{"id":161498,"date":"2026-03-11T12:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=161498"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:18:56","slug":"the-kpop-demon-hunters-singers-ejae-audrey-nuna-and-rei-ami-become-billboards-2026-women-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/the-kpop-demon-hunters-singers-ejae-audrey-nuna-and-rei-ami-become-billboards-2026-women-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The KPop Demon Hunters singers, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami become Billboard\u2019s 2026 Women of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Billboard<\/strong> announced on March 11, 2026, that women from<strong> KPop Demon Hunters, EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami<\/strong> are its <strong>Women of the Year for 2026<\/strong>. The three singers are the singing voices behind HUNTR\/X, the girl group featured in the Netflix hit, KPop Demon Hunters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-Billboard-Women-in-Music-2026-860x573.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They will receive the honor at the <strong>Billboard Women in Music<\/strong> ceremony on April 29, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Other artists that will also be honored include Teyana Taylor, Tate McRae, Ella Langley, Kehlani, Laufey, Mariah the Scientist, Thalia, and Zara Larsson. Keke Palmer will host the ceremony, perform during the show, and the event will stream live on Billboard\u2019s website and YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Billboard executive Leila Cobo said the trio stood out during a year filled with major achievements. She also praised their chart success and their strong image of female success in music and entertainment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cIn just the past year, the music of HUNTR\/X from KPop Demon Hunters has produced true global anthems, and the individual artistry of EJAE, REI AMI and AUDREY NUNA has been an inspiration for millions of young people around the world,\u201d she said. \u201cWe look forward to celebrating their collective impact, alongside the other remarkable honorees, at our annual Women in Music event.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yebNIHKAC4A?si=7OxeDoop2Q1Up1lS\" title=\"\u201cGolden\u201d Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yebNIHKAC4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, the music connected to KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 HUNTR\/X became widely popular around the world. The group\u2019s song \u201cGolden\u201d spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the soundtrack album reached the top of the Billboard 200. In addition, \u201cGolden\u201d won at the Grammy Awards, Critics&#8217; Choice Awards, and Golden Globes, and both the movie and the soundtrack are up for several Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billboard announced on March 11, 2026, that women from KPop Demon Hunters, EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami are its Women of the Year for 2026. The three singers are the singing voices behind HUNTR\/X, the girl group featured in the Netflix hit, KPop Demon Hunters. They will receive the honor at the Billboard Women [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":161508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[3460],"tmauthors":[3734],"class_list":{"0":"post-161498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-kpop-demon-hunters"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161498"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=161498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}