K-pop stars Rose and Ateez up for American Music Awards
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K-pop star Rose and American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars' viral hit Apt. has been nominated for Collaboration of the Year at the upcoming American Music Awards.
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K-pop girl group Blackpink’s Rose is in the running for two prizes at the 2025 American Music Awards, which is set to take place in Las Vegas on May 26.
According to the nominee list unveiled on April 23, the New Zealand-born star, who was recently named one of The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 by Time magazine, is nominated for Favourite K-pop Artist.
Her viral hit song Apt. (2024) – a duet with American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars – is in the running for Collaboration of the Year. The song has more than one billion views on YouTube and is the fifth-fastest music video to achieve this milestone.
The nominations mark the first time Rose has been recognised at the American Music Awards as a soloist. Blackpink were previously nominated for Favourite K-pop Artist in 2022, with BTS winning.
This time, Rose will be up against boy bands Stray Kids and Ateez, as well as BTS members RM and Jimin.
In the Collaboration of the Year category, the other nominees are Kendrick Lamar and Sza’s Luther; Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die With A Smile; Marshmello and Kane Brown’s Miles On It; Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s I Had Some Help; and Taylor Swift and Post Malone’s Fortnight.
Rapper Lamar leads the nominations at the American Music Awards with 10 nods, including for Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for Not Like Us, his Grammy-winning diss track about fellow rapper Drake.
Across the Atlantic, for the Ivors – Britain’s annual awards honouring songwriters and screen composers – pop star Charli XCX and rising singer-songwriter Lola Young picked up nominations on April 23. The awards will be given out in a ceremony held in London on May 22.
Young’s Messy (2024) went viral on TikTok and eventually made its way to the top of the UK Singles Chart. She leads with three nominations, the first time she has been recognised by the Ivors.
Her release This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway will compete for Best Album alongside Charli XCX’s Brat, which includes the TikTok-viral song Apple (2024). Messy is nominated for Best Song Musically and Lyrically while Young is up for the Rising Star Award.
