2024 Korea Grand Music Awards

The 2024 Korea Grand Music Awards (Korean: 2024 코리아 그랜드 뮤직 어워즈; RR: 2024 Koria geuraendeu myujik owojeu) was an awards ceremony held on November 16–17, 2024, at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea.^[1][2] It honour the best in South Korean music released between June 2023 and July 2024.^[3] The event was hosted by Nam Ji-hyun, Hanni, and Winter.^[4]

2024 Korea Grand Music Awards
Date	November 16–17, 2024
Location	Inspire Arena, Incheon, South Korea
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Nam Ji-hyun Hanni (Day 1) Winter (Day 2)
Organised by	Ilgan Sports
Most wins	Lee Chan-won (5)
Website	kgma-is.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Kiswe Wavve
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Lee Chan-won won five awards at the event,^[5] with Aespa following with four awards, including two Daesang.^[6]

Criteria

The criteria for the awards were announced on the official website of the awards show.^[7]

Criteria for 2024 MAMA Awards nominations

Category	Jury Score	Record sales (Streaming/Album Sales)	IS Media Points	Online voting
Grand Prize[A]	40%	60%		—
Grand Honor's Choice	100%	—
Categories by Artist[B]	20%	45%		35%
Categories by Song[C]	50%	50%		—
Best Selling Album & Most Streamed Song	—	100%	—
Popularity Awards[D]	—			100%
Special Awards[E]	—		100%	—
Data Sources: Circle Chart (Streaming/Album Sales); Caliverse, Diggus, and Fancast (Voting Data)

Performers

The lineup was revealed gradually from October to November, with the final announcement made on November 10.^[8][9]

Day 1 (November 16)

Performances for Day 1

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed
(G)I-dle	"Wife" "Klaxon"
Bibi	"Bam Yang Gang" "Derre"
D.O.	"Popcorn"
JD1	"Loop of Love" "Be Responsible"
Lee Mu-jin	"Episode" "Coming of Age Story"
Lee Young-ji	"Small Girl" (with D.O.) "Witch" "Smoke"
NewJeans	"Right Now" "Bubble Gum" "How Sweet" "Supernatural"
P1Harmony	"Sad Song" "Killin' It"
QWER	"Fake Idol" "T.B.H"
STAYC	"GPT" "Cheeky Icy Thang"
Taemin	"Heaven" "Sexy In the Air" "Guilty"
TVXQ!	"Rebel" "Rising Sun" "Keep Your Head Down" "Mirotic"
Yoo Hwe-seung	"I Think I Did"
Young Tak	"Form" "SuperSuper"
Zerobaseone	"Insomnia" "Sunday Ride" "Good So Bad"

Day 2 (November 17)

Performances for Day 2

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed
Aespa	"Whiplash" "Supernova" "Armageddon"
Ateez	"Work" "Ice on My Teeth"
Class:y	"Psycho and Beautiful"
Day6	"Welcome to the Show" "Melt Down"
Fifty Fifty	"Cupid" "SOS" "Gravity"
JO1	"Where Do We Go" "Love Seeker"
Lee Chan-won	"A Travel to the Sky" "Masterpiece"
NCT Wish	"Wish" "Steady"
NiziU	"Believe"
Nowadays	"Why Not?"
Riize	"Boom Boom Bass" "Love 119" "Impossible"
Song Ga-in	"Mom Arirang"
Treasure	"I Want Your Love" "Mmm"
Unis	"Curious"
Winter	"Spark"
Yuqi	"Freak" "Radio (Dum Dum)"

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Grand Prize

Grand Artist (Daesang)	Grand Performer (Daesang)
NewJeans	Day6
Grand Record (Daesang)	Grand Song (Daesang)
(G)I-dle	Aespa – "Supernova"
Grand Honor's Choice (Daesang)
Aespa Ateez Zerobaseone

Main Awards

Best Artist 10	Best Song 10
(G)I-dle D.O. Jeong Dong-won Lee Young-ji NewJeans P1Harmony STAYC Taemin Young Tak Zerobaseone List of nominees Aespa Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Cha Eun-woo Cravity Doyoung Enhypen Exo Illit IU Ive J-Hope Jihyo Jimin JxW Jungkook Kep1er Le Sserafim Lee Chan-won Nayeon NCT NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish Nmixx Plave QWER Red Velvet Riize RM Seventeen Song Ga-in Stray Kids Taeyong The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure Twice TWS V Wayv Yuqi	Aespa – "Supernova" Ateez – "Crazy Form" Day6 – "Welcome to the Show" Lee Chan-won – "A Travel to the Sky" Lim Young-woong – "Warmth" NCT Dream – "Smoothie" Riize – "Love 119" Seventeen – "Maestro" Stray Kids – "Chk Chk Boom" Treasure – "King Kong" List of nominees (G)I-dle – "Klaxon" AKMU – "Love Lee" Babymonster – "Sheesh" Baekhyun – "Pineapple Slice" Bibi – "Bam Yang Gang" Crush – "Love You With All My Heart" D.O. – "I Do" Dynamic Duo & Lee Young-ji – "Smoke" Enhypen – "XO (Only If You Say Yes)" Fromis 9 – "Supersonic" Illit – "Magnetic" Itzy – "Cake" Ive – "Heya" IU – "Love Wins All" Jaehyun – "Smoke" Jennie – "You & Me" Jeon Somi – "Fast Forward" Jeong Dong-won – "Even If You Meet Someone Else" Jimin – "Who" Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) J-Hope – "I Wonder..." (with Jungkook) Le Sserafim – "Crazy" Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" Lee Mu-jin – "Episode" Lim Jae-hyun – "Rhapsody of Sadness" NCT Wish – "Songbird" NCT 127 – "Walk" Nerd Connection – "If Only You Were Here" NewJeans – "Super Shy" Nmixx – "Dash" Oh My Girl – "Summer Comes" P1Harmony – "Killin' It" Park Ji-hyeon – "I Like It When You Smile" QWER – "T.B.H" Red Velvet – "Chill Kill" Roy Kim – "Let's Be Well" RM – "LOST!" Shinee – "Hard" Shownu X Hyungwon – "Love Me a Little" Song Ga-in – "Chilgapsan" STAYC – "Bubble" Taeyeon – "To. X" The Boyz – "Watch It" TWS – "Plot Twist" V – "Slow Dancing" Viviz – "Maniac" Woody – "Flowers in the Desert" Young Tak – "SuperSuper" Zerobaseone – "Good So Bad"
Best Adult Contemporary	Best Band
Lee Chan-won Song Ga-in Young Tak Cho Hang-jo Cho Myung-Seop Cho Young-nam Ha Choon-hwa Hong Ji-yun Jang Min-ho Jeon Yu-jin Jeong Dong-won Kim Tae-yeon Kim Hee-Jae Na Hoon-a Na Tae-ju Oh Yu-jin Park Seo-jin	Day6 QWER Band Nah Eclipse F.T. Island Lucy N.Flying Nerd Connection Plave Silica Gel Wave to Earth Xdinary Heroes
Best Hip-Hop	Best R&B
Lee Young-ji Ash Island B.I Beenzino Be'O Bobby Choi Nak-ta Crucial Star Dok2 Dynamic Duo E Sens Ghvstclub Han Yo-han I.M J-Hope Kid Milli Leellamarz Paul Blanco Penomeco Plave Sik-K Stray Kids Zico	Bibi D.O. Bang Ye-dam Bol4 Car, the Garden Chuu Heize Hynn Jo Yu-ri Kassy KCM Kim Feel Kim Se-jong Kyung Seo Lee Jin-ah Lee Seok-hoon Sunwoo Jung-a Wheein Yonghwa
Best OST	Best Memory
Yoo Hwe-seung – "I Think I Did" (from Lovely Runner) Bang Ye-dam – "My All" (from Branding in Seongsu) BSS – "The Reasons of My Smiles" (from Queen of Tears) Crush – "Love You with All My Heart" (from Queen of Tears) DK – "Short Hair" (from Welcome to Samdal-ri) Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" (from Lovely Runner) Ha Sung-woon – "Gift" (from Lovely Runner) Jeong Dong-won – "Scattered Seasons" (from Moon in the Day) Jongho – "A Day" (from Lovely Runner) Jung Joon-il – "A Song for You" (from Twinkling Watermelon) Kang Min-kyung – "Lasting Like the Last Day" (from My Demon) Kassy – "Broke Up Today" (from Reunion Conseling) Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" (from A Not So Fairytale) Lee Mu-jin & Sole – "She Is" (from My Lovely Sam Soon 2024) Lucy – "I'll Find You" (from Snap and Spark) MeloMance – "My Days" (from Castaway Diva) Miyeon – "The Painted on the Moonlight" (from My Dearest) N.Flying – "Star" (from Lovely Runner) Norazo – "Double of Nothing" (from Boyhood) Sandeul – "You're Living Like the Season" (from Castaway Diva) Standing Egg – "You're Precious" (from Twinkling Watermelon) Suho – "Forever" (from Gyeongseong Creature) Taeyeon – "Dream" (from Welcome to Samdal-ri) Winter – "The First Moment" (from Heartsping: Teenieping of Love) Yang Yo-seob – "Unforgettable Love" (from My Dearest) Yim Si-wan – "Take Me Home" (from Boyhood) Young Tak – "Go Your Own Way" (from Live Your Own Life) Zia – "Like Moon in the Day" (from Moon in the Day)	Lee Mu-jin & Sole – "She Is" 10cm – "Tiramisu Cake" Aespa – "Regret of the Times" Big Mama – "Happy Me" Gummy – "If You're Gonna Be Like This" Heize – "Where Are You" Huh Gak, Kim Hee-jae, Lee Jin-sung, Lee Mu-jin, Onestar & #Annyeong – "Old Song" Jo Yu-ri – "All About You" Joy & Big Naughty – "My Lips Like Warm Coffee" Kassy – "Broke Up Today" Kim Jae-hwan – "For Couples Who Just Met" Kim Min-seok – "You We're Beautiful" Kim Sung-kyu – "I Am Sorry, I Hate You" Kwon Jin-ah – "You're Different" Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" Lim Jae-hyun – "Rhapsody of Sadness" MeloMance – "Between Love and Freindship" Nerd Connection – "If I Have You Only" Seo Eun-kwang – "The Man" Shion – "Time Spent Walking Through Memories" (feat. 10cm) Solar – "Love Has Gone" Yoo Hwe-seung – "I Think I Did"
Best Group	Best Rock Ballad
Riize	Lee Mu-jin
Best Solo Artist	Best Stage
Taemin Yuqi	Treasure

Popularity awards

The categories for the popularity awards were announced in May 2024, with voting starting the same month and running until November 9. The voting process was divided into three phases: monthly voting from May to September 2024, the first and second rounds from September 12 to October 20, and the final round from October 22 to November 9. Voting was conducted through three apps: Caliverse, Diggus, and Fancast.^[14]

Trend of the Year – K-pop Group	Trend of the Year – K-pop Solo
Unis List of nominees (G)I-dle 8turn AB6IX Aespa Akmu Apink Ateez Babymonster Blackpink BoyNextDoor Cravity Day6 Dreamcatcher Enhypen Exo Fromis 9 Got7 Highlight IKon Illit Infinite Itzy Ive Kep1er Le Sserafim Mamamoo Monsta X NCT 127 NCT Dream NewJeans Nmixx Plave Red Velvet Riize Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Wayv Zerobaseone	V List of nominees Baekhyun BamBam Bibi Bobby Cha Eun-woo Choi Ye-na Chung Ha D.O. Hwasa I.M IU Jennie Jeon Somi Jeong Se-woon J-Hope Jihyo Jimin Jisoo Jo Yu-ri Jungkook Kai Kang Daniel Key Kim Jae-hwan Kim Se-jeong Kwon Eun-bi Kyuhyun Lee Hi Lee Chae-yeon Lee Young-ji Lim Hyun-sik Lim Young-woong Minho Moonbyul Nam Woo-hyun Onew Park Ji-hoon Park Woo-jin Ryeowook Solar Suga Taeyang Taemin Taeyeon Wendy Wheein Yesung
Trend of the Year – Trot Star	Trend of the Year – Trot Rookie
Lee Chan-won List of nominees Cho Myung-seop Gaeun Eun Hong ja Hong Ji-yun Hong Jin-young Jang Minho Jang Yoon-jeong Jeong Dong-won Jinsung Jo Jung-min Jung Mi-ae Kang Hye-yeon Kim Eui-young Kim Hee-jae Kim Soo-chan Kim Tae-yeon Kim Yang Lim Young-woong Na Tae-ju Park Koon Park Seo-jin Park Hyun-bin Shin Yu Song Ga-in Yang Ji-eun Yang Ji-won Yoon Soo-hyun Young Tak	Park Ji-hyeon List of nominees An Seong-hoon Bae A-hyun Byeol Sa-rang Choi Soo-ho Enoch Gong Hoon Hwang Min-woo Jeon Yu-jin Jin Hae-seong Jin-uk Jung Seo-joo Jung Se-ul Kim Da-hyun Kim Jung-yeon Kim So-yeon Lyn Ma I-jin Maria Min Soo-hyun Miss Kim Na Sang-do Na Yeong Oh Yu-jin Park Hye-sin Park Min-su Park Sung-on Shin Se-ong Son Tae-jin
CALIVERSE, Transcendent Artist of the Year	DIGGUS Digging Artist
Young Tak	Lee Chan-won
Fan Vote Rookie – Female	Fan Vote Rookie – Male
NiziU Artms Babymonster Fifty Fifty Illit Kiss of Life Loossemble Unis TripleS	Riize ARrC BoyNextDoor Evnne Fantasy Boys JD1 Lun8 N.SSign NCT Wish Nexz One Pact TIOT TWS WHIB Xikers
Lullua × Fancast Best Popularity
Lee Chan-won Taemin

Special awards

Best Selling Album	Best Producer
Seventeen – Seventeenth Heaven	Tak Young-jun (SM Entertainment)
IS Rising Star	IS Rookies
Fifty Fifty Jeong Dong-won NCT Wish	Nowadays Unis
K-pop Global Artist	K-pop Global Rookies
JO1 NiziU	Me:I
K-pop Legendary Artist	Most Streamed Song
TVXQ!	Aespa – "Supernova"
Photogenic
Class:y Seo Eve

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received two or more awards:

Count	Artist(s)
5	Lee Chan-won
4	Aespa
3	Day6
	Riize
	Taemin
	Young Tak
2	(G)I-dle
	Ateez
	D.O.
	Jeong Dong-won
	Lee Mu-jin
	Lee Young-ji
	NewJeans
	NiziU
	Seventeen
	Treasure
	Unis
	Zerobaseone

Notes

1. Consists of Grand Artist, Grand Record, and Grand Song
2. Consists of Best Group, Best Rock Ballad, Best Solo Artist, and Best Stage
3. Consists of Best Adult Contemporary, Best Artist 10, Best Band, Best Hip-Hop, Best Memory, Best OST, Best R&B, and Best Song 10
4. Consists of Caliverse Transcendent Artist of the Year, DIGGUS Digging Artist, Fan Vote Rookie, Lullua × Fancast Best Popularity, and Trend of the Year
5. Consists of Best Producer, IS Rising Star, IS Rookies, K-pop Global Artist, K-pop Global Rookies, K-pop Legendary Artist, and Photogenic