{"id":113331,"date":"2026-03-11T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=113331"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:42:46","slug":"huntr-x-named-billboards-2026-women-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/huntr-x-named-billboards-2026-women-of-the-year\/113331\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard names HUNTR\/X singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami as 2026 Women of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The animated K-pop girl group<strong> HUNTR\/X<\/strong> was recently awarded <strong>Women of the Year at the 2026 Billboard Women in Music<\/strong>, marking a significant event for both musicians and filmmakers alike. The success of their hit song <strong>Golden<\/strong>, which became a worldwide sensation after it was featured in the Netflix animated feature film <strong>KPop Demon Hunters<\/strong>, is evidence of this group\u2019s cultural and commercial success.<\/p>\n<p>All the music that the fictional HUNTR\/X girl group performs in the film is really sung by <strong>EJAE<\/strong>,<strong> Audrey Nuna<\/strong>, and <strong>Rei Ami<\/strong>, who helped to make the characters come alive and perform well on the album that is also a huge hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGolden\u201d was released in July 2025 and immediately rose to No. 1 on the <strong>Billboard Global 200<\/strong> chart and also achieved No. 1 status in over 30 different countries. At the <strong>2026 Grammy Awards<\/strong>, <strong>Golden<\/strong> was awarded <strong>Best Song Written for Visual Media<\/strong>, becoming the first K-pop song to receive this award.<\/p>\n<p>HUNTR\/ X has proven that cross-media storytelling has an increasing relevance to the entertainment industry; this includes real-life performers working alongside animated characters to develop pop culture phenomena around the world. HUNTR\/X\u2019s distinct style merges K-Pop energy with empowering messages through high-energy production, connecting with a wide range of listeners all across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Other artists who received recognition from Billboard at the 2025 Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony are <strong>Teyana Taylor, Tate McRae, Kehlani, <\/strong>and<strong> Zara Larsson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When Billboard named HUNTR\/X to the women of the year list, they were not only honoring the trio\u2019s chart-topping accomplishments but also the changing dynamic between the worlds of music, animation, and global fandoms. This conceptualized fictitious group, powered by actual artists, highlights that the expectations placed on a successful pop act have been redefined within the current music industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The animated K-pop girl group HUNTR\/X was recently awarded Women of the Year at the 2026 Billboard Women in Music,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":113332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[35730],"class_list":["post-113331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-huntr-x"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113341,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113331\/revisions\/113341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}