Berbeda dengan banyak penghargaan musik Korea Selatan lainnya, yang biasanya menggunakan angka penjualan sebagai kriteria utama dalam menentukan pemenang setiap tahunnya, Penghargaan Musik Korea berfokus pada pencapaian musik sebagai kriteria utamanya.
Penghargaan Musik Korea juga lebih mementingkan lagu dan album itu sendiri.
Lihat nominasi tahun ini di bawah ini!
- 250 – “PPONG”
- The Black Skirts – “TEEN TROUBLES”
- Nucksal, CADEJO – “Sincerely Yours”
- Line and Circle – “Night and Day”
- Song Young Joo – “Atmosphere”
- NewJeans – “New Jeans”
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- (G)I-DLE – “ TOMBOY”
- Silica Gel – “ NO PAIN”
- Younha – “Event Horizon”
- Jang Ki Ha – “Envy None”
- IVE – “ LOVE DIVE”
- NewJeans – “ Attention”
- 250
- Nucksal, CADEJO
- Younha
- Jang Ki Ha
- NewJeans
- Kim Yujin
- Sion
- HANRORO
- IVE
- LE SSERAFIM
- NewJeans
Best K-Pop Album
- (G)I-DLE – “I Love”
- (G)I-DLE – “I NEVER DIE”
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “INVU”
- LE SSERAFIM – “ ANTIFRAGILE”
- NewJeans – “ New Jeans”
- (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
- IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
- LE SSERAFIM – “ANTIFRAGILE”
- NewJeans – “Attention”
- Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
- Light & Salt – “Here We Go”
- AKMU’s Lee Chan Hyuk – “ERROR”
- Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO”
- Jang Ki Ha – “Levitation”
- Choi Beck Ho – “Moment”
- 250 – “It Was All a Dream”
- DAY6’s Wonpil – “A Journey”
- Younha – “Event Horizon”
- AKMU’s Lee Chan Hyuk – “Panorama”
- Jang Ki Ha – “Envy None”
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- Lanalogue – “Stereo Out!”
- Concorde – “Supersonic Airliner”
- ABTB – “iii”
- BADLAMB – “Universal Anxiety”
- OVerdrive Philosophy – “OVerdrive Philosophy”
- BADLAMB – “Love, Lies, Bleeding”
- HarryBigButton – “Thelma & Louise”
- OVerdrive Philosophy – “Painful Truth”
- Jambinai – “from the place been erased” (feat. Sunwoojunga)
- Concorde – “Rainbow flowers are blooming”
- TRPP – “Here to stay”
- The Black Skirts – “TEEN TROUBLES”
- The Bowls – “Blast From The Past”
- Say Sue Me – “The Last Thing Left”
- Huckleberryfinn – “The Light Of Rain”
- Say Sue Me – “To Dream”
- Silica Gel – “NO PAIN”
- Cho Yong Pil – “Moment”
- HANRORO – “Let Me Love My Youth”
- Huckleberryfinn – “Tempest”
- Slom – “WEATHER REPORT”
- A.TRAIN – “PRIVATE PINK”
- CHE – “Kpop”
- Joe Layne – “Life O Life”
- Rad Museum – “RAD”
- Soul delivery – “FOODCOURT”
- BIBI – “ JOTTO”
- Sion – “Braindead”
- A.TRAIN – “SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL” (feat. Meaningful Stone, Simun, Seo Bo Kyung)
- Slom – “ANIRAGO” (feat. Zion.T)
- Soul delivery – “NUGS” (with THAMA)
- Qim Isle – “some hearts are for two”
- Nucksal, CADEJO – “Sincerely Yours”
- Lee Hyun Jun – “Lost In Translation”
- Paloalto – “Dirt”
- C JAMM – “Ghenn”
- Nucksal, CADEJO – “Good Morning Seoul”
- Lee Hyun Jun – “White Lighter”
- Zico – “New Thing” (prod. by Zico, feat. Homies)
- Paloalto – “PRICELESS” (feat. toigo)
- lobonabeat! – “Birthday” (feat. BILL STAX)
- Two Tone Shape – “Every Minute”
- 250 – “PPONG”
- Glen Check – “Bleach”
- Pierre Blanche – “Ego”
- Salamanda – “ashbalkum”
Best Electronic Song
- 250 – “Bang Bus”
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “INVU” (Moon Kyoo Remix)
- Glen Check – “4ever”
- KIRARA – “Stargaze”
- Pierre Blanche – “Infinite Circle” (feat. Rondo Mo)
- Kim Mok In – “Stored Images”
- Lucid Fall – “Voice beside Guitar”
- Bae Young Gyoung – “you my blue”
- Summer of Thoughts – “Hands”
- Line and Circle – “Night and Day”
- Kim Mok In – “Walking in the City” (feat. Dajung)
- Lucid Fall – “A Small Handful of Songs”
- Bae Young Gyoung – “I love you” (feat. Sunnie)
- Summer of Thoughts – “Rambler” (with Park Hyeli)
- Line and Circle – “Night and Day”
- Seaweed Mustache – “Bombora”
- Visceral Explosion – “Human Meat Distribution Process”
- Dog Last Page – “Drunken Dream”
- Madmans Esprit – “I See Myself Through You Who See Us Through Me”
- Nuclear Idiots – “NCLRIDTS”
- Kim Ju Hwan – “Candy: Memories of Nat King Cole Trio”
- Youn Sun Nah – “WAKING WORLD”
- Maria Kim – “Stellive Vol. 16 Two for the Road”
- Song Yi Jeon & Vinicius Gomes – “Home”
- Kim Yujin – “A Piece and the Whole”
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- Hoo Kim Big Band – “Common Heritage of Humankind”
- Kim Jung Sik – “Hangul, Improvisation”
- Mandong – “Big Sun”
- Song Young Joo – “Atmosphere”
- Yu Tae Sung – “Michelangelo”
- Park Jiha – “The Gleam”
- BAUM SAE – “COMMUNICATION”
- Jung Jae Il – “psalms”
- Ji Park, BlankFor.ms, VRI String Quartet – “Syntropy”
- Hwang Gina – “Short film”
- SINNOI – “ILLUMINATION”