Jennie Wins Best Female Artist at Asian Pop Music Awards…Claiming All 9 Nominations

Jennie received the Best Female Artist award at the 2025 Asian Pop Music Awards (APMA). Prior to the ceremony, she had been nominated in 9 categories, becoming the most-nominated artist, and she confirmed her dominance by winning this award. The Asian Pop Music Awards, organized by Hong Kong’s Asia VVV Entertainment Group and the London-based UK VVV Music Group, held its sixth edition on December 30. Following the release of her new album “Ruby,” Jennie also won the Best Dance Performance award for the single “Like JENNIE.” Additionally, the album “Ruby” was selected as one of this year’s top 20 albums, while “Like JENNIE” made it to the list of top 20 songs of the year. It also appeared on the 10-name list for the People’s Choice Award determined by fan voting. With this win, Jennie has secured a total of 8 APMA awards through her solo activities, and when combined with BLACKPINK’s 10 awards, the duo now holds a combined total of 18 awards. This achievement comes just one year after she won 3 awards for the single “Mantra” in 2024. G-Dragon and Leeyang each won 4 awards, highlighting the strength of K-POP and Chinese pop. G-Dragon received the Album of the Year award for his comeback album “Ubermensch,” which marked his first release in 8 years, and he also won the Producer award. “Ubermensch” features an international all-star production team including Diane Warren, Teddy, Xavier De Rosnay of Justice, and Anderson .Paak. Chinese superstar Leeyang won the Best Male Artist award, bringing his total APMA awards to 16 following his first trophy in 2021. This surpasses the previous record shared with K-POP group SEVENTEEN, who held second place. Mandopop legend JJ Lin added 2 more awards this year, maintaining his record as the artist with the most APMA awards in history with a total of 18. Jackson Wang and Rosé each won 3 awards, while Jolene, TWICE, BTS’s Jin, EXO’s Baekhyun, SEVENTEEN, BLACKPINK, Kun, and aespa each won 2 awards.