From Sabrina Carpenter to BLACKPINK’s Rosé to Tyler, The Creator: Artists honored at Variety Hitmaker Awards 2025 

On December 6, the Variety Hitmaker Awards honored several artists across different categories. Several prominent names like Sabrina Carpenter, BLACKPINK’s Rosé, Tate McRae, Alex Warren, and more were awarded across different categories.

Sabrina Carpenter received Hitmaker of the Year, while Rosé was honored with Global Hitmaker of the Year awards at the Variety Hitmaker Awards this year. BLACKPINK’s Rosé even became the first K-pop artist to get the Global Hitmaker of the Year award at the Variety Hitmaker Awards.

Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae, Rosé, and more won Variety Hitmaker Awards

Here’s the complete rundown of artists who won Variety Hitmaker Awards:

• Sabrina Carpenter – Hitmaker of the Year
• Rosé – Global Hitmaker of the Year
• Tate McRae – Powerhouse of the Year
• Megan Moroney – Storyteller of the Year
• BigXThaPlug – Hip-Hop Disruptor of the Year
• Role Model – Triple Threat of the Year
• Fuerza Regida – Humanitarians of the Year
• Addison Rae (with Elvira Anderfjärd and Luka Kloser) – The Future Is Female Award
• Alex Warren – Breakthrough of the Year
• The Marías – Anti-Hit Hitmakers of the Year
• EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and REI AMI (singing voices of HUNTR/X) – KPop Demon Hitmakers of the Year
• Buddy Guy – Living Legend / Iconic Collaboration in Film Award
• Tyler, the Creator – Innovator of the Decade
• Sounwave, Mustard, and Jack Antonoff – Producers of the Year
• Elliot Grainge (Atlantic Music Group CEO) – Executive of the Year
• Big Loud (Seth England, Joey Moi, Craig Wiseman) – Platinum Decade Award
• Republic Records – Label of the Year
• Riot Games – Interactive Music in Media Award

BLACKPINK’s Rosé turned out to be the first K-pop artist to ever receive the ‘Global Hitmaker of the Year’ honor at the Variety Global Hitmakers event. She even emerged as the first K-soloist and the only member of her group to bag the Variety Hitmaker Award at the annual event. In her acceptance speech, BLACKPINK’s Rosé said:

“Um, if there is a lesson that l've learned about hitm making uh through this song, it would be that making music is all about capturing precious moments we experience to capture a raw authentic human connection and um yeah, it's been a real honor and privilege uh to have witnessed this through my own music.”

Sabrina Carpenter also spoke about her album Man’s Best Friend after accepting the Hitmaker of the Year award.

“This album was made with the mindset of how I made music when I was 10, which was this sounds good. I like this. Let's add a banjo. Let's call men stupid again. [— ] it. And uh, you know, this feels really good and it makes me want to like dance around the room with my friends. And my friends felt the same way. So that felt like a really good sign.” Sabrina said.

Benny Blanco, Laufey, Jake Shane, Jimmy Jam, Miles Caton, and more were award presenters at the Variety Hitmaker Awards event.

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