Korean Music Awards
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The Korean Music Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea
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South Korea
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Categories
The event has 24 categories, including the Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Netizens' favorites and a Life Achievement Award.Music genres
- Best Pop Album
- Best Pop Song
- Best Rock Album
- Best Rock Song
- Best Modern Rock Album
- Best Modern Rock Song
- Best Dance & Electronic Album
- Best Dance & Electronic Song
- Best R&B & Soul Album
- Best R&B & Soul Song
- Best Rap & Hip Hop Album
- Best Rap & Hip Hop Song
- Best Jazz & Crossover Album
- Best Jazz & Crossover Song
- Best Jazz & Crossover Performance
Popularity awards
- Group Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
- Female Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
- Male Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
- Pop Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
Other awards
- Best Film and TV Music Album
- Committee Choice
- Achievement Award
Album of the Year
| Bout | Year | Winner | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Garion | Garion 2 |
| 7th | 2010 | Seoul Electric Band | Life Is Strange |
| 6th | 2009 | Sister's Barbershop | The presence of the most common |
| 5th | 2008 | Lee juck | Wooden song |
| 4th | 2007 | Swallow | Aresco |
| 3rd | 2006 | 2nd Moon | 2nd Moon |
| 2nd | 2005 | My Aunt Mary | Just Pop |
| 1st | 2004 | The The | The The Band |
Song of the Year
| Bout | Year | Winner | Title Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Hot Potato | Confession |
| 7th | 2010 | Girls' Generation Girls' Generation Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun... |
Gee Gee (Girls' Generation song) "Gee" is a song by K-pop girl group Girls' Generation. It was released on online music sites on January 5, 2009, with the physical release of the EP on January 7... |
| 6th | 2009 | Jang Ki-Ha & The Faces | Cheap Coffee |
| 5th | 2008 | Lee juck | It's fortunate |
| 4th | 2007 | Lee Han-Cheol | Superstar |
| 3rd | 2006 | Yoon Do Hyun | It must have been love |
| 2nd | 2005 | Cho PD Cho PD Cho Joong-hoon , better known by his stage name Cho PD, is a South Korean hip hop record producer and rapper. In 2010 he announced his retirement... |
Friend |
| 1st | 2004 | Loveholics | Loveholics |
Musician of the Year
| Bout | Year | Winners | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Galaxy Express | ||
| 7th | 2010 | Seoul Electric Band | - | - |
| 6th | 2009 | Toy | - | - |
| 5th | 2008 | Yi sung-yol | - | - |
| 4th | 2007 | Lee Ji-Hyung | Park Sun-Joo | No Brain No Brain No Brain is a Korean Punk rock band. They recently appeared in the film Radio Star.-History:Formed in 1996 in a small club in Hongdae, No Brain has grown up as one of the biggest rock bands in Korea... |
| 3rd | 2006 | W [Where The Story Ends] | Cho Kyu-chan | Lee-tzsche |
| 2nd | 2005 | Lee Seung Chul | Lee So-ra | Clazziquai Clazziquai Clazziquai , also known as Clazziquai Project, is a South Korean experimental band that combines several genres including electronic music, acid jazz and house. The group's first short unofficial albums were released online in 2001, spreading its music through words of "netizens," who positively... |
| 1st | 2004 | Wheesung Wheesung -EPs:*2006: Against All Odds*2008: 스마일 프로젝트 Vol.2 'Love Seat*2009: 휘성 with D.O*2009: Insomnia*2010: Realslow Is Back*2010: Winter Night*2011: Words That Freeze My Heart-OSTs:*2006: 중천의 기억*2009: 우리집에 왜 왔니... |
Lee-tzsche | Big Mama |
Rookie Of The Year
| Bout | Year | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Gate Flowers | |
| 7th | 2010 | Gukkasten | Apollo 18 Apollo 18 (band) Apollo 18 is a South Korean indie rock trio formed in June 2008 by Daeinn Kim , Hyunseok Choi , and Sangyun Lee .... |
| 6th | 2009 | Loro's | - |
| 5th | 2008 | Younha Younha Younha , is a South Korean pop singer who first got her start in Japan, and continues to have success today in both countries.... |
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| 4th | 2007 | The Mustangs | - |
| 3rd | 2006 | 2nd Moon | Sogyumo Acacia Band |
| 2nd | 2005 | MOT | - |
| 1st | 2004 | Jeong, Jae-Ill | - |
Best Rock Album
| Bout | Year | Winner | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Crash | The Paragon of Animals |
| 7th | 2010 | Seoul Electronic Band | Life Is Strange |
| 6th | 2009 | Galaxy Express | Noise On Fire |
| 5th | 2008 | Hollow Jan | Rough Draft In Progress |
| 4th | 2007 | The Mustangs | The Mustangs |
| 3rd | 2006 | Black Hole | Hero |
Best Rock Song
| Bout | Year | Winner | Title Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Gate Flowers | Reserves |
| 7th | 2010 | Gukkasten Guckkasten Guckkasten is a South Korean independent rock band.The name 'Guckkasten' refers to a German vocabulary, referring to 'Chinese Kaleidoscope'. Inspired by Hague's piece called Art and Fire, the band intends to make music with psychedelic images hidden under analogous art.Guckkasten is famous in South... |
Mirror |
| 6th | 2009 | Jang Ki-ha and the Faces | Cheap Coffee |
| 5th | 2008 | Mary Epic | Can't be Happy Without You |
| 4th | 2007 | Strikers | Untouchable Territories |
| 3rd | 2006 | Black Hole | Life |
Best Modern Rock Album
| Bout | Year | Winner | Album | Winner | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | 9 and the Numbers | 9 and the Numbers | ||
| 7th | 2010 | The Black Skirts | 201 | ||
| 6th | 2009 | Sister's Barbershop | The presence of the most common | ||
| 5th | 2008 | MOT | Strange seasons | Huckleberry Finn | Fantasies... My Disillusionment |
| 4th | 2007 | Swallow | Aresco | ||
| 3rd | 2006 | Mongoose | Dancing Zoo |
Best Modern Rock Song
| Bout | Year | Winner | Title Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Et Tu, Broccoli | Graduation |
| 7th | 2010 | Et Tu, Broccoli | Universal Song |
| 6th | 2009 | Sister's Barbershop | Beautiful thing |
| 5th | 2008 | Lee Sung-Yol | Adonai |
| 4th | 2007 | Seoul Electronic Band | Come into My Dream |
| 3rd | 2006 | Mongoose | Dancing Zoo |
Best Dance & Electronic Album
| Bout | Year | Winner | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | 2NE1 2NE1 Both the song and the group became popular online: Fire topped Mnet's online chart and 2NE1 became a popular search term. The group was awarded three Cyworld Digital Music Awards; "Lollipop" and "Fire" both won "Song of the Month" and the group won "Rookie of the Month" for May 2009... |
To Anyone To Anyone To Anyone is the first studio album of South Korean hip hop girl group 2NE1. The album was released on September 9, 2010, by YG Entertainment. 2NE1 worked with YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun Suk, Teddy, and e.knock to produce the album. Musically, the album is classified as hip hop, pop, R&B, and... |
| 7th | 2010 | Brown Eyed Girls Brown Eyed Girls The Brown Eyed Girls , often abbreviated as B.E.G., is a South Korean girl group managed by Nega Network. The group consists of four members: Jea, Miryo, Narsha, and Ga-in. They've debuted as an R&B/ballad vocal group in 2006 and challenged themselves with different music genres. Rising to... |
Sound-G |
| 6th | 2009 | W&Whale | Hardboiled |
| 5th | 2008 | House Rulez | Mojito |
| 4th | 2007 | Uhm Jung Hwa | Prestige |
| 3rd | 2006 | 2nd Moon | 2nd Moon |
Best Dance & Electronic Song
| Bout | Year | Winner | Album | Winner | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | miss A Miss A Miss A , commonly stylized as miss A, is a four member South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through their sub-label AQ Entertainment in 2010. The group consists of members from both China and South Korea... |
Bad Girl Good Girl Bad Girl Good Girl "Bad Girl Good Girl" is a song by South Korean girl group Miss A. The song is taken from their first single, Bad But Good. "Bad Girl Good Girl" has topped various charts in South Korea, beating out veteran artists such as Son Dam Bi and Baek Ji-young.... |
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| 7th | 2010 | Brown Eyed Girls Brown Eyed Girls The Brown Eyed Girls , often abbreviated as B.E.G., is a South Korean girl group managed by Nega Network. The group consists of four members: Jea, Miryo, Narsha, and Ga-in. They've debuted as an R&B/ballad vocal group in 2006 and challenged themselves with different music genres. Rising to... |
Abracadabra | - | - |
| 6th | 2009 | W&Whale | R.P.G Shine | - | - |
| 5th | 2008 | Wonder Girls Wonder Girls Wonder Girls is a South Korean girl group. Its producer and manager is singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and the Wonder Girls is signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions... |
Tell Me Tell Me (Wonder Girls song) "Tell Me" was the lead single from the Wonder Girls' first full-length album, The Wonder Years. Sampling Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts", "Tell Me" was a strong hit for the group, topping various online and offline charts... |
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| 4th | 2007 | Peppertones | Colorful Express | Baejang Trio | The End And Everything After |
| 3rd | 2006 | Triologue | It Rains | - | - |
Best Hip Hop Album
| Bout | Year | Winner | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Garion | Garion2 |
| 7th | 2010 | Drunken Tiger Drunken Tiger Drunken Tiger is a critically acclaimed Korean/American hip hop group which debuted in 1999 and has since released eight albums.As of 2009, Drunken Tiger's central figure is Korean American Tiger JK... |
Feel gHood Muzik: The 8th Wonder |
| 6th | 2009 | Verbal Jint | Framed |
| 5th | 2008 | Epik High Epik High Epik High is a South Korean indie hip hop group from Seoul, South Korea. The group is composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz... |
Remapping The Human Soul |
| 4th | 2007 | The Quiett | Q Train |
| 3rd | 2006 | Dynamic Duo Dynamic Duo Dynamic Duo is a Korean hip hop duo, made up of members Choiza and Gaeko. Unlike the rough and off beat sound of their past group, CB Mass, Dynamic Duo changed their style to a more audience-friendly sound with a brighter ambiance... |
Double Dynamite |
Best Hip Hop Song
| Bout | Year | Winner | Title Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Garion | Most Urgent (feat. NUCK aka 넋업샨) |
| 7th | 2010 | San E | Rap Genius |
| 6th | 2009 | Dynamic Duo Dynamic Duo Dynamic Duo is a Korean hip hop duo, made up of members Choiza and Gaeko. Unlike the rough and off beat sound of their past group, CB Mass, Dynamic Duo changed their style to a more audience-friendly sound with a brighter ambiance... |
mother's soup |
| 5th | 2008 | Drunken Tiger Drunken Tiger Drunken Tiger is a critically acclaimed Korean/American hip hop group which debuted in 1999 and has since released eight albums.As of 2009, Drunken Tiger's central figure is Korean American Tiger JK... |
8:45 Heaven |
| 4th | 2007 | Koonta In Nuoliunce | Holding On |
| 3rd | 2006 | Garion | Mutu (武鬪) |
Best R&B & Soul Album
| Bout | Year | Winner | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Jinbo | Afterwork |
| 7th | 2010 | Ra.D | Realcollabo |
| 6th | 2009 | Taeyang Taeyang Dong Youngbae , better known by his stage name Taeyang or Sol, is a South Korean recording artist, entertainer. After appearing in Jinusean's music video "A-yo", Taeyang began training under YG Entertainment at the age of 12 alongside fellow member and leader G-Dragon... |
Hot Hot (Taeyang album) Hot is the first solo album by Korean singer Taeyang, member of Big Bang. The album was well received by fans and critics alike, winning two trophies from The 6th Korean Music Awards for the 2008 Best R&B/Soul Song and the 2008 Best R&B/Soul Album... |
| 5th | 2008 | T | Yoonmirae |
| 4th | 2007 | Seo Young Do Trio | Circle |
| 3rd | 2006 | Windy City | Love Record: Love, Power And Unity |
Best R&B & Soul Song
| Bout | Year | Winner | Title Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Deez | Sugar |
| 7th | 2010 | Jung Yup | You Are My Lady |
| 6th | 2009 | Taeyang Taeyang Dong Youngbae , better known by his stage name Taeyang or Sol, is a South Korean recording artist, entertainer. After appearing in Jinusean's music video "A-yo", Taeyang began training under YG Entertainment at the age of 12 alongside fellow member and leader G-Dragon... |
Only Look At Me |
| 5th | 2008 | T | What's Up! Mr. Good Stuff |
| 4th | 2007 | Heritage | Acoustic & Vintage |
| 3rd | 2006 | Windy City | Love Supreme |
Group Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
| Bout | Year | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | f(x) F(x) (band) f is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. f strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations.... |
| 7th | 2010 | Girls' Generation Girls' Generation Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun... |
| 6th | 2009 | Wonder Girls Wonder Girls Wonder Girls is a South Korean girl group. Its producer and manager is singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and the Wonder Girls is signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions... |
Female Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
| Bout | Year | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Kim Yoon Ah |
| 7th | 2010 | Baek Ji Young Baek Ji Young Baek Ji-Young is a South Korean pop and ballad singer.-Career:Baek began her music career in 1999, splashing onto the Korean dance scene with her first album Sorrow. The first single, "선택" , was unusual in that it was one of the first Korean pop songs to feature Latin beats... |
| 6th | 2009 | Younha Younha Younha , is a South Korean pop singer who first got her start in Japan, and continues to have success today in both countries.... |
Male Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
| Bout | Year | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2011 | Taeyang Taeyang Dong Youngbae , better known by his stage name Taeyang or Sol, is a South Korean recording artist, entertainer. After appearing in Jinusean's music video "A-yo", Taeyang began training under YG Entertainment at the age of 12 alongside fellow member and leader G-Dragon... |
| 7th | 2010 | Jung Yup |
| 6th | 2009 | Jang Ki Ha & The Faces |
See also
- Golden Disk AwardsGolden Disk AwardsThe Golden Disk Awards is an awards show founded in 1986 that is presented annually by the Music Industry Association of Korea for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea...
- Mnet Asian Music Awards
- Melon Music AwardsMelon Music AwardsThe Melon Music Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea. It is known for only calculating digital sales and online votes to judge winners.-Artist of the Year :-Album of the Year :...
- Seoul Music AwardsSeoul Music AwardsThe Seoul Music Awards is an awards show founded in 1990 that is presented annually by the Sports Seoul for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea.- Categories :...
- Cyworld Digital Music AwardsCyworld Digital Music AwardsCyworld Digital Awards Which is a Cyworld BGM Blog is a South Korea community site in Korea, "Cyworld" is based on the BGM chart that started in 2006 the first Republic of Korea, No.1 representative of the Digital Music Awards...
- Mnet 20's Choice AwardsMnet 20's Choice AwardsThe Mnet 20's Choice Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea.-2011:*Hot Drama Actor: Cha Seung Won*Hot Drama Actress: Gong Hyo Jin*Hot Style Icon: Gong Hyo Jin*Hot Korean Wave Star: KARA...