2022 Genie Music Awards

The 2022 Genie Music Awards took place on November 8, 2022, at the Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea. Organized by Genie Music, the event returned after a one-year hiatus and was the first offline edition since 2019.^[1][2] Artists who released music between October 1, 2021, and October 5, 2022, were eligible for nominations.^[3]

2022 Genie Music Awards
Date	November 8, 2022
Location	Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea
Most awards	Lim Young-woong (3)
Most nominations	(G)I-dle (6)
Website	Official website
Television/radio coverage
Network	ENA Idol Plus STAYG Abema (Japan)
← 2020 · Genie Music Awards

Following the Itaewon stampede incident, the organizers canceled the red carpet and live broadcast as a mark of respect.^[4] Instead, the event was pre-recorded and later made available on VOD platforms on November 18, 2022.^[5]

Judging criteria

Division	Online Voting	Digital Sales	Judge Score
Singer of the Year	—	60%	40%
Song of the Year
Album of the Year
Artist Category Awards*	20%	50%	30%
Performance Category Awards**	20%	30%	50%
Special Awards***	100%	—
*Best Male Solo Artist, Best Female Solo Artist, Best Male Group, Best Female Group, Best Male Rookie Award, Best Female Rookie Award **Best Male Performance Award, Best Female Performance Award ***Genie Music Popularity Award, Idol Plus Global Popularity Award

Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold.^[6] The following nomination lists were made available on October 6.^[3][7]

Song of the Year (Daesang)	Album of the Year (Daesang)
Lim Young-woong – "Our Blues, Our Life" Big Bang – "Still Life" Big Naughty – "Beyond Love" (feat. 10cm) Kim Min-seok – "Drunken Confession" Be'O – "Counting Stars" Red Velvet – "Feel My Rhythm" Ive – "Love Dive" IU – "Strawberry Moon" Psy – "That That" (feat. Suga) (G)I-dle – "Tomboy"	NCT Dream – Glitch Mode Psy – Psy 9th Blackpink – Born Pink (G)I-dle – I Never Die Lim Young-woong – Im Hero Taeyeon – INVU Kim Ho-joong – Panorama BTS – Proof Seventeen – Face the Sun Red Velvet – The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm
Singer of the Year (Daesang)	Genie Music Popularity Award
NCT Dream Kim Ho-joong Seventeen Psy IU Lee Chan-won Lim Young-woong Taeyeon Ive (G)I-dle	Lim Young-woong Be'O (G)I-dle IU Ive Kim Ho-joong Lee Chan-won NCT Dream Psy Seventeen Taeyeon BTS
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
BTS Big Bang NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids	(G)I-dle Aespa Blackpink Ive Red Velvet
Best Male Solo Artist	Best Female Solo Artist
Lim Young-woong Kim Ho-joong Psy Be'O Lee Chan-won	Taeyeon IU Nayeon Choi Ye-na Kassy
Best Male Rookie Award	Best Female Rookie Award
Tempest ATBO TNX Xdinary Heroes Younite	Ive Le Sserafim NewJeans Nmixx Kep1er
Best Male Performance Award	Best Female Performance Award
The Boyz Enhypen NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids	Red Velvet Aespa Blackpink (G)I-dle Twice
Best Hip Hop Artist	Best Rock Artist
Be'O	Jaurim
Best Pop Artist	Best Music Video
Peder Elias	Red Velvet - "Feel My Rhythm"

Other awards

• IdolPlus Global Popularity Award – BTS
• Best Record – (G)I-dle – "Tomboy"
• Best Style - Ive
• Next Generation – DKZ
• Next Generation Global – PSYCHIC FEVER
• Next Wave Icon - Lightsum, TNX