Korea Grand Music Awards
Annual South Korean music awards
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The Korea Grand Music Awards [1] (Korean: 코리아 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.[2] 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.[3]
| Korea Grand Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: 2025 Korea Grand Music Awards | |
 | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the Korean music industry |
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | Ilgan Sports |
| First award | 2024 |
| Website | Official website |
History
The first ceremony was held on November 16 to 17, 2024 at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. The ceremony's production headed by Han Dong-chul, the CEO of Funky Studio, which created the MAMA Awards.[4] 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 consists of NewJeans, Aespa, Ateez, Zerobaseone, NiziU and Taemin among others.[5][6] It was live streamed via Kiswe.[7] The event was live [8]stream via BLVD [9]United In partnership with Kiswe[10]
Ceremonies
Award categories
Grand prizes
The five grand prizes (known as daesang):
- Grand Artist
- Grand Honor's Choice
- Grand Performer
- Grand Record
- Grand Song
Competitive awards
Unless otherwise noted, each award category was introduced in 2024.
- Best Adult Contemporary
- Best Artist 10
- Best Band
- Best Group
- Best Hip-Hop
- Best Memory
- Best OST
- Best R&B
- Best Rock Ballad
- Best Solo Artist
- Best Song 10
- Best Stage
Popularity awards
Unless otherwise noted, each award category was introduced in 2024.
- Best Popularity
- Fan Vote Rookie
Special awards
Unless otherwise noted, each award category was introduced in 2024.
- Best Producer
- Best Selling Album
- IS Rising Star
- IS Rookies
- K-pop Global Artist
- K-pop Global Rookies
- K-pop Legendary Artist
- Most Streamed Song
- Photogenic