honourable Mention: KIIRAS
Best New Male Soloist of 2025 Winner: MARKBest New Male Soloist of 2025 Honourable Mention: BEOMGYU
Best New Female Soloist of 2025 Winner: YEJIBest New Female Soloist of 2025 Honourable Mention: IRENE
Best Subunit & Best Non-Korean Artist in KPOP of 2025
Best Subunit of 2025 Winner: Red Velvet – IRENE & SEULGIBest Subunit of 2025 Honourable Mention: CxM (S.COUPS & MINGYU)
Best Non-Korean Group in KPOP of 2025 Winner: KATSEYEBest Non-Korean Group in KPOP of 2025 Honourable Mention: &TEAM
Most Underrated Artist & Rising Star of 2025
Most Underrated Artist of 2025 Winner: XLOVMost Underrated Artist of 2025 Honourable Mention: CRAVITY
Rising Star of 2025 Winner: NMIXXRising Star of 2025 Honourable Mention: izna
Best Delivery (Band, Rap & Vocal Performance) of 2025
Best Band Performance of 2025 Winner: Xdinary Heroes for Beautiful Life.Best Band Performance of 2025 Honourable Mention: DAY6 for Maybe Tomorrow
Best Rap Performance of 2025 Winner: JENNIE for like JENNIEBest Rap Performance of 2025 Honourable Mention: CHANGBIN (Stray Kids) for BURNIN’ TIRES
Best Vocal Performance of 2025 Winner: ROSÉ for toxic till the endBest Vocal Performance of 2025 Honourable Mention: WOODZ for I’ll Never Love Again
Best Soloists & Groups of 2025
Best CO-ED group of 2025 Winner: KARDBest CO-ED group of 2025 Honourable Mention: ALLDAY PROJECT
Best Female Soloist of 2025 Winner: JENNIEBest Female Soloist of 2025 Honourable Mention: TAEYEON
Best Male Soloist of 2025 Winner: G-DRAGONBest Male Soloist of 2025 Honourable Mention: J-HOPE
Best Female Group of 2025 Winner: TWICEBest Female Group of 2025 Honourable Mention: aespa
Best Male Group of 2025 Winner: Stray KidsBest Male Group of 2025 Honourable Mention: ZEROBASEONE
Best Overall Artist
This award is determined by 50% of KPOPREVIEWED’s Weekly KPOP Charts and 50% of your fan votes.
Top 30 Artists of 2025 – coming soon
Best Overall Artist of 2025 Winner: Red Velvet – IRENE & SEULGIPage 1 – Artist Categories (this page)
Page 2 – Performance, Stages, Visuals & Blog Related Categories
Page 3 – Song & Album Categories
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