Stray Kids is a South Korean boy band under record label JYP Entertainment, formed through the reality show of the same name. The group consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N.
The group debuted with their second extended play (EP) I Am Not on March 25, 2018, following their pre-debut EP Mixtape, consisting of music from the Stray Kids series and released in January 2018. The group released two more EPs in 2018—I Am Who in August and I Am You in October, with a positive commercial reception. The four EPs earned the group six new artist awards in 2018 and early 2019, including Best New Male Artist at the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Best New Artist at the 33rd Golden Disc Awards, and Rookie of the Year at the 28th Seoul Music Awards and 2018 Asia Artist Awards. I Am Who also gave Stray Kids their first bonsang nomination at the 33rd Golden Disc Awards, for the Disc Bonsang. In addition, its lead single, "My Pace", received a Global Fan's Choice nomination at the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards. In 2019, the group released two more EPs—Clé 1: Miroh in March and Clé: Levanter in December—with the former receiving a reissue titled Clé 2: Yellow Wood in June. Clé 1: Miroh gave Stray Kids their first daesang nomination at the 29th Seoul Music Awards, for the main award, and Album of the Year – 1st Quarter at the 2020 Gaon Chart Music Awards.
Stray Kids has also received two nominations for Artist of the Year, one at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and the other at the Genie Music Awards, and both in 2018. At the 2019 Asia Artist awards, Stray Kids won the Star15 Popularity Award, becoming the group's first popularity accolade.
Awards and nominations
+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result American Music Awards 2025 Favorite K-Pop Artist Stray Kids 2026 Best Male K-Pop Artist Asia Artist Awards 2018 Popularity Award Rookie of the Year 2019 Groove Award Star15 Popularity Award 2020 Best Music Video Award 2021 Performance of the Year (Daesang) U+ Idol Live Popularity Award Male Idol Group Popularity Award 2022 Album of the Year (Daesang) Best Choice Award 2023 Stage of the Year (Daesang) Fabulous Award Best Creator Award 3Racha 2024 Best K-pop Record Award Stray Kids WhosFandom Award 2025 Artist of the Year Best Artist Best K-Pop Record Popularity Award (Male Group) Best Producer 3Racha Album of the Year Karma 2026 Popularity Award (Male Group) Stray Kids Asia Model Awards 2019 New Star Award Asia Star Entertainer Awards 2024 Grand Prize (Daesang) Best Group Album of the Year 5-Star 2026 The Best Group (Male) Stray Kids Asian Pop Music Awards 2022 Best Group (Overseas) People's Choice Award Best Album of the Year (Overseas) Maxident Best Arranger (Overseas) "Case 143" 2023 Best Album of the Year (Overseas) 5-Star Record of the Year (Overseas) Best Group (Overseas) Top 20 Albums of the Year Best Collaboration (Overseas) "Social Path" Best Music Video (Overseas) "S-Class" Best Arranger (Overseas) Top 20 Songs of the Year Best Producer (Overseas) 3Racha 2024 Best Album of the Year (Overseas) Ate Best Group (Overseas) Record of the Year (Overseas) "Chk Chk Boom" Best OST (Overseas) "Slash" 2025 Record of the Year "Ceremony" Best Group Karma Top 20 Albums of the Year Berlin Music Video Awards 2026 Best VFX "Bleep" Billboard Music Awards 2023 Top Global K-Pop Artist Stray Kids Top K-Pop Album 5-Star 2024 Top Duo/Group Stray Kids Top Global K-Pop Artist Top K-Pop Album Rock-Star Ate Circle Chart Music Awards 2019 New Artist of the Year Stray Kids 2020 Album of the Year – 1st Quarter Clé 1: Miroh World Rookie of the Year Stray Kids 2021 Album of the Year – 1st Quarter Clé: Levanter The Hot Performance of This Year Stray Kids Mubeat Global Choice Awards 2022 Album of the Year – 3rd Quarter Noeasy Album of the Year – 4th Quarter Christmas EveL World K-Pop Star Stray Kids 2023 Album of the Year – 2nd Quarter Oddinary Album of the Year – 4th Quarter Maxident Song of the Year – March "Maniac" Song of the Year – October "Case 143" 2024 Artist of the Year – Album 5-Star D Awards 2026 Album of the Year (Daesang) Karma The Fact Music Awards 2018 Next Leader Award Stray Kids 2019 Year Dance Performer 2020 Global Hottest Award 2021 Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Fan N Star Choice Award (Artist) 2022 Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Fan N Star Four Star Award 2023 Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Fan N Star Four Star Award 2024 2025 Honor of the Year (Daesang) Record of the Year (Daesang) Artist of the Year (Bonsang) TMA Popularity Award Genie Music Awards 2018 Artist of the Year Genie Music Popularity Award Male Rookie Award 2020 Artist of the Year 2022 Best Male Group Best Male Performance Award Golden Disc Awards 2019 Best New Artist Disc Bonsang I Am Who 2020 Disc Bonsang Clé 1: Miroh Popularity Award Stray Kids 2021 Best Performance Award Curaprox Popularity Award Disc Bonsang In Life QQ Music Popularity Award Stray Kids 2022 Album Bonsang Noeasy Album Daesang Seezn Golden Disc Most Popular Artist Award Stray Kids 2023 Album Bonsang Maxident Album Daesang Most Popular Artist Stray Kids TikTok Golden Disc Most Popular Artist 2024 Album Bonsang 5-Star Album Daesang Global K-Pop Artist Award Stray Kids 2025 Album Bonsang Ate Album Daesang Most Popular Artist Award (Male) Stray Kids 2026 Album Daesang Karma Album Bonsang Most Popular Artist – Male Stray Kids Hanteo Music Awards 2021 Artist Award – Male Group 2023 Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Best Performance (Daesang) Global Artist Award – Japan 2024 Best Performance (Daesang) Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Global Artist Award – Africa Global Artist Award – Europe Global Artist Award – North America Global Artist Award – Oceania Global Artist Award – South America 2025 Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Best Artist (Daesang) Global Artist – Africa Global Artist – Asia Global Artist – Europe Global Artist – North America Global Artist – Oceania Global Artist – South America WhosFandom Award – Male 2026 Best Album (Daesang) Karma Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Stray Kids Global Artist – Africa Global Artist – Asia Global Artist – Europe Global Artist – North America Global Artist – Oceania Global Artist – South America WhosFandom Award Best Popular Artist Best Global Popular Artist iHeartRadio Music Awards 2024 K-Pop Artist of the Year K-Pop Song of the Year "S-Class" K-Pop Album of the Year 5-Star 2025 K-pop Song of the Year "Chk Chk Boom" K-pop Album of the Year Ate 2026 K-pop Group of the Year Stray Kids Japan Gold Disc Award 2021 Best 3 New Artist (Asia) 2024 Best 5 Singles Social Path / Super Bowl(Japanese Ver.) 2025 Best 3 Albums (Asia) Giant Music Video of the Year (Asia) Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "Maniac" Encore in Japan 2026 Album of the Year (Asia) Hollow Best 3 Albums (Asia) Best Artist (Asia) Stray Kids Music Video of the Year (Asia) Stray Kids Fan Connecting 2024 "SKZ Toy World" Joox Thailand Music Awards 2022 Top Social Global Artist of the Year Stray Kids K-Global Heart Dream Awards 2023 Best Artist Award Bonsang 4th Generation Boy Group Award K-World Dream Awards 2024 Upick Boy Group Popularity Award 2025 Boy Group Best Artist Award (Daesang) Bonsang Class Award Boy Group Popularity Award 2026 K-World Dream Artist Award Male Group Popularity Award Korea Broadcasting Prizes 2024 Best Singer Korea First Brand Awards 2019 Male Rookie Idol Award 2021 Hot Trend 2023 Best Male Idol Korea Grand Music Awards 2024 Best Artist 10 Best Hip-Hop Trend of the Year – K-pop Group Best Song 10 "Chk Chk Boom" 2025 Grand Honor's Choice (Daesang) Stray Kids Grand Record (Daesang) Best Artist 10 Trend of the Year – K-pop Group BIGC Global Star Award Best Music 10 Karma Best Selling Album Best Music Video "Ceremony" Best Dance Performance Best Listener's Pick "Ceremony" (Hip Hip version; English version) 2026 Best Music & Artist "This & That" Best Music Video Korea Popular Music Awards 2018 Popularity Award Stray Kids Rookie of the Year Korean Brand of the Year Awards 2018 Male Rookie Idol of the Year 2020 Male Idol of the Year (Rising Star) 2021 Male Idol of the Year (Hot Trend) 2022 Male Idol of the Year 2023 2025 MAMA Awards 2018 Artist of the Year Best New Male Artist Mwave Global Fan's Choice "My Pace" 2021 TikTok Artist of the Year Stray Kids Best Male Group TikTok Song of the Year "Thunderous" Best Dance Performance – Male Group TikTok Favorite Moment Stray Kids Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Worldwide Icon of the Year 2022 Yogibo Artist of the Year Best Male Group Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Worldwide Icon of the Year Yogibo Chill Artist Most Popular Group Yogibo Album of the Year Maxident Yogibo Song of the Year "Maniac" Best Dance Performance – Male Group 2023 Samsung Galaxy Artist of the Year Stray Kids Best Male Group Samsung Galaxy Worldwide Icon of the Year Worldwide Fans' Choice Samsung Galaxy Album of the Year 5-Star Samsung Galaxy Song of the Year "S-Class" Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Music Video 2024 Visa Artist of the Year Stray Kids Best Male Group Visa Fans' Choice of the Year Fans' Choice Top 10 – Male Visa Album of the Year Rock-Star Visa Song of the Year "Lalalala" Best Dance Performance – Male Group 2025 Visa Artist of the Year Stray Kids Best Male Group Visa Fans' Choice of the Year Fans' Choice Top 10 – Male Visa Super Stage Artist Visa Album of the Year Karma Melon Music Awards 2018 Best New Male Artist Stray Kids 2023 Millions Top 10 5-Star Note: tap or click on each subheading to view nominees in the various categories e.g. tap or click on "밀리언 TOP10" to view nominees for Millions Top 10. Mnet Japan Fan's Choice Awards 2022 Artist of the Year Stray Kids MTV Europe Music Awards 2020 Best Korean Act 2023 Best K-Pop 2024 MTV Video Music Awards 2022 Best K-Pop "Maniac" 2023 "S-Class" 2024 "Lalalala" 2025 "Chk Chk Boom" Best Group Stray Kids MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2023 Best Group Video – International "Case 143" Music Awards Japan 2026 Best K-pop Artist Stray Kids Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2025 Favorite Music Group Favorite Global Music Star Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards 2023 Favorite K-Pop Group People's Choice Awards 2024 Group/Duo of the Year Seoul Music Awards 2019 Rookie of the Year Popularity Award Hallyu Special Award 2020 Main Award (Bonsang) Popularity Award K-Wave Award QQ Music Most Popular K-Pop Artist Award 2021 Main Award (Bonsang) Grand Award (Daesang) Popularity Award K-Wave Popularity Award Legend Rookie Prize Whosfandom Award 2022 Main Award (Bonsang) Popularity Award K-Wave Popularity Award U+Idol Live Best Artist Award 2023 Main Award (Bonsang) Grand Award (Daesang) Popularity Award K-Wave Award 2024 Main Award (Bonsang) Grand Award (Daesang) Popularity Award Hallyu Special Award 2025 Main Award (Bonsang) Grand Award (Daesang) Popularity Award K-Wave Special Award K-pop World Choice – Group 2026 The Best Award (Bonsang) The Popularity Award Korea Wave Award The R&B Hiphop Award K-pop World Choice – Group Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2024 Global Spotlight Award SKZflix Soompi Awards 2019 Breakout Artist Stray Kids Rookie of the Year Soribada Best K-Music Awards 2018 New Hallyu Rookie Award 2019 Rising Hot Star Award 2020 Global Hot Trend Award Space Shower Music Awards 2021 People's Choice TMELive International Music Awards 2026 International Group of the Year Global Trend Songs Top 10 "Do It" V Live Awards 2019 Global Artist Top 12 Stray Kids Global Rookie Top 5 Visionary Awards 2024 2024 Visionary
Other accolades State and cultural honors + Name of country, year given, and name of honor Country Year Honor South Korea 2023 Prime Minister's Commendation
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