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Korea Grand Music Awards

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Korea Grand Music Awards
Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the Korean music industry
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byIlgan Sports
First awarded2024
WebsiteOfficial webste

The Korea Grand Music Awards (Korean코리아 그랜드 뮤직 어워즈) is an annual South Korean music awards ceremony that honors achievements in various categories of Korean popular music, such as K-pop and trot, domestically and internationally. The awards ceremony was established by Ilgan Sports, who previously created the Golden Disc Awards in 1984 and organized it until 2020, in celebration of the newspaper's 55th anniversary.[1] It was created with the purpose of honoring artists who have played a role in spreading Korean culture around the world and bringing together the past, present, and future artists of Korean popular music. The winners will be selected based on expert judge evaluations, digital music and album sales, and mobile fan voting.[2]

History

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The first ceremony was held on November 16–17, 2024 at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. The ceremony's production headed by Han Dong-chul, the CEO of Funky Studio who formerly directed the MAMA Awards.[3] Hanni of NewJeans and Nam Ji-hyun were announced as the hosts for the ceremony's first day, while Winter of Aespa and Nam would be the hosts for the second day. The line-up of artists in attendance were consists of Aespa, Ateez, Zerobaseone, NewJeans, NiziU and Taemin among others.[4][5] It was live stream via Kiswe.[6]

Ceremonies

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Edition Year Date of ceremony City Venue Hosts Ref.
1st 2024 November 16–17, 2024 Incheon Inspire Arena Hanni, Nam Ji-hyun, Winter [5]

Winners

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Grand Honor's Choice (Daesang)

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Year Winner
2024 Aespa Ateez Zerobaseone

Grand Artist (Daesang)

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Year Winner
2024 NewJeans

Grand Record (Daesang)

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Year Winner
2024 (G)I-dle

Grand Song (Daesang)

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Year Winner
2024 Aespa

Grand Performer (Daesang)

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Year Winner
2024 Day6

Best Artist

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Year Winners
2024 (G)I-dle D.O. Jeong Dong-won Lee Young-ji NewJeans P1Harmony STAYC Taemin Young Tak Zerobaseone

Best Song

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Year Winners
2024 Aespa Ateez Day6 Lee Chan-won Lim Young-woong NCT Dream Riize Seventeen Stray Kids Treasure

IS Rookies

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Year Winner
2024 Nowadays Unis

Best Hip Hop

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Year Winner
2024 Lee Young-ji

Best Memory

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Year Winner
2024 Lee Mu-jin

Best R&B

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Year Winner
Male Female
2024 D.O. BIBI

Best O.S.T

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Year Winner
2024 Yoo Hwe-seung

Best Rock Ballad

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Year Winner
2024 Lee Mu-jin

Best Adult Contemporary

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Year Winner
2024 Young Tak Song Ga-in Lee Chan-won

DIGGUS Digging Artist

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Year Winner
2024 Lee Chan-won

Lullua x Fancast Best Popularity

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Year Winner
2024 Taemin Lee Chan-won

CALIVERSE, Transcedent Artist of the Year

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Year Winner
2024 Young Tak

Trend of the Year

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Year Event
Group Solo Trot Rookie
2024 Unis V Lee Chan-won Park Ji-hyun

Fan Vote Rookie

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Year Winner
Male Female
2024 Riize NiziU

Best Selling Album

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Year Winner
2024 Seventeen

Most Streamed Song

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Year Winner
2024 Aespa

Best Solo Artist

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Year Winner
2024 Taemin Yuqi

Best Group

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Year Winner
2024 Riize

Best Band

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Year Winner
2024 QWER Day6

Best Stage

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Year Winner
2024 Treasure

Best Producer

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Year Winner
2024 Tak Young-jun

IS Rising Star

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Year Winner
2024 JD1 NCT Wish Fifty Fifty

Kpop Legendary Artist

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Year Winner
2024 TVXQ

Kpop Global Artist

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Year Winner
2024 NiziU JO1

Kpop Global Rookie

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Year Winner
2024 Me:I

Photogenic

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Year Winner
2024 Seo EVE CLASS:y

Most Wins

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The following artists received five or more awards:

Rank Artist(s) Awards
1 Lee Chan-won 5
2 Aespa 4
3 Day6 3
Riize
Taemin
Young Tak

References

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  1. ^ Lee, Geum-jun (13 February 2024). "'코리아 그랜드 뮤직 어워즈' 탄생…11월 첫 개최 선언" ['Korea Grand Music Awards' is born... First held in November announced]. ET News (in Korean). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ Moon, Wan-sik (13 February 2024). "'제1회 코리아 그랜드 뮤직 어워즈'(KGMA) 11월 개최" ['1st Korea Grand Music Awards' (KGMA) to be held in November]. Star News (in Korean). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. ^ Jeon, Hyeong-hwa (12 August 2024). "'제1회 코리아 그랜드 뮤직 어워즈'(KGMA), 인스파이어 아레나 개최 확정" ['1st Korea Grand Music Awards' (KGMA) confirmed to be held at Inspire Arena]. Ilgan Sports (in Korean). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ^ Yoon, Ki-baek (28 August 2024). "뉴진스 하니 제1회 KGMA MC 발탁… 에스파·제베원 등 1차 라인업 공개" [New Jeans Hani Selected as 1st KGMA MC… 1st Lineup Revealed Including Espa and Jebeone]. Edaily [ko] (in Korean). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b Choi, Hee-jae (11 September 2024). "남지현X에스파 윈터, 제1회 KGMA서 호흡…둘째날 MC" [Nam Ji-hyun X aespa Winter, working together at the 1st KGMA… MC on the second day]. Edaily [ko] (in Korean). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  6. ^ Yoon, Ki-baek (4 November 2024). KGMA, 'BTS 콘서트 중계 플랫폼' 키스위 통해 200개국 생중계 [KGMA broadcasts live in 200 countries through 'BTS concert broadcast platform' Kiswe] (in Korean). Edaily [ko]. Retrieved 4 November 2024 – via Naver.
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