The group Stray Kids won the 'Favorite Music Group' institutional sector at the 2025 Kids Choice Awards.

Stray Kids were selected as the winners of the 'Favorite Music Group' institutional sector at the 2025 Kids Choice Awards held on the 21st (local time) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA. The Kids Choice Awards, hosted by the American entertainment channel Nickelodeon, awards top stars across various fields such as music, broadcasting, and film, chosen directly by the audience.

Having been nominees in two categories, 'Favorite Music Group' and 'Favorite Global Music Star,' Stray Kids lifted the 'Favorite Music Group' trophy, reaffirming their powerful worldwide influence. Stray Kids became the second K-pop artist to receive an award at this event following BTS.

Stray Kids have been sharing news of their awards at various popular music awards this year. In March, they were named winners of 'Music Video of the Year' and 'Best 3 Albums' at the 39th Japan Gold Disc Awards, and at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, they won the trophy for 'Album of the Year' in the K-pop institutional sector for two consecutive years. At the 2025 American Music Awards, their song 'Come Play,' included in the Netflix animated series 'Arcane' Season 2 soundtrack album, won in the 'Favorite Soundtrack' institutional sector.

The 'largest ever' world tour 'Stray Kids World Tour 'dominATE'' is underway with significant attention from local media. The North America stadium tour, consisting of 13 performances in 10 locations, will continue in Chicago on the 26th and Toronto on the 29th. Following that, they will hold grand concerts in major stadiums such as Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Paris, and Rome in Europe.

Stray Kids drew attention by participating in the lighting ceremony of the Empire State Building, a New York landmark, on the 16th. Attending this lighting event, which discusses the healing energy of music, they illuminated the Empire State's landscape in red, representing the group, and held two solo performances at New York City's Citi Field on the 18th.

[Photo provided by JYP Entertainment.]

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