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Seoul Music Awards

Seoul Music Awards Logo

Awarded for

Excellence in music

Sponsored by

Kangwon Land Inc.

Country

South Korea

Presented by

Sports Seoul

First awarded

1990

Official website seoulmusicawards.com

Television/Radio coverage

Network

KBS N (2013)

The Seoul Music Awards (Hangul: ; RR: Seoul Gayo Daesang) (also known as High1 Seoul
Music Awards due to sponsorship rights) is an awards show founded in 1990 that is presented annually by
Sports Seoul for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea.[1] The winners are selected
from singers who have released albums during the year, combined with 20 percent mobile votes, 10 percent
Sports Seouls popularity poll, 40 percent digital downloads and album sales, and 30 percent judges' scores. [2]
Contents
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1Categories

2Past events

3Daesang Award (Grand Prize)

4Bonsang Awards (Main Prize)

5Record of the Year (Album)

6Record of the Year in Digital Release

7New Artist Award

8Performance Award

9Genre-specific awards
o

9.1Trot Award

9.2R&B/Ballad Award

9.3Hip-Hop/Rap Award

9.4OST Award

10High1/Mobile Popularity Award

11Hallyu Special Award

12Other awards

13Most winners

14See also

15References

16External links

Categories[edit]
There are eight awards which are not restricted by genre, and three awards which are each in trot, hip
hop, R&B.

Daesang Award (Grand Prize), or Artist of the Year, is awarded to the best artist among up to 12
artists by calculating album and digital sales with online vote and a final judgement by the judges of the
award ceremony.

Bonsang Awards (Main Prize) is awarded to up to 12 artists by calculating album and digital sales
with online vote and a final judgement by the judges of the award ceremony.

Record of the Year, or Best Album is awarded to the best full-length album.

Record of the Year in Digital Release is awarded to the best single in digital release.

New Artist Awards are awarded to new performers, usually three in each year.

Performance Award is awarded to best live performer of the year.

Trot Award is awarded to the performer of trot music.

Hip Hop/Rap Award is awarded to the performer of Hip hop music/Rapping music.

R&B/Ballad Award is awarded to the performer of the R&B/ballad music.

OST Award is awarded to the performer of the Original Soundtrack (OST) from drama/movie/TV
program.

Popularity Awards are awarded to performers who gained popularity during the year, usually two in
each year, the winners chosen by online voting. The nominee pool comes from the nominees for the
Bonsang and the Newcomer awards.

Hallyu Special Award is awarded to the performer who gained popularity around the world during
the year.

Past events[edit]
Edition

Date of ceremony

Venue

Location

Ref.

17th

31 January 2008

Kangwon Land High1 Hotel Conference Hall

Gangwon

[3]

18th

12 February 2009

Taebaek Gowon Auditorium

Taebaek

[4]

19th

3 February 2010

Olympic Fencing Gymnasium

Seoul

[5]

20th

20 January 2011

Kyung Hee University

21st

19 January 2012

Olympic Gymnastics Arena

[6]

22nd

31 January 2013

SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium

23rd

23 January 2014

Jamsil Arena

24th

22 January 2015

[8]

Olympic Gymnastics Arena

25th

14 January 2016

26th

19 January 2017

Jamsil Arena

Daesang Award (Grand Prize)[edit]

#

Year

[7]

Winners

25th

2016

EXO

24th

2015

EXO

23rd

2014

EXO

22nd

2013

Psy

21st

2012

Super Junior

20th

2011

Girls' Generation

19th

2010

Girls' Generation

18th

2009

Wonder Girls

Year

Winners

17th

2008

BIGBANG

16th

2006

TVXQ

15th

2004

Shinhwa

14th

2003

Lee Hyori

13rd

2002

BoA

12nd

2001

Kim Gun-mo

11th

2000

Jo Sungmo

10th

1999

Jo Sungmo / Fin.K.L

9th

1998

H.O.T. / Sechs Kies

8th

1997

H.O.T.

7th

1996

Clon

6th

1995

Roo'ra

5th

1994

Kim Gun-mo

4th

1993

Seo Taiji and Boys

Year

Winners

3rd

1992

Seo Taiji and Boys

2nd

1991

Tae Jin-ah

1st

1990

Byeon Jin-seob

Bonsang Awards (Main Prize)[edit]

Note: Order is listed as they were announced by the Seoul Music Committee.
Editio
n

Year

Winners

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

25th

2016

EXID

Red Velvet

Taeyeon

EXO

VIXX

Yoon Mirae

Bangtan
Boys

Zion

24th

2015

Girl's
Day

B1A4

AOA

EXO

VIXX

Apink

Bangtan
Boys

Infin

23rd

2014

B.A.P

Apink

B1A4

EXO

VIXX

Cho Yongpil

SISTAR

4Min

22nd

2013

Secret

Epik High

f(x)

2NE1

Huh Gak

SHINee

miss A

21st

2012

Super
Junior

FT Island

Secret

4Minute

BEAST

KARA

IU

miss

20th

2011

2AM

4Minute

BEAST

FT Island

Girls'
Generation

IU

miss A

Secr

PSY

Editio
n

Year

Winners

19th

2010

Super
Junior

2PM

Brown
Eyed Girls

Davichi

Girls'
Generation

KARA

Kim Taewoo

SHIN

18th

2009

Baek Jiyoung

BIGBANG

Brown
Eyed Girls

TVXQ

Jang Yunjeong

Kim Jongkook

SG
Wannabe

Son D
bi

17th

2008

Super
Junior

BIGBANG

Epik High

Eru

Jang Yunjeong

MC the
Max

SG
Wannabe

SeeY

16th

2006

Baek Jiyoung

Son
Hoyoung

MC Mong

Park Jungah

Jang Yunjeong

SG
Wannabe

Shin Seunghun

Turtl

15th

2004

Cho PD

Lee Seungchul

Lee Sooyoung

Koyote

Kim Jongkook

Shin
Seung-hun

Rain

Park H
shin

14th

2003

Baby
V.O.X

Fly to the
Sky

Jewelry

Koyote

Lee Hyori

Rain

Shinhwa

Wax

13th

2002

BoA

Cool

Koyote

Jang Nara

Lee Sooyoung

Park Hyoshin

Shinhwa

Sung
kyun

12th

2001

Fin.K.L

g.o.d

Kangta

Kim Gunmo

Lee Junghyun

Im Changjung

Park Ji-yoon

Shin
Seun
hun

11th

2000

g.o.d

Fin.K.L

Jo Sungmo

Shin
Seunghun

Uhm Junghwa

Park Jiyoon

Steve
Seungjun
Yoo

10th

1999

H.O.T

Fin.K.L

Jo Sungmo

Baby
V.O.X

Song Daekwan

Kim Gunmo

Sechs Kies

Clo

9th

1998

H.O.T

S.E.S.

Kim

Uhm

Song Dae-

Kim Gun-

Sechs Kies

Turb

Lee Ju
hyu

Editio
n

8th

Year

1997

Winners

H.O.T

Kyung-ho

Jung-hwa

kwan

mo

DJ Doc

Uhm
Jung-hwa

Im Changjung

Kim
Kyung-ho

UP

Park Jinyoung

Turb

Record of the Year (Album)[edit]

Edition

Year

Winner

Title Song

Album

25th

2016

BoA

"Kiss My Lips"

Kiss My Lips

24th

2015

Beast

"12:30"

Time

7th M

23rd

2014

Cho Yong-pil

"Bounce"

Hello

19t

22nd

2013

G-Dragon

"Crayon"

One of A Kind

1st m

21st

2012

IU

"You & I"

Last Fantasy

2n

20th

2011

PSY

"Right Now"

Psy Five

5th

19th

2010

Drunken Tiger

"Feel gHood Muzik"

Feel gHood Muzik : The 8th Wonder

8th

18th

2009

BIGBANG

"Sunset Glow"

Remember

2n

17th

2008

Epik High

"Fan"

Remapping the Human Soul

4th

Record of the Year in Digital Release[edit]

8th

Edition

Year

Winner

Title song

25th

2016

BIGBANG

"Bang Bang Bang"

24th

2015

Soyou & Jung Gigo

"Some"

23rd

2014

EXO

"Growl"

22nd

2013

Sistar

"Alone"

21st

2012

T-ara

"Roly Poly"

20th

2011

IU

"Good Day"

19th

2010

Girls' Generation

"Gee"

18th

2009

Wonder Girls

"Nobody"

17th

2008

BIGBANG

"Lies"

New Artist Award[edit]

Edition

Year

Winners

25th

2016

SEVENTEEN

GFriend

iKON

24th

2015

GOT7

Eddy Kim

Red Velvet

23rd

2014

Bangtan Boys

Lim Kim

Crayon Pop

Edition

Year

Winners

22nd

2013

EXO

Ailee

B.A.P

Lee Hi

21st

2012

B1A4

Apink

Boyfriend

20th

2011

The Boss

Sistar

CNBLUE

19th

2010

BEAST

T-ara

After School

18th

2009

Davichi

Mighty Mouth

SHINee

17th

2008

FT Island

Girls' Generation

Wonder Girls

16th

2006

Super Junior

See Ya

Brown Eyed Girls

15th

2004

TVXQ

Lee Seung-gi

SG Wannabe

14th

2003

Maya

Se7en

Big Mama

13th

2002

Rizi

Rain

Wheesung

12th

2001

Brown Eyes

Sung Si-kyung

Jadu

Morning Bond

11th

2000

Park Hwayobi

J.ae

10th

1999

Lee Jung-hyun

Koyote

Sarp

Chae Jung-an

9th

1998

NRG

Jo Sungmo

Kim Hyun-jung

Yoo Ri

To-ya

Edition

Year

Winners

8th

1997

Lee Ji-hoon

Yangpa

7th

1996

Young Turks Club

6th

1995

Sung Jin-woo

5th

1994

Go Bon-seung

4th

1993

Choi Yeon-je

3rd

1992

Lee Deok-jin

Seo Taiji and Boys

2nd

1991

Shim Shin

Shin Seung-hun

1st

1990

Kim Min-woo

Shin Hae-chul

Yook Gak-soo

Performance Award[edit]
Edition

Year

Winners

24th

2015

Im Chang-jung

23rd

2014

Lee Seung Chul

22nd

2013

Kim Jang-hoon

20th

2011

Bobby Kim

Edition

Year

19th

2010

18th

2009

Winners

PSY

Kim Jang-hoon