<K-Pop Demon Hunters> girl group Huntrix. Courtesy of Netflix

Rose of BLACKPINK and others took three awards at the ‘2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards’ held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles (LA), United States, on the 26th (local time). Rose won the ‘Best Collaboration’ category with ‘APT.’ (APT.), a collaboration with U.S. pop star Bruno Mars, and also took ‘K-pop Artist of the Year’.

In the Netflix animated film <K-Pop Demon Hunters (KDH)>, the girl group Huntrix won ‘Duo/Group of the Year’. The <KDH> original soundtrack (OST) also received the fan-voted ‘Favorite Soundtrack’ and ‘K-pop Song of the Year’, making it a triple winner.

Another BLACKPINK member, Jennie, won ‘K-pop Album of the Year’ with ‘Ruby’ (Ruby). ‘K-pop Group of the Year’ went to Stray Kids, and ‘K-pop Best New Artist’ went to Cortis.

BTS member J-Hope won ‘Favorite TikTok Dance’ with his solo track ‘MONA LISA’ (MONA LISA), and ‘Favorite K-pop Collaboration’ with ‘Sweet Dreams’ (Sweet Dreams), a collaboration with U.S. R&B singer Miguel, taking two awards. Disney+ <Is This Right?!> featuring BTS members Jimin and Jungkook won in the ‘Favorite On Screen’ category. The ‘Favorite Tour Photographer’ award went to Rahul Bhat, who works with the global HYBE girl group CatsEye.

At the ceremony, pop star Taylor Swift won a total of seven awards, including ‘Artist of the Year’ (Artist of the Year).

The ‘iHeartRadio Music Awards’ is a music awards show hosted by the U.S. online radio broadcaster iHeartRadio since 2014. It presents awards to the artists and songs that were played the most over the year on iHeartRadio stations and its application.