{"id":327866,"date":"2025-12-03T11:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/327866\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:13:09","slug":"asian-pop-music-awards-2025-nominations-jennie-g-dragon-lay-zhang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/327866\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Pop Music Awards 2025 Nominations: Jennie, G-Dragon, Lay Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chanel<\/a><\/p>\n

Jennie Kim at the Chanel fashion show as part of Spring\/Summer 2026 Paris Fashion Week held at Grand Palais on October 06, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Swan Gallet\/WWD via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

WWD via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWho wanna rock with Jennie?\u201d After the reveal of the 2025 nominees, the Asian Pop Music Awards clearly do as the superstar leads this year\u2019s field with nine nominations that reflect the pull of her solo work and the enduring global impact of BLACKPINK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As an organization represented by Hong Kong\u2019s Asia VVV Entertainment Group and the London-based UK VVV Music Group LTD, the Asian Pop Music Awards carried a somber and respectful tone ahead of this year\u2019s nomination rollout. Organizers postponed the original reveal date amid the devastating Hong Kong estate building fire<\/a>, issuing a message of condolence before the full slate was published late on December 1.<\/p>\n

Close behind Jennie\u2019s nine nods for the annual award show are G-Dragon and Lay Zhang with eight nominations each, while Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 honoree Jackson Wang<\/a> logged seven. This year\u2019s top-nominated acts represent the expansive K-pop scene, with all four of the aforementioned stars gaining their starts in Korea-based groups but reaching new career heights as soloists, with music beyond Korean pop targeting China, the U.S. and beyond.<\/p>\n

Chinese-pop queen Jolin<\/a> collected six APMA nominations, as did Jennie\u2019s BLACKPINK bandmate Ros\u00e9, with Jisoo earning five, and Lisa four, with BLACKPINK also appearing as a group on the list. <\/p>\n

The BLACKPINK women have a strong history at the Asian Pop Music Awards. The group earned Album of the Year in 2020 for The Album and 2022 for Born Pink. Plus, all four of them have solo wins through the years with Jennie, Ros\u00e9 and Lisa all landing at least one award at the 2024 APMAs.<\/p>\n

With 16 trophies to date, Mandopop icon JJ Lin is the most-awarded artist in APMA history since the ceremony first kicked off in 2020 and has the chance to expand his winnings with three nominations this year. Lay Zhang has the chance to surpass Lin with his eight nods this year after 12 wins under his belt, the title for second-most APMA wins that he shares with K-pop superstar group SEVENTEEN.<\/p>\n

Other major Asian artists spotlighted this year include Chinese pop idol turned fearless solo supesrtar KUN, Japanese singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu, Taiwanese R&B-rock crossover star David Tao and multinational K-pop girl group aespa<\/a> all scored four nominees too.<\/p>\n

All of the artists are also competing in the APMA 2025 People\u2019s Choice Award<\/a> which is the only fan-voted category where music lovers can use social media platforms including WeChat, Instagram, Weibo and X (formerly known as Twitter) to vote for their favorites from the year. Traditionally, the People\u2019s Choice winners are part of a Top 10 list of winners.<\/p>\n

Read the full list of nominations for the 2025 Asian Pop Music Awards below. Further information about the ceremony and winners reveal are expected to be revealed soon, but may also be delayed as Hong Kong heals from the late-November fire tragedy.<\/p>\n

Asian Pop Music Awards (APMA) 2025 NominationsBest Album of the Year<\/p>\n

RAISA, ambiVert
RADWIMPS, Anew
SEVENTEEN, HAPPY BURSTDAY
JACKSON WANG, MAGICMAN 2
LAY ZHANG, NAO TIAN GONG (Rock the Heavenly Palace)
RIIZE, ODYSSEY
JOLIN, Pleasure
ROS\u00c9, rosie
JENNIE, Ruby
G-DRAGON, Ubermensch<\/p>\n

Record of the Year<\/p>\n

LISA x Doja Cat x RAYE, \u201cBorn Again\u201d
Stray Kids, \u201cCEREMONY\u201d
aespa, \u201cDirty Work\u201d
JIN, \u201cDon\u2019t Say You Love Me\u201d
XG, \u201cHANDS UP\u201d
MEOVV, \u201cHANDS UP\u201d
LAY ZHANG, \u201cKAI TIAN\u201d
YUQI, \u201cM.O.\u201d
TIA RAY, \u201cPHONE\u201d
BABYMONSTER, \u201cWE GO UP\u201d<\/p>\n

Song of the Year<\/p>\n

YEJI, \u201cAIR\u201d
KUN, \u201cDeadman\u201d
G-DRAGON, \u201cDRAMA\u201d
JISOO, \u201cearthquake\u201d
MINNIE, \u201cHER\u201d
WANG YIBO, \u201cI AM NOT HERE\u201d
KENSHI YONEZU, \u201cIRIS OUT\u201d
BLACKPINK, \u201cJUMP\u201d
JENNIE, \u201cLike JENNIE\u201d
ROS\u00c9, \u201cnumber one girl\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Collaboration<\/p>\n

JACKSON WANG x Diljit Dosanjh, \u201cBUCK\u201d
JISOO x ZAYN, \u201cEYES CLOSED\u201d
MARK x LEE YOUNG JI, \u201cFraktsiya\u201d
JENNIE x Dua Lipa, \u201cHandlebars\u201d
KENSHI YONEZU x UTADA HIKARU, \u201cJANE DOE\u201d
J-Hope x GloRilla, \u201cKillin\u2019 It Girl\u201d
LiSA x Felix, \u201cReawakeR\u201d
THE 8 (XU MINGHAO) x GALI, \u201cStar Crossing Night\u201d
G.E.M. x Faouzia, \u201cStill Breathing (Acoustic)\u201d
G-DRAGON x Anderson .Paak, \u201cTOO BAD\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Music Video<\/p>\n

KUN, \u201cDeadman\u201d
LISA, \u201cDream\u201d
JACKSON WANG, \u201cGBAD\u201d
ZEROBASEONE, \u201cICONIK\u201d
LAY ZHANG, \u201cKAI TIAN\u201d
JOLIN, \u201cPleasure\u201d
LE SSERAFIM x J-HOPE, \u201cSpaghetti\u201d
TWICE, \u201cTHIS IS FOR\u201d
G-DRAGON x Anderson .Paak, \u201cTOO BAD\u201d
JENNIE, \u201cZEN\u201d<\/p>\n

Best OST<\/p>\n

TAN WEIWEI, \u201cDONGJI YAO\u201d from Dongji Rescue
JJ Lin, \u201cBlink of Eternity\u201d from Measure in Love
SHAN YICHUN, \u201cFirework\u201d from Love\u2019s Ambition
D.O., \u201cFOREVER\u201d from Resident Playbook
WINTER, \u201cHUNJUNG YEONSUH\u201d from The Tale of Lady Ok
DOYOUNG, \u201cI find you\u201d from Bon Appetit Your Majesty
SILENCE WANG, \u201cLike Sunny Days, Like Rainy Days\u201d from The First Frost
ZHOU SHEN, \u201cMENG JIAN NI\u201d from Endless Journey of Love
IU, \u201cMidnight Walk\u201d from When Life Gives You Tangerines
LIM HYUNSIK, \u201cSee the Light\u201d from When the Phone Rings<\/p>\n

Best Dance Performance<\/p>\n

KUN, \u201cDeadman\u201d
aespa, \u201cDirty Work\u201d
JISOO, \u201cearthquake\u201d
WANG YIBO, \u201cI AM NOT HERE\u201d
JENNIE, \u201cLike Jennie\u201d
TREASURE, \u201cNOW FOREVER\u201d
IVE, \u201cRebel Heart\u201d
SEVENTEEN, \u201cTHUNDER\u201d
KAI, \u201cWait On Me\u201d
BABYMONSTER, \u201cWE GO UP\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Male Artist<\/p>\n

BAEKHYUN, Essence of Reverie
CHANYEOL, Upside Down
DAVID TAO, STUPID POP SONGS
G-DRAGON, Ubermensch
JACKSON WANG, MAGICMAN 2
JIN, Echo
KAI, Wait on Me
LAY ZHANG, NAO TIAN GONG (Rock the Heavenly Palace)
MARK, The Firstfruit
SUHO, Who Are You<\/p>\n

Best Female Artist<\/p>\n

JENNIE, Ruby
JISOO, AMORTAGE
JOLIN, Pleasure
LEXIE LIU, TEENAGE RAMBLE
LISA, Alter Ego
MINNIE, HER
RAISA, ambiVert
ROS\u00c9, rosie
THELMA AOYAMA, Easy Mode
XIN LIU, O<\/p>\n

Best Group<\/p>\n

aespa, Rich Man
ENHYPEN, DESIRE : UNLEASH
IVE, IVE SECRET
LE SSERAFIM, HOT
NMIXX, Blue Valentine
RIIZE, ODYSSEY
SEVENTEEN, HAPPY BURSTDAY
Stray Kids, KARMA
TOMORROW X TOGETHER, The Star Chapter: TOGETHER
TREASURE, PLEASURE
TWICE, THIS IS FOR
ZEROBASEONE, NEVER SAY NEVER<\/p>\n

Best New Artist<\/p>\n

ALLDAY PROJECT, FAMOUS
CORTIS, COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES
HANA, ROSE
Hearts2Hearts, The Chase
izna, N\/a
KickFlip, Kick It! Flip It!
KiiiKiii, UNCUT GEM
TIAN XUNING, GUANG YAN
TOP (TransfOrm Project), L\u00d8VE IS DANGEROUS!
ZI YU, Too Deep<\/p>\n

Best Lyricist<\/p>\n

FRANCIS LEE, (\u201cFrom Dust to Dust (WEI CHEN)\u201d by DAVID TAO)
G-DRAGON, Diane Warren & CHOICE37 (\u201cDRAMA\u201d by G-DRAGON)
JACKSON WANG, Alexis Andrea Boyd, Louis Bartolini & Sayak Das (\u201cMade Me a Man\u201d by JACKSON WANG)
JENNIE, Tayla Parx, Amanda \u201cKiddo A.I.\u201d Ibanez, ZICO, Thomas Wesley Pentz & Jorge Antonio Alfonzo Sr. (\u201cLike JENNIE \u201d by JENNIE)
JIN CANCAN (\u201cI AM NOT HERE\u201d by WANG YIBO)
JOLIN, Jackson Dimiglio Wood & Richard Craker (\u201cDIY\u201d by JOLIN)
KENZIE (\u201cpoppop\u201d by NCT WISH)
LI YIJIE & LAY ZHANG (\u201cKAI TIAN\u201d by LAY ZHANG)
ROS\u00c9, Evan Blair, Michael Pollack & Emily Warren Schwartz (\u201ctoxic till the end\u201d by ROS\u00c9)
WOOZI & BUMZU (\u201cTHUNDER\u201d by SEVENTEEN)<\/p>\n

Best Composer<\/p>\n

Diane Warren (\u201cDRAMA\u201d by G-DRAGON)
GUO GUANTING, JOKER XUE & ZHOU YILI (\u201cYUE\u201d by JOKER XUE)
JJ LIN (\u201cTurn Of A Page\u201d by JJ LIN)
KENSHI YONEZU (\u201cIRIS OUT\u201d by KENSHI YONEZU)
LEXIE LIU & Trinidad Cardona (\u201cX\u201d by LEXIE LIU)
MINNIE, BreadBeat, SHINKUNG, CA$HCOW & Tim Tan (\u201cHER\u201d by MINNIE)
Nathan Fertig & Wyatt Sanders (\u201cDon\u2019t Say You Love Me\u201d by JIN)
QIAN LEI (\u201cI AM NOT HERE\u201d by WANG YIBO)
ROS\u00c9, Amy Allen, Dernst Emile II, Omer Fedi, Carter Lang, Bruno Mars & Dylan Wiggins (\u201cnumber one girl\u201d by ROS\u00c9)
RYAN JHUN, Sorana Pacurar, Jaro Omar, Inverness & Ferras (\u201c258\u201d by YEJI)<\/p>\n

Best Arranger<\/p>\n

Anti-General & LAY ZHANG (\u201cKAI TIAN\u201d by LAY ZHANG)
CHANCELLOR, JAKOPS & DOOMSDAY (\u201cGALA\u201d by XG)
Cody Tarpley, Ben Samama, RYAN JHUN (\u201cRich Man\u201d by aespa)
DAVID TAO (\u201cStupid Pop Song\u201d by DAVID TAO)
Gabriel Benjamin (\u201cSHAKE\u201d by YAN HAOXIANG)
Gustav Landell, DiGenius & Daoud (\u201cTHIS IS FOR\u201d by TWICE)
Imad Royal, MAX (\u201cAdult Swim\u201d by KAI)
Siixk Jun (\u201cM.O.\u201d by YUQI)
The Wavys, Chloe, Dyan (\u201cKNOW BOUT ME\u201d by NMIXX)
Trackside, MLITE (\u201cXOXZ\u201d by IVE)<\/p>\n

Best Producer<\/p>\n

13 & Jackson Shanks (HOT by LE SSERAFIM)
BLISSOO & The Wavys (AMORTAGE by JISOO)
DAVID TAO (STUPID POP SONGS by DAVID TAO)
G-DRAGON (With his production team) (Ubermensch by G-DRAGON)
JACKSON WANG (with his production team) (MAGICMAN 2 by JACKSON WANG)
JENNIE (with her production team) (Ruby by JENNIE)
JOLIN (with her production team) (Pleasure by JOLIN)
LAY ZHANG (NAO TIAN GONG (Rock the Heavenly Palace) by LAY ZHANG)
Mathias Wang, Tomy & OHU (Sunkiss by WENDY)
VERSACHOI & Bang Chan (3RACHA), (KARMA by Stray Kids)<\/p>\n

Global Artist Award<\/p>\n

Daniel Caesar, Son Of Spergy
Demi Lovato, It\u2019s Not That Deep
Justin Bieber, SWAG II
Lady Gaga, MAYHEM
Mariah the Scientist, HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY
Olivia Dean, The Art of Loving
Sabrina Carpenter, Man\u2019s Best Friend
SZA, SOS Deluxe: LANA
Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl
The Weeknd, Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/p>\n

APMA 2025 People\u2019s Choice Award (Fan Voted<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for further information including ceremony date and more from the 2025 Asian Pop Music Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennie Kim at the Chanel fashion show as part of Spring\/Summer 2026 Paris Fashion Week held at Grand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[166695,166694,166702,88,166699,166701,166697,166696,166698,166693,166700,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-327866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-apma-nominees","9":"tag-asian-pop-music-awards-2025","10":"tag-blackpink-asian-pop-music-awards","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-g-dragon-awards-and-nominations","13":"tag-hong-kong-fires","14":"tag-jackson-wang-awards-nominations","15":"tag-jennie-awards","16":"tag-jennie-awards-nominations","17":"tag-jj-lin","18":"tag-lay-zhang-awards-and-nominations","19":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}