BTS fans are over the moon, seeing their favourites dominate at the 2025 SEC Awards. The Brazilian ceremony organised by the Series em Cena portal, unveiled its winners list this Sunday, August 3, evening. Honouring pop culture contributions over the past year, the prestigious event had a good number of accolades to hand out to K-pop stars.
Given the K-pop wave’s undeniable global impact, several categories saw beloved idols, including members of BTS and BLACKPINK, end up on top. Supporters of BTS’ ‘golden maknae’ Jungkook were especially pleased to see their top singer snag the International Song of the Year title three times in a row.
His celebratory streak kicked off with the 2023 edition of awards show when he took the trophy home for his “Left and Right” collaboration with Charlie Puth. The following year he won the same award for his solo single “Seven,” and this year he secured the win for “Never Let Go,” which served as a “tribute” to his fans as part of the 2024 BTS Festa event.
In addition to Jungkook making it big at the 2025 SEC Awards, his fellow bandmates Jin, J-Hope and Jimin also earned some wins. Here is a list of all the K-pop artists honoured by the Series em Cena.
All K-pop / K-drama nominees at SEC Awards 2025
- Best Asian Series: When Life Gives You Tangerines and Weak Hero Class
- Performance in Asian Series: IU for When Life Gives You Tangerines
- International Female Artist of the Year: BLACKPINK’s Rose and Jennie
- International Male Artist of the Year: BTS’ J-Hope, Jin and Jimin
- Asian Artist of the Year: BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Rose and Lisa, BTS’ J-Hope, IU, EXO’s Baekhyun and NCT’s Mark
- International Song of the Year: “Like Jennie” by Jennie, “Rockstar” by Lisa, “APT” by Rose and Bruno Mars, “Never Let Go” by Jungkook, “Who” by Jimin
- International Feat of the Year: “New Woman” by Lisa and Rosalia, “ExtraL” by Jennie and Doechii, “APT” by Rose and Bruno Mars, “Sweet Dreams” by J-Hope and Miguel
- International Group/Duo of the Year: SEVENTEEN, LE SSERAFIM, Stray Kids and TWICE
- International Album/EP of the Year: “Ruby” by Jennie, “Rosie” by Rose, “MUSE” by Jimin
K-pop winners: SEC Awards 2025
- International Female Artist of the Year: BLACKPINK’s Rose
- International Male Artist of the Year: BTS’ Jin
- Asian Artist of the Year: BTS’ J-Hope
- International Song of the Year: BTS’ Jungkook
- International Feat of the Year: “Sweet Dreams” by BTS’ J-Hope and Miguel
- International Album/EP of the Year: “MUSE” by BTS’ Jimin