Founded in 1990, the Seoul Music Awards is an awards show that’s presented annually by Sports Seoul to recognize outstanding achievements in the Korean music industry. Unlike a lot of popular South Korean music awards shows, the Seoul Music Awards is not entirely dependent on just sales figures alone.
Artistes deserving of awards are chosen through voting (20%), digital/album sales (50%), research (10%), and panel judging (20%). It has also been said that industry experts would usually step in to assist the decision-making process. Following which, one artiste is then chosen from the group of “Bonsang” winners for the prestigious “Daesang”.
This year, the 22nd Seoul Music Awards will take place at the Handball Stadium, Olympic Park on 31st January 2013 (that’s today!) at 7pm. K-Pop idols/idol groups that are currently in the running to bag an award (or two) are:
Bonsang Nominees
FT Island – I Wish
B1A4 – Baby Goodnight
HyunA – Ice Cream
Huh Gak – People Who Love Me
4minute – Volume Up
Teen Top – It’s Crazy
T-ara – Day By Day
K. Will – Please Don’t…
KARA – Pandora
G-Dragon – Crayon
G.NA – 2HOT
ZE:A – Spectacular
Lee Seung Gi – Love Taught Me To Drink
U-KISS – Dora
Wonder Girls – Like This
Epik High – It’s Cold
MBLAQ – It’s War
Orange Caramel – Lipstick
f(x) – Electric Shock
A-Pink – Bubibu
After School – Flashback
Girls’ Generation TTS – Twinkle
IU – Every End of the Day
Kim Jong Kook – All Men Are Like That
IVY – Torn Heart
CN Blue – Hey You
Sistar – Loving U
PSY – Gangnam Style
Super Junior – Sexy, Free, and Single
Shinhwa – Venus
Son Dam Bi – Dripping Tears
SHINee – Sherlock
Se7en – When I Can’t Sing
BIGBANG – Fantastic Baby
Boyfriend – Love Style
Block B – Nillili Mambo
BoA – Only One
Beast – Beautiful Night
JYP – Youre The One
miss A – I Don’t Need A Man
Lynn – Back In Time
Leesang – 겸손은 힘들어
TVXQ! – Catch Me
Dal Shabet – Hit U
Davichi – I’ll Think Of You
2NE1 – I Love You
Noel – Leaving
Naul – Memory of the Wind
Ga-In – Bloom
2AM – I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me
Rookie Nominees
JJ Project – Bounce
B.A.P – Warrior, Power, No Mercy, Crash
BTOB – Wow, Insane
AOA – Elvis, Get Out
EXO-K – MAMA
Hello Venus – Venus
15& – I Dream
Fiestar – Vista
JUNIEL – Illa Illa
John Park – Falling
Lee Hi – 1,2,3,4
Ulala Session – A Beautiful Night
AJAX – Hot Game
SPICA – Russian Roulette
Big Star – Hot Boy
Ailee – Heaven, I’ll Show You
VIXX – Super Hero
Busker Busker – Cherry Blossom Ending
Baek Ah Yeon – Sad Song
NUEST – Face, Action
To catch the live stream for the 22nd Seoul Music Awards, here are some links that will come in handy: SBS, MBC, KBS, YinYueTai. The red carpet event will start at 5:30pm (KST) and then the awards show at 7pm (KST). Do note that South Korea is an hour ahead of us Malaysian so you might want to tune in from 4:30pm (Malaysian time) onwards.
So, which ones are you rooting for? Super Junior? EXO-K? 2NE1? Juniel? BIGBANG? TTS? Leave a comment (or two), let us know!
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