BTS' Jin leads with five nominations at Music Awards 2026, surpassing Jimin, Jungkook, and J-Hope

BTS' Jin took the lead in Music Awards Japan 2026 nominations. The Running Wild maker earned five nominations across different categories, surpassing his fellow BTS members, namely Jungkook, Jimin, and J-hope.

BTS' Jin got the most nominations, even more than his own group. He got nominated with his second solo album, ECHO, and its track Don’t Say You Love Me.

The Music Awards will be a six-day event, which is set to kick off on June 8 and wrap up on June 13 next year.

Here’s the complete rundown of nominations earned by BTS' Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, and J-hope with their respective categories:

Best K-Pop Song In Japan

• Don't Say You Love Me by Jin
• Killin It Girl by J-hope
• Sweet Dreams by J-hope

Best Artist

• BTS' Jin

Song Of The Year

• Don’t Say You Love Me by Jin

Best Album

• ECHO by Jin

Permission To Dance On The Stage: Live by BTS

• Best K-Pop Artist:
• BTS
• Jin
• J-hope
• Jimin
• Jungkook

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Many other K-pop idols got nominated at the next year’s Music Awards Japan, alongside BTS' Jin

Many major K-pop groups and artists made their way to the Music Awards Japan nominations for the coming year. The members of BLACKPINK got nominated both as individual members and as a group in different categories. Here's the list of K-pop idols nominated at Music Awards under five categories:

Artist of The Year

• Stray Kids
• SEVENTEEN
• TWICE
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER
• LE SSERAFIM
• ZEROBASEONE
• NiziU
• ENHYPEN
• Aespa
• BLACKPINK’s Rosé & Bruno Mars
• ILLIT
• BABYMONSTER
• BTS' Jin
• IVE
• BLACKPINK
• BLACKPINK’s Jennie
• TREASURE
• BOYNEXTDOOR
• NewJeans

Best K-pop Song in Japan

• BLACKPINK - JUMP
• ILLIT - Almond Chocolate
• LE SSERAFIM - DIFFERENT
• ENHYPEN - Shine On Me
• TWICE - THIS IS FOR TWICE
• HUNTR/X - Golden
• BLACKPINK’s Jennie - like JENNIE
• BOYNEXTDOOR - Count To Love
• BTS' Jin - Don't Say You Love Me
• SEVENTEEN - THUNDER
• aespa - Dirty Work
• IVE - ATTITUDE
• IVE - REBEL HEART
• LE SSERAFIM - HOT
• TWS - はじめまして
• BOYNEXTDOOR - IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU
• PLAVE - かくれんぼ
• LE SSERAFIM - Come Over
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Beautiful Strangers
• ILLIT - Billyeoon Goyangi (Do the Dance)
• ILLIT - jellyous
• Stray Kids - Hollow
• TREASURE - YELLOW
• ILLIT - Toki Yo Tomare
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Love Language
• TWICE - Enemy
• Saja Boys - Soda Pop
• Stray Kids - CEREMONY
• Hearts2Hearts -
• ZEROBASEONE - SLAM DUNK
• HOSHI X WOOZI (SEVENTEEN) - PINOCCHIO (feat. So!YoON!)
• IVE - XOXZ
• ZEROBASEONE - BLUE
• IVE - Be Alright
• TREASURE - PARADISE
• MEOVV - HANDS UP
• BABYMONSTER - HOT SAUCE
• BOYNEXTDOOR - The Chase
• I Feel Good - BOYNEXTDOOR
• ALLDAY PROJECT - Famous
• BTS’ J-hope - Killin' It Girl (feat. GloRilla)
• TWICE - Like 1
• LE SSERAFIM - Kawaii
• BLACKPINK’s Lisa - BORN AGAIN feat. Doja Cat & RAYE
• RIIZE - Fly Up
• TXT’s Beomgyu - Panic
• izna - SIGN
• BTS’ J-hope - Sweet Dreams (feat. Miguel)
• ENHYPEN - Bad Desire

Song of the Year

• BOYNEXTDOOR - Count to Love
• Aespa - Dirty Work
• IVE - Rebel Heart
• IVE - ATTITUDE
• LE SSERAFIM - HOT
• BTS’ Jin - Don’t Say You Love Me
• BLACKPINK - JUMP
• ILLIT - Almond Chocolate
• ENHYPEN - Shine On Me
• TWICE - THIS IS FOR
• HUNTR/X - GOLDEN
• Jennie - like JENNIE
• SEVENTEEN - THUNDER
• TWS - はじめまして (Nice to see you again)

Album of The Year

• SEVENTEEN - HAPPY BURSTDAY
• Stray Kids - Hollow
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER - The Star Chapter: TOGETHER
• ENHYPEN - DESIRE:UNLEASH
• TWICE - THIS IS FOR TWICE
• NiziU - AWAKE
• ZEROBASEONE - PREZENT
• BTS’ Jin - Echo
• LE SSERAFIM - HOT
• RIIZE - ODYSSEY
• IVE - IVE EMPATHY
• ILLIT - bomb
• BOYNEXTDOOR - No Genre
• TWICE - Enemy
• NCT DREAM - Go Back To The Future
• TWS - TRY WITH US
• G-DRAGON - Übermensch
• NEXZ - One Bite
• NCT WISH - poppop
• ZEROBASEONE - BLUE PARADISE
• PLAVE - Caligo Pt.1
• ZEROBASEONE - NEVER SAY NEVER
• IVE - IVE SECRET
• Lisa - Alter Ego
• Stray Kids - Mixtape : dominATE

Best K-pop Artist

• Stray Kids
• SEVENTEEN
• TWICE
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER
• LE SSERAFIM
• ZEROBASEONE
• ENHYPEN
• aespa
• ILLIT
• BABYMONSTER
• BTS' Jin
• IVE
• BLACKPINK
• BLACKPINK’s Jennie
• TREASURE
• BOYNEXTDOOR
• NewJeans
• RIIZE
• HUNTR/X
• BTS’ Jimin
• BLACKPINK’s Rosé
• BTS
• TWS
• NEXZ
• BIGBANG
• G-DRAGON
• NCT DREAM
• PLAVE
• NCT WISH
• BTS’ Jungkook
• Kep1er
• MARK
• BLACKPINK’s Lisa
• HOSHI and WOOZI
• MEOVV
• BTS’ J-hope
• Aespa’s Karina
• i-dle
• Seo In-guk
• TXT’s Beomgyu
• SF9
• BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
• xikers
• Doyoung

The voting timeline for the Music Awards comprises of two phases: primary voting and final voting. Here’s the timeline:

• Primary Voting: March 19 to April 8, 2026
• Nomination Announcement: April 30, 2026
• Final Voting: April 30 to May 20, 2026

Voters must choose two to five entries/artists. All voting will take place online via the official Music Awards Japan voting platform.