The winners of the BreakTudo Awards 2025 were revealed last night (November 18) in São Paulo, Brazil, and several K-pop stars were among this year’s honorees. ENHYPEN, JENNIE, JIMIN, ITZY, Jungkook, J-Hope, Jin, and HYBE’s global girl group KATSEYE all took home awards.
BLACKPINK’s JENNIE won International Female Artist, becoming the first K-pop act to ever win the category, which had previously been dominated by American artists. BTS’s Jin took home International Hit of the Year with “Don’t Say You Love Me,” beating out songs such as KATSEYE’s “Gabriela” and Gracie Abrams’s “I Love You, I’m Sorry.”
Other BTS members also secured major wins: Jimin won International Male Artist, Jung Kook was awarded Global Artist, and J-Hope won Asian Artist. ITZY won K-pop Hit of the Year for “Girls Will Be Girls,” in a category that also included TXT’s “Beautiful Strangers,” Stray Kids’ “Chk Chk Boom,” and aespa’s “Dirty Work.”
ENHYPEN won International Male Group, competing against acts like Stray Kids, ATEEZ, BE:FIRST, Big Time Rush, and SB19. In a video message shown during the BreakTudo Awards 2025 broadcast, ENHYPEN shared a heartfelt message to ENGENEs:
“We are truly honored and so grateful for all the love and support from ENGENEs. Although we couldn’t be there this time, we really hope to visit and meet you guys in person soon, so please wait for us. We will continue working hard to create amazing music and performances that make ENGENEs proud.”
Check out the categories with K-pop artists among the winners and nominees:
International Female Artist
- Ariana Grande
- Charli XCX
- Doechii
- JENNIE – WINNER
- Lady Gaga
- Miley Cyrus
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Tate McRae
International Male Artist
- Bad Bunny
- Benson Boone
- Burna Boy
- Ed Sheeran
- Jimin – WINNER
- Justin Bieber
- Kendrick Lamar
- The Weeknd
International New Artist
- Gigi Perez
- Gracie Abrams
- Illit
- KATSEYE – WINNER
- LOLA YOUNG
- LYKN
- Ravyn Lenae
- Sombr
Asian Artist
- Jackson Wang
- Jeff Satur
- J-Hope – WINNER
- Jisoo
- JOLIN
- Maki
- NIKI
- Wonho
Global Artist
- Cardi B
- Jung Kook – WINNER
- Lali
- LISA
- Lorde
- Shenseea
- Wizkid
- Zara Larsson
International Female Group
- 4EVE
- AESPA
- BABYMONSTER
- BINI – WINNER
- BLACKPINK
- FLO
- ITZY
- TWICE
International Male Group
- ATEEZ
- BE:FIRST
- Big Time Rush
- Enhypen – WINNER
- SB19
- Seventeen
- Stray Kids
- TXT
International Hit of the Year
- Anxiety – Doechii
- APT. – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
- Don’t Say You Love Me – Jin – WINNER
- Gabriela – KATSEYE
- I Love You, I’m Sorry – Gracie Abrams
- Like Jennie – JENNIE
- Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
- Sports Car – Tate McRae
K-pop Hit of the Year
- Beautiful Strangers – TXT
- Chk Chk Boom – Stray Kids
- Dirty Work – aespa
- DRIP – BABYMONSTER
- Girls Will Be Girls – ITZY – WINNER
- Golden – HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)
- Nice Guy – BOYNEXTDOOR
- REBEL HEART – IVE
International Music Video
- Abracadabra – Lady Gaga
- BLISS – Tyla
- DAM – SB19
- GRIT – BE:FIRST – WINNER
- JUMP – Blackpink
- Lovin Myself – Ava Max
- Messiah – Sevdaliza
- The Subway – Chappell Roan
International Fandom of The Year
- ARMYS – BTS
- BeyHive – Beyoncé
- Blinks – BLACKPINK
- Blooms – BINI
- Cryboyers – Cry
- FreenBecky – Freen Sarocha e Becky Armstrong – WINNER
- Los Furiosos – Furia Scaglione
- Zeudiners – Zeudi Di Palma
