How many nominations did BTS members score at the 2025 Asian Pop Music Awards? Details explored

The Asian Pop Music Awards revealed their nominations on December 2. Among other artists, BTS members have earned a total of four nominations this year. Only two members of the septet, namely Jin and J-hope, got nominated in different categories.

Here’s the list of BTS members’ nominations at the upcoming Asian Pop Music Awards:

• Record of the Year - “Don't Say You Love Me” by Jin
• Best Collaboration - “Killin' It Girl (feat. GloRilla)” by J-hope
• Best Music Video - “SPAGHETTI(feat. J-hope)”
• Best Male Artist - Jin

Both Jin and J-hope have been nominated for their solo works released this year. Jin’s track Don’t Say You Love Me was dropped as part of his second solo album, ECHO. J-hope’s Killin’ It Girl was a single made in collab with GloRilla. LE SSERAFIM partnered with J-hope for SPAGHETTI in October this year.

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More about the Asian Pop Music Awards nominations

Here’s the complete list of Asian Pop Music Awards nominations for different categories:

BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

• RAISA
• RADWIMPS
• SEVENTEEN
• JACKSON WANG
• LAY ZHANG
• RIIZE
• JOLIN
• ROSÉ
• JENNIE
• G-DRAGON

RECORD OF THE YEAR:

• LISA x Doja Cat x RAYE
• Stray Kids
• aespa
• JIN
• XG
• MEOVV
• LAY ZHANG
• YUQI
• TIA RAY
• BABYMONSTER

SONG OF THE YEAR:

• YEJI
• KUN
• G-DRAGON
• JISOO
• MINNIE
• WANG YIBO
• KENSHI YONEZU
• BLACKPINK
• JENNIE
• ROSÉ

BEST COLLABORATION:

• JACKSON WANG x Diljit Dosanjh
• JISOO x ZAYN
• MARK x LEE YOUNG JI
• JENNIE x Dua Lipa
• KENSHI YONEZU x UTADA HIKARU
• J-HOPE x GloRilla
• LiSA (LiSA_OLiVE) x Felix
• THE 8（XU MINGHAO） x GALI
• G.E.M. x Faouzia
• G-DRAGON x Anderson .Paak

BEST MUSIC VIDEO:

• KUN
• LISA
• JACKSON WANG
• ZEROBASEONE
• LAY ZHANG
• JOLIN
• LE SSERAFIM x J-HOPE
• TWICE
• G-DRAGON
• JENNIE

BEST OST:

• TAN WEIWEI
• SHAN YICHUN
• D.O.
• WINTER
• DOYOUNG
• SILENCE WANG
• ZHOU SHEN
• IU
• LIM HYUNSIK

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE:

• KUN
• aespa
• JISOO
• WANG YIBO
• JENNIE
• TREASURE
• IVE
• SEVENTEEN
• KAI
• BABYMONSTER

BEST MALE ARTIST:

• BAEKHYUN
• CHANYEOL
• DAVID TAO
• G-DRAGON
• JACKSON WANG
• JIN
• KAI
• LAY ZHANG
• MARK
• SUHO

BEST FEMALE ARTIST:

• JENNIE
• JISOO
• JOLIN
• LEXIE LIU
• LISA
• MINNIE
• RAISA
• ROSÉ
• THELMA AOYAMA
• XIN LIU

BEST GROUP:

• Aespa
• ENHYPEN
• IVE
• LE SSERAFIM
• NMIXX
• RIIZE
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER
• TREASURE
• TWICE
• ZEROBASEONE

BEST NEW ARTIST:

• ALLDAY PROJECT
• CORTIS
• HANA
• Hearts2Hearts
• izna
• KickFlip
• KiiiKiii
• TIAN XUNING
• TOP (TransfOrm Project)
• ZI YU

BEST LYRICIST:

• FRANCIS LEE (DAVID TAO)
• G-DRAGON, Diane Warren, CHOICE37 (G-DRAGON)
• JACKSON WANG, Alexis Andrea Boyd, Louis Bartolini, Sayak Das (JACKSON WANG)
• JENNIE, Tayla Parx, Amanda "Kiddo A.I." Ibanez, ZICO, Thomas Wesley Pentz, Jorge Antonio Alfonzo Sr. (JENNIE)
• JIN CANCAN (WANG YIBO)
• JOLIN, Jackson Dimiglio Wood, Richard Craker (JOLIN)
• KENZIE (NCT WISH)
• LI YIJIE, LAY ZHANG (LAY ZHANG)
• ROSÉ, Evan Blair, Michael Pollack, Emily Warren Schwartz (ROSÉ)
• WOOZI, BUMZU (SEVENTEEN)

BEST COMPOSER:

• Diane Warren (G-DRAGON)
• GUO GUANTING, JOKER XUE, ZHOU YILI (JOKER XUE)
• JJ LIN (JJ LIN)
• KENSHI YONEZU (KENSHI YONEZU)
• LEXIE LIU, Trinidad Cardona (LEXIE LIU)
• MINNIE, BreadBeat, SHINKUNG, CA$HCOW, Tim Tan (MINNIE)
• Nathan Fertig, Wyatt Sanders (JIN)
• QIAN LEI (WANG YIBO)
• ROSÉ, Amy Allen, Dernst Emile II, Omer Fedi, Carter Lang, Bruno Mars, Dylan Wiggins (ROSÉ)
• RYAN JHUN, Sorana Pacurar, Jaro Omar, Inverness, Ferras (YEJI)

BEST ARRANGER:

• Anti-General, LAY ZHANG (LAY ZHANG)
• CHANCELLOR, JAKOPS, DOOMSDAY (XG)
• Cody Tarpley, Ben Samama, RYAN JHUN (aespa)
• DAVID TAO (DAVID TAO)
• Gabriel Benjamin (YAN HAOXIANG)
• Gustav Landell, DiGenius, Daoud (TWICE)
• Imad Royal, MAX (KAI)
• Siixk Jun (YUQI)
• The Wavys, Chloe, Dyan (NMIXX)
• Trackside, MLITE (IVE)

BEST PRODUCER:

• 13, Jackson Shanks (LE SSERAFIM)
• BLISSOO, THE WAVYS (JISOO)
• DAVID TAO (DAVID TAO)
• G-DRAGON (WITH HIS PRODUCTION TEAM) (G-DRAGON)
• JACKSON WANG (WITH HIS PRODUCTION TEAM) (JACKSON WANG)
• JENNIE (WITH HER PRODUCTION TEAM) (JENNIE)
• JOLIN (WITH HER PRODUCTION TEAM) (JOLIN)
• LAY ZHANG (LAY ZHANG)
• Mathias Wang, Tomy, OHU (WENDY)
• VERSACHOI, Bang Chan (3RACHA) (Stray Kids)

GLOBAL ARTIST AWARD:

• Daniel Caesar
• Demi Lovato
• Justin Bieber
• Lady Gaga
• Mariah the Scientist
• Olivia Dean
• Sabrina Carpenter
• SZA
• Taylor Swift
• The Weeknd

The date for the Asian Pop Music Awards ceremony hasn’t been announced as of this writing.