2024 K-World Dream Awards: Complete winners list and highlights as SEVENTEEN, LE SSERAFIM, and more bag wins

Winners (Image via Instagram/@nct127, @le_sserafim)
Winners list and highlights of the 2024 K-World Dream Awards (Image via Instagram/@nct127, @le_sserafim)

On Thursday, August 22, the 2024 K-World Dream Awards was rolled out at the Indoor Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. The award ceremony, organized by the South Korea-based digital music platform Soribada honors and celebrates the best K-pop releases of the year. The winners of this year's ceremony were picked from several K-pop releases between September 2023 to August 2024.

The criteria on which the nominees and winners are chosen are based on several factors such as the artists' performance on the digital music platform Soribada, fans' online and mobile votes, and rankings from industry critics. Apart from the intriguing categories and list of nominees, fans were also excited about the lineup for the 2024 K-World Dream Awards.

Several K-pop artists like aespa, ITZY, NCT 127, P1Harmony sat on the performance lineup, and unsurprisingly, fans couldn't get enough of the several iconic stages that resulted from today's awards ceremony. The following article will unveil the winners of the 2024 K-World Dream Awards.


From SEVENTEEN to NCT 127: The 2024 K-World Dream Awards complete winners list

The winners of the 2024 K-World Dream Awards were revealed at the end of the award ceremony, which was held on August 22. Here's the complete list:

Next Leader Award

  • BADVILLAIN

Music Icon Award

  • UNIS
  • HiFi Un!corn

HelloLive Global Star

  • P1Harmony

Best OST Award

  • Crush

Listener Choice Awards

  • Lee Mujin
  • JD1

Best New Trend Award

  • tripleS
  • PLAVE

Bonsang (Main Prize)

  • BIBI
  • KISS OF LIFE
  • Lee Mujin
  • TOMORROW X TOGETHER
  • ZEROBASEONE
  • ITZY
  • NCT 127
  • aespa
  • PLAVE

The Global U-Pick Choice Trophy

  • ZEROBASEONE's Zhang Hao

Best Band Award

  • QWER

Best Song/ Best Music Award

  • SEVENTEEN
  • Zico feat Jennie
  • (G)I-DLE
  • IVE
  • LE SSERAFIM

Girl Solo Popularity Award

  • Jeon Yu Jin

Boy Solo Popularity Award

  • Kim Jae-joong

Best Producer Award

  • Shinsadong Tiger (posthumously received by TRI.BE)

Super Rookie Award

  • TWS
  • NCT WISH

Best All-Round Musician Award

  • Lee Chaeyeon
  • Baekho
  • Best Performance Award
  • Billlie
  • Ha Sung-woon
  • NCT 127

Best Music Video Award

  • aespa
  • YOUNG POSSE

Journalist Pick Artist Award

  • ZEROBASEONE
  • TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Best Artist Award

  • aespa
  • NCT 127

Highlights from the 2024 K-World Dream Awards

On the other hand, fans couldn't stop talking about a few of the highlights at the 2024 K-World Dream Awards. When the K-pop boy group, ZEROBASEONE came to collect their trophy for the Journalist Pick Artist Award, the members and viewers got a glimpse of their chaotic energy. The members kept moving around the stage and also dropped a few hints about their upcoming comeback.

Fans were also delighted to see the performances of some of the artists. Many commended ITZY's stage and largely talked about Yuna's charisma and stage presence. Additionally, fans also talked about aespa's Supernova stage, NCT 127's Fact Check and Walk performance, and P1Harmony's Killin' It. As the award ceremony came to an end, fans were more than happy to see the numerous deserving artists bag home their trophies.


Soon after the ceremony's end, fans and other netizens flooded X and other social media platforms with congratulatory posts for the winning artists and also praised the stunning live performances of the evening.

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