21st Korean Music Awards

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21st Korean Music Awards
DateFebruary 29, 2024
Location Seoul, South Korea
Highlights
Most awards Silica Gel
NewJeans (3)
Most nominations Beenzino
NewJeans
Silica Gel (5)
Musician of the Year Silica Gel
Album of the Year BeenzinoNowitzki
Song of the Year NewJeans – "Ditto"
Website koreanmusicawards.com
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The 21st Korean Music Awards was held in Seoul, South Korea on February 29, 2024. Hosted by the Korean Music Awards Selection Committee and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency, the ceremony recognized the best music released in South Korea between December 1, 2022, and November 30, 2023. [1]

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Unlike other South Korean music awards, the Korean Music Awards are based on musical achievement rather than record sales. Winners are determined by the Korean Music Awards Selection Committee panel comprising music critics, radio show producers, academics, and other music industry professionals.

Nominations were announced on January 26, 2024. Girl group NewJeans, rapper Beenzino, and rock band Silica Gel received the most nominations with five. [2] With three, NewJeans and Silica Gel won the most awards. [3]

Winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Nominees are listed in alphabetical order. [4] [5]

Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Musician of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Best K-Pop Album
Best K-Pop Song
Best Pop Album
Best Pop Song
Best Rock Album
  • OVerdrive Philosophy – 64 see me
Best Rock Song
  • Seoul Electronic Band – Ghost Writers
    • Gate Flowers – "All In"
    • Ohchill – "Something's Wrong"
    • OVerdrive Philosophy – "Soju & Soul"
    • Zeonpasangsa – "I'm Blues Man"
Best Modern Rock Album
Best Modern Rock Song
Best Electronic Album
  • Yetsuby – My Star My Planet My Earth
    • Cifika – ION
    • Hypnosis Therapy – Psilocybin
    • No. Link – Move That
    • Otot – 21st Century Electronic Duo
Best Electronic Song
  • Cifika – "Hush"
    • Guinneissik – "Farewell Two Shell"
    • Hypnosis Therapy – "JONGNO"
    • Kirara – "Numbers"
    • Mount XLR – "Acid Wasp"
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Album
  • BeenzinoNowitzki
    • Kid MilliBeige
    • Lonbonabeat! – Trapstar Lifestyle
    • O'Domar – Propaganda X
    • Skyminhyuk – Liberation
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Song
Best R&B & Soul Album
  • Jerd – Bomm
Best R&B & Soul Song
  • Youra – "Motif"
    • Jerd – "Closed" (feat. Jjangyou)
    • Soul Delivery – "Whiskey" (with Sole and Thama)
    • Sumin – "Closet" (feat. Uhm Jung-hwa)
    • Thama – "Bump It Up"
Best Folk Album
  • Yeoyu and Solbin – Comedy
    • Heo Jeong-hyuk – Bud Days
    • Hwang Pu-ha – Two Faces
    • Jeong Mil-ah – Riverside
    • Lee Hyung-ju – To Cherish
    • Lee Min-hwi – Hometown to Come
Best Folk Song
  • Yeoyu and Seolbin – "Like the Stars in the Night Sky"
    • Hwang Pu-ha – "Fire"
    • Hwang Pu-ha – "Inept"
    • Jeong Mil-ah – "Describe"
    • Lee Min-hwi – "Hometown to Come"
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
  • Soojung Lee – Four Seasons
    • Heo Daeuk – Will It Be Spring Tomorrow?
    • Jung Su-min – Intrinsic Nature
    • Lim Mi-jung – Flow
    • Song Nam-hyun – The Verdant Hill
Best Jazz Vocal Album
  • Kim Yu-jin – Extraordinary
    • Carina Nebula – Good Match
    • Moon Mi-hyang – I Wished On the Moon
    • Sunny Kim, Vardan Ovsepian & Ben MonderLiminal Silence
    • Vardan Ovsepian and Song Yi-jeon – Lawless Heart
Best Metal & Hardcore Album
  • Mahatma – Reason for Silence
    • Doguul – If These Bodies Could Talk
    • Hollow JanConfusion
    • NoeazyBehind the Mask
Best Global Contemporary Album
  • Dongyi – a method for capsaicinoid analysis
    • Ensemble Sinawi – Cosmos
    • Hanel – Vals del Sí
    • Iseul Kim's Two Voices – Evolving

Special awards

References

  1. "2024 제21회 한국대중음악상 시상식". 한국대중음악상시상식 (in Korean). Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  2. Yeo, Gladys (January 26, 2024). "Here are all the nominees of the 21st Korean Music Awards". NME. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  3. Chin, Carmen (March 1, 2024). "Here are all the winners of the 2024 Korean Music Awards". NME. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  4. "종합분야 수상후보". 한국대중음악상시상식 (in Korean). Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  5. "종합분야". 한국대중음악상시상식 (in Korean). Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  6. "특별분야". 한국대중음악상시상식 (in Korean). Retrieved August 18, 2024.