The Fact Music Awards 2025 Winners: Stray Kids Grab 4 Trophies, aespa, ENHYPEN Honoured; BTS V, Jin, J-Hope Sweep Major Categories

The Fact Music Awards 2025 Winners: Stray Kids Grab 4 Trophies, aespa, ENHYPEN Honoured; BTS V, Jin, J-Hope Sweep Major Categories

The Fact Music Awards (TMA) 2025 kicked off in Macau on September 20. The event held at the Macao Outdoor Performance venue, celebrated K-pop. It saw performances by leading artists, while honouring the biggest ones. The ceremony included five Daesangs: Record, Muse, Sound, Icon, and Honor of the Year. Here are all the bands and soloists who grabbed top awards.

The Fact Music Awards (TMA) 2025: Full winners list

Record of the Year: Stray Kids

Muse of the Year: aespa

Sound of the Year: IVE

Icon of the Year: ENHYPEN

Honor of the Year: Stray Kids

Artist of the Year Award

Stray Kids

aespa

ENHYPEN

BOYNEXTDOOR

ZEROBASEONE

NCT WISH

TWS

NMIXX

Next Leader Award

KiiiKiii

Hearts2Hearts

ALLDAY PROJECT

Hottest Award

AHOF

CLOSE YOUR EYES

Global Hot Trend Award

NEXZ

MEOVV

Special Jury Award: aespa

TMA Popularity Award: Stray Kids

Global Hot Star Award: PLAVE

Today’s Choice: ENHYPEN

Fan N Star Choice

PLAVE – Fan N Star Choice

BTS’s Jin – Fan N Star Choice

World Best Wave Award

BOYNEXTDOOR

Best Music

BTS’s V – Best Music

BTS’s J-Hope – Best Music

BTS’s Jin – Best Music

About The Fact Music Awards

Launched in 2019, The Fact Music Awards recognise and honour the major contributors to the Hallyu wave. The winners are determined through objective data from Gaon, a panel of judges and fan votes. This year, the Fact Music Awards is being held from September 7 to 8 in Japan.