Seoul Music Awards 2025: Young Tak, TXT, Rosé Among Big Winners

The 34th Seoul Music Awards lit up the Inspire Arena in South Korea tonight, celebrating the biggest names in K-pop and Korean music from January 2024 to March 2025.

Hosted by Kang Seung-yoon, Miyeon of (G)I-DLE, and Soobin of TXT, the star-studded event honored the past year’s best music across multiple categories. Young Tak was the night’s biggest winner, taking home four awards, including major honors in the trot and popularity categories. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and Doyoung each won three awards. Rosé of BLACKPINK and rising rookie group NCT Wish each earned two awards. See the full list of winners below.

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Grand Prize (Daesang)

• (G)I-dle — WINNER

Main Prize (Bonsang)

• Aespa

• Doyoung

• Enhypen

• G-Dragon

• (G)I-dle

• Ive

• NCT Dream

• NCT Wish

• P1Harmony

• QWER

• Rosé

• Seventeen

• Stray Kids

• Tomorrow X Together

• Young Tak

• Zerobaseone

Rookie of the Year

• Hearts2Hearts — WINNER

• KickFlip

• KiKiLiLi

• 3Piece

• ARIC

• Blingee

• Dignity

• Loved

• MaeDon

• Noveah

• Outland

• Riize

• Say My Name

Best Song Award

• Tomorrow X Together – “Deja Vu” — WINNER

Best Album Award

• Tomorrow X Together – Minisode 3: Tomorrow — WINNER

• Zerobaseone – Blue Paradise — WINNER

Ballad Award

• Hwang Karam – “I’m Firefly” — WINNER

R&B / Hip-hop Award

• RM – “Lost!” — WINNER

Rising Star Award

• VVUP — WINNER

• 82Major

• Envie

• Fantasy Boys

• Lune

• The Pact

• Pow

• Chantel

• TNX

• Young Posse

• Popularity Award: Lee Chan-won — WINNER

• K-Wave Special Award: Jimin — WINNER

• K-pop World Choice – Group: Babymonster — WINNER

• K-pop World Choice – Solo: Young Tak — WINNER

Special Awards

Best Group Award:

• Illit — WINNER

• NCT Wish — WINNER

Best Performance Award:

• Cravity — WINNER

• Fifty Fifty — WINNER

• Best Solo Award: Doyoung — WINNER

• Best Band Award: Wave to Earth — WINNER

• K-pop Special Award: BtoB — WINNER

• Discovery of the Year: Say My Name — WINNER

World Best Artist:

• Aespa — WINNER

• Rosé — WINNER

OST Award

• Young Tak – “Unpredictable Life” (from Eagle Brothers) — WINNER

Trot Award

• Young Tak — WINNER