{"id":323847,"date":"2026-03-01T18:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/323847\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:49:17","slug":"rose-makes-history-for-k-pop-with-brit-awards-2026-win-for-apt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/323847\/","title":{"rendered":"Ros\u00e9 Makes History For K-Pop With BRIT Awards 2026 Win for ‘APT.’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ros\u00e9 poses with the Brit Award for International Song of the Year during The BRIT Awards 2026 at Co-op Live on February 28, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Anthony Devlin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Ros\u00e9 winning Best International Song at the BRIT Awards 2026 marks a landmark moment for Korean musicians overseas as the BLACKPINK<\/a> star is the first K-pop artist to take home a win at the U.K.\u2019s biggest night for music.<\/p>\n

Ros\u00e9\u2019s mega-hit collaboration with Bruno Mars<\/a> \u201cAPT.\u201d was named Best International Song, beating out a stacked category that included Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u2019s \u201cManchild,\u201d Alex Warren\u2019s \u201cOrdinary,\u201d and 11 other cross-continental smashes.<\/p>\n

Visibly moved and excited, the Tiffany & Co<\/a>\u2019s global ambassador accepted the trophy in person and addressed the crowd in a stunning asymmetric black gown and a few pieces from the luxury brand.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my gosh it is such an honor to be receiving this award in front of so many talented and admirable musicians in the U.K.\u201d she told the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. \u201cThere are so many people I want to thank. First of all, Bruno \u2014 I\u2019m receiving this award on behalf of the both of us \u2014 thank you so much for everything. For being my biggest mentor and best friend, I love you so much. So many people to thank! I\u2019d love to thank my Atlantic [Records] family for believing in me always, love you guys so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just as Ros\u00e9 and her BLACKPINK band mates made a record-smashing return with their new album DEADLINE, the 29-year-old made sure to mention the group with whom she began her music career, as well as the main musical producer behind BLACKPINK\u2019s sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to give a shoutout to BLACKPINK,\u201d Ros\u00e9 added, eliciting loads of cheers from the crowd. \u201cJennie, Jisoo and Lisa, I love you guys so much. Thank you for always inspiring me, I love you guys so much. Teddy oppa, I love you so much. Thank you so much, this means so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

ForbesBLACKPINK\u2019s \u2018DEADLINE\u2019 Sells Over 1.4 Million Albums On Historic 1st Day Of ReleaseBy Jeff Benjamin<\/a>K-Pop\u2019s History at the BRIT Awards<\/p>\n

K-pop\u2019s relationship with the BRITs has been one of gradual recognition. <\/p>\n

BTS were the first Korean act to enter into BRITs consciousness with a breakthrough nomination in 2021 for International Group of the Year (ultimately losing to HAIM) and shortlisted again in the category in 2022 (losing to Silk Sonic).<\/p>\n

Later, BLACKPINK became the first female K-pop group to be nominated at the BRITs, scoring a nod in International Group of the Year in 2023, ultimately losing out to the Fontaines D.C. that year.<\/p>\n

K-pop had even more representation at this year\u2019s BRIT Awards with KPop Demon Hunters group HUNTR\/X consisting of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami also nominated not just for Best International Song with \u201cGolden\u201d but International Group of the Year. While the trio didn\u2019t take home any trophies, EJAE, Audrey, and Rei performed their nominated hit<\/a> at the awards, marking the KDH stars\u2019 biggest awards show moment to date, with highlights from the Netflix film playing behind them.<\/p>\n

Zooming out from the K-pop highlights at this year\u2019s BRIT Awards, the 2026 Grammys\u2019 Best New Artist and neo-soul breakout Olivia Dean swept every category she was nominated in for the night, while rock singer-songwriter Sam Fender also took home two wins. Other winners throughout the night included Lola Young, PinkPantheress, Wolf Alice, Skepta, Rosal\u00eda, the late Ozzy Osbourne and more.<\/p>\n

Check out the full winners list from the BRIT Awards 2026 here<\/a> and watch Ros\u00e9\u2019s acceptance speech for International Song of the Year for \u201cAPT.\u201d below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ros\u00e9 poses with the Brit Award for International Song of the Year during The BRIT Awards 2026 at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[150297,8139,131019,150296,12835,150300,93,150298,61,60,6522,3622,150299,278],"class_list":["post-323847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-best-international-song","tag-blackpink","tag-blackpink-members","tag-brit-award","tag-brit-awards","tag-brit-awards-bts","tag-entertainment","tag-golden-live-performance","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kpop","tag-kpop-demon-hunters","tag-kpop-demon-hunters-brit-aw","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}