The twenty second annual Korean Music Awards has introduced this 12 months’s nominees!
In distinction to many different South Korean music awards, which usually use gross sales figures as a significant criterion in figuring out every year’s winners, the Korean Music Awards focuses on musical achievement as its main criterion. The Korean Music Awards additionally locations better significance on albums and songs in and of themselves.
Take a look at this 12 months’s nominees beneath!
Track of the 12 months
aespa – “Supernova”
BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang”
Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – “Impartial”
Rosé (BLACKPINK), Bruno Mars – “APT.”
SUMIN, Slom – “WHY, WHY, WHY”
Album of the 12 months
aespa – “Armageddon”
Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – “Hail to the Music”
Hyukoh, Sundown Rollercoaster – “AAA”
Silica Gel – “POWER ANDRE 99”
SUMIN, Slom – “MINISERIES 2”
Artist of the 12 months
aespa
Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble
Lee Seung Yoon
Rosé (BLACKPINK)
Silica Gel
Rookie of the 12 months
Hyelyn Joo
ILLIT
meeroo choi
SamSan
Sanmanhan
TWS
Greatest Okay-Pop Album
aespa – “Armageddon”
(G)I-DLE – “2”
RIIZE – “RIIZING”
tripleS – “ASSEMBLE24”
Yves (LOONA) – “I Did”
Greatest Okay-Pop Track
aespa – “Supernova”
ILLIT – “Magnetic”
Rosé (BLACKPINK), Bruno Mars – “APT.”
tripleS – “Women By no means Die”
TWS – “plot twist”
Greatest Pop Album
John Park – “PSST!”
Kim Yoon Ah (Jaurim) – “Sensual Novel”
Rooftop Moonlight – “40”
Savina & Drones – “Lasha”
Sunwoo Jung-a – “Past”
Greatest Pop Track
BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang”
IU – “Love wins all”
Lee Younger Ji – “Small woman” (that includes EXO’s Doh Kyung Soo [D.O.])
Rooftop Moonlight – “Diving”
Sunwoo Jung-a – “STAR CANDY”
Greatest Rock Album
Kim Soo Chul – “forty fifth Anniversary The place Are You”
Lee Seung Yoon – “YEOK SEONG”
MONO4OLY – “ORDINARY CHAOS”
SEOUL BUSAN INCHEON – “Wrecking Havoc”
Soumbalgwang – “Hearth & Mild”
Greatest Rock Track
Bongjeingan – “Know You Did”
Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – “Impartial”
Kim Soo Chul – “The place Are You”
Lee Seung Yoon – “Anthems of Defiance”
MONO4OLY – “Faux Empire”
Greatest Trendy Rock Album
Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – “Hail to the Music”
Hyukoh, Sundown Rollercoaster – “AAA”
Leaves Black – “Flight”
Significant Stone – “Angel Interview”
Silica Gel – “POWER ANDRE 99”
Greatest Trendy Rock Track
Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – “Days Happier Than As we speak Will Be Few in My Remaining Life”
HANRORO – “H O M E”
Hyukoh, Sundown Rollercoaster – “Younger Man”
Lee Seung Yoon – “Waterfall”
wave to earth – “annie”
Greatest R&B and Soul Album
BRWN – “Monsoon”
JINBO the SuperFreak, Hersh, PoPoMo – “PoPoMo”
Jung In, Delicate Beats – “Jung In & Delicate Beats”
SOLE – “Time Machine”
SUMIN, Slom – “MINISERIES 2”
Greatest R&B and Soul Track
Hyelyn Joo – “Loopy”
John Park – “Like A Dream”
Jung In, Delicate Beats – “Blame”
SOLE – “Nonetheless LOVE”
SUMIN, Slom – “WHY, WHY, WHY”
Greatest Rap and Hip Hop Album
B-Free, Hukky Shibaseki – “Free Hukky Shibaseki & the God Solar Symphony Group : Odyssey.1”
EK – “ESCAPE”
Garion – “Garion 3”
KWAII – “DISTORTED”
O’KOYE – “Whether or not The Climate Adjustments Or Not”
Greatest Rap and Hip Hop Track
B-Free, Hukky Shibaseki – “INDO”
Fleeky Bang – “Hearth” (that includes CHANGMO)
G-Dragon (BIGBANG) – “POWER”
KWAII – “PRIDE”
QM – “Obtained your self a gun” (that includes Block B’s Zico)
Greatest Digital Album
GAZAEBAL – “Texture Music: 2011 – 2020”
HWI – “humanly attainable”
HYPNOSIS THERAPY – “RAW SURVIVAL”
NET GALA – “GALAPAGGOT”
Sound Supply_Service – “SCA2”
Greatest Digital Track
HAEPAARY – “The Evening”
HWI – “Your My Previous Lives”
HYPNOSIS THERAPY – “BLAZE”
Mount XLR – “Oving”
swimrabbit – “EVOLUTION” (that includes HUNJIYA)
Greatest Folks Album
Kang Asol – “From The place No One Is, To The place Everybody Is”
Kim Sawol – “Default”
Moher – “Kaleidoscope”
Sanmanhan – “Sanmanhan”
Xeuda – “How can I let you know love”
Greatest Folks Track
Kang Asol – “Anybody However Me”
meeroo choi – “Dap”
Moher – “Baksugijeong”
Sanmanhan – “When It Turns into A Track”
Xeuda – “How can I let you know love”
Greatest Metallic & Hardcore Album
Fecundation – “Moribund”
The Holy Mountain – “The Holy Mountain”
Supplies Pound – “Bulb”
SAHON – “Blood Shall Be Paid”
Seaweed Mustache – “2”
Greatest Jazz & Crossover Album
BANDO – “Form of the Land”
Dulabam – “Dulabam”
Hae In Cho – “Sight Past Sight”
Hwang Minwang – “Jang:dan” (with Satoshi Takeishi)
Jihye Kim – “PADO”
Jihye Lee Orchestra – “Infinite Connections”
Juhwan Kim – “AFTER MIDNIGHT : Nonetheless within the Moonlight”
Kim Min Hee – “Confessin’”
Liberosis – “Re-mind”
Nam Yeji – “Previous Songs, Tmmm”
Nubim – “Crossroads: Dwell in Amsterdam”
Pudditorium – “Prologue : Hope”
Sunji Lee – “Everlasting”
Teho – “Pierrot le Fumeur”
Youn Solar Nah – “Elles”
Yun Seok Cheol Trio – “My summer time’s not over but”
The 2025 Korean Music Awards shall be streamed stay on February 27 at 8 p.m. KST.
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