BTS won Favorite Music Group or Duo, Favorite Album for ARIRANG and Favorite Song for “SWIM” at the 2026 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The results from the November 14 ceremony in Los Angeles also included Favorite Female Artist for Rosé and Favorite Music Collaboration for Tame Impala's “Dracula” with Jennie.
Source: The White House / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, U.S. government work. BTS during their White House visit on May 31, 2022. Archive frame from official White House video. Cropped.
The music results spread across groups, solo performers and a film soundtrack. KATSEYE won Favorite Female Breakout Artist/Group, while Bini received Favorite Global Music Star. “Golden,” credited to EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters, took Favorite Song From a Movie. Nickelodeon's official winners list places each of those successes in its own category.
One BTS album supplies two of the trophies
The album and song awards point to the same release. “SWIM” appears as the seventh track on the official ARIRANG sequence, immediately after “No. 29” and before “Merry Go Round.” BigHit's album page links the record's title to the traditional Korean folk song and presents it as an expression of the group's roots and current outlook.
That gives listeners a concrete starting point beyond the award count. The winning song sits inside a fourteen-track album, rather than arriving as a separate new release for the ceremony. The group award recognizes BTS as an act, while the other two name an album and one of its individual songs. Three trophies therefore represent three categories of recognition around the group's current work.
Blackpink members win under their own names
Rosé's artist award and Jennie's collaboration credit belong to their individual careers. Neither entry lists Blackpink as the winning act. Rosé's work has also crossed into film music, as our report on her F1 soundtrack contribution explains. Jennie's award here is shared with Tame Impala for a named recording.
Solo projects can take different forms within the same group. Our earlier coverage of Lisa's documentary plans followed another Blackpink member's work outside the band. The awards list offers a useful way to keep those credits straight. Rosé is the female-artist winner, Jennie is credited on a collaboration, and BTS appear as a group and on their own album and single.
The show was hosted by Alex Warren at Television City. Paramount's viewing guide describes the first simultaneous CBS and Nickelodeon broadcast, with live streaming for Paramount+ Premium subscribers and next-day U.S. on-demand access for Premium and Essential subscribers.
For a broader view of how the fan-voted event works, the Kids' Choice Awards history sets out its categories across music, television and film. The November results identify winners for this ceremony. Listening to ARIRANG or the winning soundtrack songs is a separate way to explore the recordings behind those names.
