[Special] Winners for the 2025 KPOPREVIEWED Awards

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!

Artist categories

Best New Artists of 2025

Best New Male Group of 2025 Winner: CORTIS
Best New Male Group of 2025 Honourable Mention: AHOF

Best New Female Group of 2025 Winner: HEARTS2HEARTS
Best New Female Group of 2025 Honourable Mention: KIIRAS

Best New Male Soloist of 2025 Winner: MARK
Best New Male Soloist of 2025 Honourable Mention: BEOMGYU

Best New Female Soloist of 2025 Winner: YEJI
Best 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 & SEULGI
Best Subunit of 2025 Honourable Mention: CxM (S.COUPS & MINGYU)

Best Non-Korean Group in KPOP of 2025 Winner: KATSEYE
Best Non-Korean Group in KPOP of 2025 Honourable Mention: &TEAM

Most Underrated Artist & Rising Star of 2025

Most Underrated Artist of 2025 Winner: XLOV
Most Underrated Artist of 2025 Honourable Mention: CRAVITY

Rising Star of 2025 Winner: NMIXX
Rising 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 JENNIE
Best Rap Performance of 2025 Honourable Mention: CHANGBIN (Stray Kids) for BURNIN’ TIRES

Best Vocal Performance of 2025 Winner: ROSÉ for toxic till the end
Best 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: KARD
Best CO-ED group of 2025 Honourable Mention: ALLDAY PROJECT

Best Female Soloist of 2025 Winner: JENNIE
Best Female Soloist of 2025 Honourable Mention: TAEYEON

Best Male Soloist of 2025 Winner: G-DRAGON
Best Male Soloist of 2025 Honourable Mention: J-HOPE

Best Female Group of 2025 Winner: TWICE
Best Female Group of 2025 Honourable Mention: aespa

Best Male Group of 2025 Winner: Stray Kids
Best 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 & SEULGI

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