2025 Korea Grand Music Awards

The 2025 Korea Grand Music Awards (Korean: 2025 코리아 그랜드 뮤직 어워즈; RR: 2025 Koria geuraendeu myujik owojeu) is an awards ceremony held on November 14–15, 2025, at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea.^[1] It honours the best in South Korean music released between October 2024 and September 2025. ^[2] The event was hosted by Nam Ji-hyun, Irene, and Natty.^[3] The ceremony was broadcast domestically by ENA and live streamed in Japan via Hulu and internationally via TikTok.^[4]

2025 Korea Grand Music Awards

Sponsored by	iM Bank
Date	November 14–15, 2025
Location	Inspire Arena, Incheon, South Korea
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Nam Ji-hyun Irene (Nov 14) Natty (Nov 15)
Organised by	Ilgan Sports
Most wins	Stray Kids (5)
Website	kgma-is.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Broadcast: ENA Streaming: TikTok Hulu Japan
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Criteria

The criteria for the awards were announced on the official website of the awards show.^[5]

More information Category, Jury Score ...

Criteria for 2024 MAMA Awards nominations
Category	Jury Score	Record sales (Streaming/Album Sales)	IS Media Points	Online voting
Grand Prize^[A]	40%	60%		N/a
Grand Honor's Choice	100%	N/a
Main Categories^[B]	65%			35%
Best Selling Album & Most Streamed Music	N/a	100%	N/a
Best Producer	100%	N/a
Popularity Awards^[C]	N/a			100%
Special Awards^[D]	N/a		100%	N/a
Data Sources: Hanteo, Genie Music, Bugs!, and Flo (Streaming/Album Sales); Fancast (Voting Data)^[6]

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Performers

The lineup was revealed gradually from September to October, with the final announcement made on October 10.^[7]

Artist Day (November 14)

More information Artist(s), Song(s) Performed ...

Performances for Day 1
Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed
Irene	"Strawberry Silhouette"
SMTR25	"Wolf"
KiiiKiii	"I Do Me"
INI	"Dominance"
Xikers	"Breathe" "Superpower (Peak)"
Xdinary Heroes	"ICU"
Cravity	"Swish" "Lemonade Fever"
Meovv	"Body" "Burning Up" "Hands Up"
Park Seo-jin	"Very Good Tip"
Fifty Fifty	"Pookie" "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe"
Lee Chan-won	"I Told You" "Maybe Today"
Woodz	"Drowning" "I'll Never Love Again"
AllDay Project	"Famous" "Wicked"
BoyNextDoor	"If I Say, I Love You" "I Feel Good" "Hollywood Action"
The Boyz	"Stylish" "You and I"
Ateez	Intro: "Hala Hala" (Hongjoong and Wooyoung) / "Wonderland" (Seonghwa and Jongho) / "The Real" (Yunho and Mingi) / "Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)" (Yeosang and San) / "Phantom" (San solo) "In Your Fantasy"

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Music Day (November 15)

More information Artist(s), Song(s) Performed ...

Performances for Day 2
Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed
Natty	"10 Minutes"
Idid	"Chan-Ran"
Close Your Eyes	"X" "SOB"(with Imanbek)
Unis	"Swicy"
KickFlip	"Band-Aid" "My First Love Song"
P1Harmony	"Duh!"
AHOF	"We Ready" "Pinocchio"
Lucy	"Where's Your Love" "Flowering"
Nexz	"I'm Him" "Beat-Boxer"
Hearts2Hearts	"Focus"
Dayoung	"Body"
Jang Min-ho	"Lonely Love" "Play the Music!"
Idid AHOF Close Your Eyes KickFlip	"Happiness" "Bang Bang Bang" "Boy In Luv" "Maniac"
Kiss of Life	"K Bye" "Lucky"
Fromis 9	"Supersonic" "Like You Better"
Suho	"Light the Fire" "Who Are You"
BtoB	"Wind and Wish" "Only One for Me" "Missing You" "Love Today"
Ive	"XOXZ" "Gotcha (Baddest Eros)" "Rebel Heart"
Stray Kids	"S-Class" "In My Head" "Ceremony"

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Presenters

The lineup of presenters was announced on September 19.^[8] Additional presenters were announced on November 7.^[9]

Artist Day (November 14)

Music Day (November 15)

Winners and nominees

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

Grand Prize

More information Grand Artist (Daesang), Grand Performer (Daesang) ...

Grand Artist (Daesang)	Grand Performer (Daesang)
Ateez	BoyNextDoor
Grand Record (Daesang)	Grand Song (Daesang)
Stray Kids	Ive
Grand Honor's Choice (Daesang)
AllDay Project The Boyz Stray Kids

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Main Awards

More information Best Artist 10, Best Music 10 ...

Best Artist 10	Best Music 10
Ateez BoyNextDoor Cravity Fifty Fifty Jennie Lee Chan-won Riize The Boyz Xdinary Heroes Xikers List of nominees AHOF AllDay Project Aespa Babymonster Blackpink Close Your Eyes Doyoung Enhypen G-Dragon Ive IU KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Mark Meovv Monsta X NCT Dream NCT Wish Park Seo-jin Plave QWER Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together TWS Twice Zerobaseone	Aespa – Dirty Work Enhypen – Desire: Unleash Fromis 9 – From Our 20's Ive – Ive Secret Kiss of Life – 224 Mark – The Firstfruit P1Harmony – Duh! Seventeen – Spill the Feels Stray Kids – Karma Suho – Who Are You List of nominees Ateez – Golden Hour: Part.3 Babymonster – "Hot Sauce" Baekhyun – Essence of Reverie BoyNextDoor – 19.99 BtoB – Btoday BTS – Permission to Dance on Stage – Live Day6 – The Decade Doyoung – Soar G-Dragon – Übermensch Haechan – Taste Hearts2Hearts – "Style" I-dle – We Are Jang Min-ho – Essay Ep. 3 Jennie – Ruby Jin – Echo KickFlip – Kick Out, Flip Now! Le Sserafim – Hot Lucy – "First Love" NCT Dream – Go Back to the Future NCT Wish – Color Nexz – O-RLY? Nmixx – Fe3O4: Forward Plave – Caligo Pt.1 Riize – Odyssey Super Junior – Super Junior25 Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Together Treasure – Love Pulse Twice – This Is For TWS – Try with Us Wendy – Cerulean Verge Woodz – "Drowning" Xdinary Heroes – Beautiful Mind Zerobaseone – Never Say Never
Best Adult Contemporary	Best Virtual Artist
Jang Min-ho – "Tiki-taka of Love" Lee Chan-won – "세월 베고 길게 누운 구름 한 조각" List of nominees An Seong-hoon – "The Road is Different" Cheon Rok-dam – "내 여인" Jeong Dong-won – "Easy Lover" Jin Hae-song – "Beautiful" Kim Young-bin – "Always Been You" Lee Myeong-hwa – "Real Deal" Lim Young-woong – "Eternal Moment" Park Ji-hyeon – "It Melts" Park Seo-jin – "Very Good Tip" Son Bin-ah – "Honey" Son Tae-jin – "The Mask" Song Ga-in – "The Mambo of Love" Young Tak – "Juicy Go" (with Kim Yon-ja)	Plave – "Dash" List of nominees Apoki – "Super Duper Ride" David Bong – "Starlight" Hebi. – "Ever" Hosoo – "Dr. B-Pang" Huntrix – "Golden" Isegye Idol – "Stargazers" Naevis – "Done" Saja Boys – "Soda Pop" Skinz – "Young & Loud" Sphaze – "Starlight"
Best Hip-Hop	Best OST
J-Hope – "Killin' It Girl" (solo version) List of nominees AllDay Project – "Wicked" Babymonster – "Hot Sauce" BoyNextDoor – "I Feel Good" Dynamic Duo – "Take Care" Epik High – "Michelin Chyper" G-Dragon – "Home Sweet Home" (feat. Taeyang and Daesung) Haon – "Skrr" (feat. Giselle) Kiss of Life – "Igloo" Mark – "1999" MilliMax – "Zombie" (feat. Drip Tarko) Riize – "Bag Bad Back" Seori – "Run" (feat. Paul Blanco) Sik-K – "LOV3" (feat. Bryan Chase and Okasian) Jeon So-mi – "Extra" Young Posse – "Freestyle" Yuqi – "Radio (Dum Dum)"	*D.O. – "Forever" (from Resident Playbook)* List of nominees An Yu-jin – "Sunny Day" (from Resident Playbook) Day6 (Even of Day) – "Maple Latte" (from Dear.M) Haewon – "Maru is a Puppy" (from Maru is a Puppy) Huntrix – "Golden" (from KPop Demon Hunters) Isaac Hong – "My Love By My Side" (from When Life Gives You Tangerines) IU – "Midnight Walk" (from When Life Gives You Tangerines) Jin – "Close to You" (from When the Stars Gossip) Lee Chang-sub – "True Love" (from Secret Relationships) Lee Know, Seungmin, and I.N – "Start!" (from Resident Playbook) Miyeon – "When We Meet Again" (from Head over Heels) Plave – "We Don't Stop" (from The Fiery Priest – Season 2) Saja Boys – "Soda Pop" (from KPop Demon Hunters) Seok Matthew and Park Gun-wook – "Backpacker" (from Study Group) Tomorrow X Together – "When the Day Comes" (from Resident Playbook) Twice – "Takedown" (from KPop Demon Hunters) TWS – "Brand New Day" (from Good Boy) Winter – "On Such a Day" (from Resident Playbook) Young Tak – "Unknown Life" (from For Eagle Brothers) Zerobaseone – "D-Day" (from Head over Heels)
Best Music Video	Best Dance Performance
Jin – "Don't Say You Love Me" List of nominees Aespa – "Rich Man" Baby Don't Cry – "F Girl" Blackpink – "Jump" BoyNextDoor – "I Feel Good" G-Dragon – "Power" Hebi. – "Onward" Illit – "Do the Dance" INI – "Dominance" Isegye Idol – "Misty Rainbow" IU – "Never Ending Story" Ive – "XOXZ" J-Hope – "Mona Lisa" Jisoo – "Earthquake" Katseye – "Gameboy" KickFlip – "Freeze" KiiiKiii – "I Do Me" Le Sserafim – "Crazy" Lisa – "New Woman" (feat. Rosalía) Lim Young-woong – "Heavenly After After" Mark – "1999" Meovv – "Meow" Plave – "Dash" QWER – "Dear" Riize – "Bag Bad Back" Seventeen – "Thunder" Stray Kids – "Ceremony" Twice – "This Is For" Unis – "Curious"	AHOF – "Rendezvous" List of nominees &Team – "Go in Blind" Aespa – "Rich Man" Ateez – "Ice on My Teeth" Blackpink – "Jump" Close Your Eyes – "All My Poetry" Enhypen – "No Doubt" Evnne – "How Can I Do" G-Dragon – "Too Bad" (feat. Anderson .Paak) Gfriend – "Season of Memories" H1-Key – "Summer Was You" I-dle – "Good Thing" Illit – "Do the Dance" INI – "Dominance" Ive – "XOXZ" Izna – "Sign" J-Hope – "Mona Lisa" Jin – "Running Wild" Key – "Hunter" KiiiKiii – "Dancing Alone" Mark – "1999" Meovv – "Hands Up" Monsta X – "N the Front" NCT Dream – "Chiller" NCT Wish – "Color" Nouera – "N.I.N (New is Now)" Oneus – "X" Rescene – "Love Attack" Riize – "Fly Up" Say My Name – "iLy" Secret Number – "Don't Touch" Seventeen – "Thunder" STAYC – "I Want It" Stray Kids – "Ceremony" TripleS – "Are You Alive" Twice – "This is For" UAU – "Attitude" VVUP – "Giddy Boy" Zerobaseone – "Iconik"

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Popularity awards

The categories for the popularity awards were announced in September 2025, with main voting starting the same month and running until November 8. The pre-voting process was divided into two phases, weekly and monthly from April to September 2025.The main voting from September 11 to November 8. Voting was conducted through Fancast.^[14]

More information Trend of the Year – K-pop Group, Trend of the Year – K-pop Solo ...

Trend of the Year – K-pop Group	Trend of the Year – K-pop Solo
NewJeans List of nominees Aespa Ateez Blackpink BoyNextDoor BTS Cravity Day6 Enhypen Exo I-dle Itzy Ive Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Monsta X NCT 127 NCT Dream Nmixx P1Harmony Plave Red Velvet Riize Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure Twice Wayv Xdinary Heroes Zerobaseone	V List of nominees An Yu-jin Anton Baekhyun Bamby Bang Chan Belle Beomgyu Cha Eun-woo Chaeyoung Changbin Chanyeol Chen Chenle D.O. Dahyun Danielle Dino DK Dowoon Doyoung Eunho Eunseok Felix G-Dragon Gaeul Giselle Haechan Haerin Hamin Han Haneul Hanni Han Yu-jin Heeseung Hong Eun-chae Hongjoong Hoshi Hueningkai Huh Yun-jin Hyein Hyungwon Hyunjin I.M I.N Irene IU J-Hope Jaehyun Jaemin Jake Jang Won-young Jay Jennie Jeno Jeonghan Jeongyeon Jihyo Jimin Jin Jisoo Jisung Johnny Jongho Joohoney Joshua Joy Julie Jun Jung Kook Jungwon Jungwoo Kai Kang Daniel Karina Kazuha Key Kihyun Kim Se-jeong Kim Chae-won Kim Gyu-vin Kim Ji-woong Kim Tae-rae Lee Know Lee Chae-yeon Leeseo Lim Young-woong Lisa Liz Mark Mina Mingi Mingyu Minho Minhyuk Minji Minnie Miyeon Momo Natty Nayeon Ni-Ki Ningning Noah Onew Park Gun-wook Rei Renjun Ricky RM Rosé S.Coups Sakura San Sana Sehun Seok Matthew Seonghwa Seulgi Seungkwan Seungmin Shotaro Shownu Shuhua Sohee Soobin Soyeon Suga Suho Sungchan Sung Han-bin Sunghoon Sungjin Sunoo Taehyun Taemin Taeyeon Taeyong The8 Tzuyu Vernon Wendy Winter Winwin Wonbin Wonpil Wonwoo Wooyoung Woozi Xiumin Yejun Yeonjun Yeosang Yeri Young K Yunho Yuqi Yuta Zhang Hao
Trend of the Year – Trot	Trend of the Year – Rookie
Lee Chan-won List of nominees An Seong-hoon Bin Ye-seon Cheon Rok-dam Enoch Hong Jin-young Jang Min-ho Jeon Yu-jin Jeong Dong-won Kim Hee-jae Kim Yong-bin Jin Hae-song Kim Young-bin Lee Chan-won Na Tae-ju Oh Yu-jin Lim Young-woong Park Ji-hyeon Park Seo-jin Park Hyun-bin Son Bin-ah Son Tae-jin Song Ga-in Young Tak	Carmen List of nominees A-na Ahyeon Amaru Asa Athena Carmen Cha Woong-ki Chanelle Moon Chihen Chiquita Daisuke Dohoon Donghyeon Elisia Fan Gehlee Gihyeon Hana Hanjin Hyeonju Ian Jaehee Jihoon Jinhyuk Jiwoo Jiyoon JL Juun Keena Keonho Kim Kotoko Kyungmin Leesol Minju Nana Paan Park Juwon Pharita Rami Riku Ryo Sakuya Seo Jeong-woo Seonghyeon Seowoon Shinyu Sion Siyun Stella Steven Suyeon Woochan Ye-on Yewon Yoona Youngjae Yuha Yunha Yushi Zhang Shuaibo
BIGC Global Star Award^[15]	Best Listener's Pick
Suho List of nominees AHOF AllDay Project Ateez BoyNextDoor BtoB Close Your Eyes Cravity Fifty Fifty Hearts2Hearts Idid INI Ive Jang Min-ho KiiiKiii KickFlip Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lucy Meovv NEXZ P1Harmony Park Seo-jin SMTR25 Stray Kids The Boyz Unis Woodz Xdinary Heroes Xikers	Unis – "Swicy" List of nominees Ateez – "Lemon Drop" Beomgyu – "Panic" J-Hope – "Killin' It Girl" (feat. GloRilla) J-Hope – "Mona Lisa" Jeong Dong-won – "Easy Lover" Lim Young-woong – "Eternal Moment" Monsta X – "N the Front" (H.ONE remix) Monsta X – "Rush Hour" (Re-recorded) Park Ji-hyeon – "It Melts" Secret Number – "Don't Touch" Stray Kids – "Ceremony" Stray Kids – "Ceremony" (Hip-hop version – English version) Tablo and RM – "Stop the Rain" Tomorrow X Together – "Beautiful Strangers" Tomorrow X Together – "When the Day Comes" Unis – "See You in My Dream" Young Tak – "Juicy Go" (with Kim Yon-ja)
Fan Vote Artist – Female	Fan Vote Artist – Male
Yuqi List of nominees Ahyeon An Yu-jin Asa Bae Chaeryeong Chaeyoung Chiquita Dahyun Gaeul Giselle Haewon Hong Eun-chae Huh Yun-jin Iroha Jang Won-young Jennie Jeongyeon Jihyo Jisoo Jiwoo Karina Kazuha Kim Chae-won Kyujin Leeseo Lia Lily Lisa Liz Mina Minju Minnie Moka Momo Nayeon Ningning Pharita Rami Rei Rora Rosé Ruka Ryujin Sakura Sana Shuhua Soyeon Sullyoon Tzuyu Winter Wonhee Yeji Yuna Yunah	Jimin List of nominees Anton Baekhyun Bang Chan Beomgyu Changbin Chenle Dino DK Dowoon Eric Eunseok Felix Haechan Han Han Yu-jin Heeseung Hongjoong Hoshi Hueningkai Hyunjae Hyunjin I.N J-Hope Jacob Jaehee Jaehyun Jaemin Jake Jay Jeno Jeonghan Jin Jisung Jongho Joshua Jun Jung Kook Jungwon Juyeon Kevin Kim Gyu-vin Kim Ji-woong Kim Tae-rae Lee Know Leehan Mark Mingi Mingyu New Ni-Ki Park Gun-wook Q Renjun Ricky Riku Riwoo RM Ryo S.Coups Sakuya San Sangyeon Seok Matthew Seonghwa Seungkwan Shotaro Sion Sohee Soobin Suga Sungchan Sungho Sunghoon Sungjin Sunoo Sunwoo Taehyun Taesan The8 V Vernon Wonbin Wonpil Wonwoo Wonhak Wooyoung Woozi Yeonjun Yeosang Young K Younghoon Yunho Yushi Zhang Hao
Best Popularity – Artist Day	Best Popularity – Music Day
Lee Chan-won List of nominees AllDay Project Ateez BoyNextDoor Cravity Fifty Fifty INI KiiiKiii Meovv The Boyz Woodz Xdinary Heroes Xikers Park Seo-jin	Stray Kids List of nominees AHOF BtoB Close Your Eyes Hearts2Hearts Idid Ive Jang Min-ho KickFlip Kiss of Life Lucy NEXZ P1Harmony Suho Unis
iMbank Smart Supporter Award
The Boyz

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Special awards

More information Best Band, Best Memory ...

Best Band	Best Memory
Lucy Xdinary Heroes	Woodz
Best Selling Album	Best Streaming Song
Stray Kids – Karma	Aespa – "Whiplash"
Best Trot Performance	Best Trot Stage
Park Seo-jin	Jang Min-ho
Best Stage	Best Producer
Cravity	Teddy Park
IS Rookie	IS Rising Star
AHOF Close Your Eyes Meovv	AllDay Project Hearts2Hearts Idid KickFlip KiiiKiii
K-pop Global Artist	Style Icon
INI Nexz	Unis
Best Global K-pop Star	Hulu Japanese Popularity
Ive	Nexz
ENA K-pop Artist	Best Vocal Performance
Ive	BtoB
Best Solo Artist – Female	Best Solo Artist – Male
Dayoung	Suho

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Multiple awards

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

More information Count, Artist(s) ...

Count	Artist(s)
5	Stray Kids
4	Ive
4	Lee Chan-won
3	The Boyz
3	Suho
2	Aespa
	AHOF
	AllDay Project
	Ateez
	BoyNextDoor
	Cravity
	Jang Min-ho
	Nexz
	Unis
	Xdinary Heroes

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Notes

[A]
Consists of Grand Artist, Grand Performer, Grand Record, and Grand Song
[B]
Consists of Best Artist 10, Best Music 10, Best Dance Performance, Best Adult Contemporary, Best Virtual Artist, Best OST, Best Hip-Hop, and Best Music Video
[C]
Consists of Best Listener's Pick, Fan Favorite Artist, Trend of the Year, 2025 BIGC Global Star Award, and iMbank Smart Supporter Award
[D]
Consists of Best Band, Best Stage, Best Memory Song, Best Trot Performance, Best Trot Stage, IS Rising Star, and K-pop Global Artist

2025 Korea Grand Music Awards

Criteria

Performers

Artist Day (November 14)

Music Day (November 15)

Presenters

Artist Day (November 14)

Music Day (November 15)

Winners and nominees

Grand Prize

Main Awards

Popularity awards

Special awards

Multiple awards

Notes

References

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