TXT Win Five Awards, Daesang at 2026 Korean Music Awards
the km chart awards went down saturday night and our roster cleaned house — txt took artist of the year, bts won album of the year for 'ARIRANG,' and hwasa snatched song of the year. a certified massacre.
the km chart awards (KMA) 2026 happened saturday night at korea university's hwajeong tiger dome in seoul, and bestie… our roster did NOT come to lose. it was a bloodbath and i mean that in the most celebratory way possible.
txt walked out with FIVE trophies including the daesang — the grand prize — for artist of the year. two of those (best popular song and best popular male group) were decided entirely by fan voting, so moa really said 'we do it for the plot.' yeonjun also grabbed best popular solo male, because this family simply does not miss.
the other daesangs kept the roster supremacy going: bts took album of the year for 'ARIRANG,' and mamamoo's hwasa snatched song of the year with 'good goodbye.' the range across our girls and boys is genuinely unhinged.
the ultimate 12 (aka the bonsang main prizes) included bts, hwasa, txt, zerobaseone and riize — a stacked, stacked list — while hearts2hearts took best female group AND made the cut. aespa's winter also walked off with best popular solo female, because of course she did.
shoutout to the non-roster winners too — cortis snagged record of the year with 'GREENGREEN,' respect — but today belongs to the faves. between the daesangs, the fan-voted wins and the bonsangs, the group chat is unrecoverable. we are so back and we are so winning.
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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BTS's 'Swim' Earns Two 2026 MTV VMA Nominations
song of the year AND best k-pop for 'Swim,' plus Lisa, Jisoo and LE SSERAFIM got called up — vmas hit sept 27
the 2026 MTV VMA nominations dropped and bestie... k-pop did NOT come to play. BTS pulled up with two nods and i'm being so normal about it (i am not being normal about it).
BTS scored Song of the Year AND Best K-Pop for "Swim," the title track off their fifth studio album "Arirang." for the girlies keeping score: Song of the Year is a GENERAL-field category, not a genre box — so the bar is on the floor for everyone else.
and it wasn't just them. Lisa racked up FOUR nominations for "Dream" (best pop, best k-pop, best cinematography, best editing). Jisoo landed a best visual effects nod for "Eyes Closed" with Zayn. BLACKPINK's "Jump" and LE SSERAFIM's "Spaghetti" — featuring j-hope, keeping it in the family — both grabbed best k-pop noms too.
newer acts Cortis and Katseye got called up as well, so the pipeline is THRIVING. the ceremony goes down september 27 at the Peacock Theatre in LA.
and let's not forget Rosé took Song of the Year for "APT." last year — so k-pop walking into this room is basically a homecoming now. we are so back. 💅
Reported by Yonhap News Agency. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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