Complete List of Nominations for the 18th Korean Music Awards

The music awards will be held again in the near future. This time, South Korean musicians will be awarded at the 18th Korean Music Awards.

Here is the complete list of nominees for the 18L Korean Music Awards

Album of the Year

1. BTS - Map of the Soul: 7
2. Baek Yerin - Every letter I sent you.
3. Sunwoo JungA - Serenade
4. LEENALCHI - SUPREME
5. Jeongmilla - CheongPa Sonata
6. Jo Dongik - Blue Pillow

Song of the Year

1. BTS - Dynamite
2. Baek Yerin - Square (2017)
3. Sunwoo JungA - Run With Me
4. LEENALCHI - Tiger is Coming
5. Zico - Any Song

Artist of the Year

1. BTS
2. Baek Yerin
3. Sunwoo JungA
4. LEENALCHI
5. Jeongmilla

Rookie of the Year

1. Meaningful Stone
2. DUOXINI
3. DeVita
4. Seo Bo-Kyung
5. Squash Vines

Best Pop Album

1. The BLANK Shop - Tailor
2. BTS - Map of the Soul: 7
3. Baek Yerin - Every letter I sent you.
4. EXO's Baekhyun - Delight
5. Yukika - SOUL LADY

Best Pop Song

1. BTS - Dynamite
2. Baek Yerin - Square (2017)
3. IU - eight
4. Oh My Girl - Dolphin
5. Yukika - SOUL LADY
6. Zico - Any Song

Best Rock Album

1. ABTB - Daydream
2. BADLAMB - Frightful Waves
3. Squash Vines - New World
4. Organic Beer - Trans-Continental Railway
5. JuliaDream - Life and Death

Best Rock Song

1. ABTB - Daydream (feat. YoonChul Shin)
2. BADLAMB - Frightful Waves
3. H a lot - We are
4. JuliaDream - El nuevo mundo
5. try - reyn

Best Modern Rock Album

1. Gong Joong Geu Neul - Love Song
2. SE SO NEON - Nonadaptation
3. Shin Hae Gyeong - In Dreams, In Dreams
4. Jo Dongik - Blue Pillow
5. Hyukoh - through love

Best Modern Rock Song

1. Gong Joong Geu Neul - Season
2. Meaningful Stone - Bweep Bwoop-Bweep Bwoop
3. SE SO NEON - NAN CHUN
4. Shin Hae Gyeong - Colors of You
5. LEENALCHI - Tiger is Coming
6. Hyukoh - New Born

Best Metal and Hardcore Album

1. Remnants Of The Fallen - All The Wounded And Broken
2. Loss of infection - Dark dimension
3. Messgram - Cheers For The Failures
4. METHKAMEL - 20th Century
5. COMBATIVE POST - Whiteout

Best Dance and Electronic Album

1. Lofibaby - Art Museum
2. Mogwaa - Open Mind
3. swimrabbit - POND
4. UZA & SHANE - Classy
5. Two Tone Shape - Fantastic Machines

Best Dance and Electronic Song

1. Mogwaa - Reflex
2. Aseul - Bye Bye Summer
3. IDIOTAPE - Too Old to Die Young
4. Jang Myung Sun - Remiel
5. Two Tone Shape - The Prophet

Best Rap and Hip Hop Album

1. Nucksal - 1Q87
2. Deepflow - FOUNDER
3. B-Free - FREE THE BEAST
4. BILL STAX - DETOX
5. Khundi Panda - GAROSAWK

Best Rap and Hip Hop Song

1. Nucksal - AKIRA
2. MUSHVENOM - Nice Head
3. BILL STAX - Lonely Stoner
4. Swervy - Mama Lisa
5. Khundi Panda - Nevercomanie

Best R&B and Soul Album

1. Cadejo - FREEBODY
2. Samuel Seo - UNITY II
3. Sunwoo JungA - Serenade
4. A.TRAIN - PAINGREEN
5. Chudahye Chagis - Underneath the Dangsan Tree Tonight

Best R&B and Soul Song

1. DAMYE - I'm not your son
2. DeVita - EVITA!
3. Sunwoo JungA - Run With Me
4. A.TRAIN - HURT
5. Chudahye Chagis - Dance rituals

Best Folk Album

1. Kim Sawol - Heaven
2. Kim Jae Hyung - Flex
3. Bae Young Gyoung - Travel Record
4. Jeongmilla - CheongPa Sonata
5. Jo Donghee - Sadness is the shadow of beauty

Best Folk Song

1. Kim Sawol - Key
2. Kim Jae Hyung - Failure Story
3. Kim Chang Wan - Old Man's Bench
4. Jeongmilla - The Square
5. Jeongmilla - Departing from Seoul Station

Best Jazz Album

1. Sukyung Kim - Lilac Hill
2. MALO - Song Changsik Song Book
3. Seo Bo-Kyung - INNER MOVIE
4. Soojin Suh - Colorist
5. Jung Sumin - Sense of Agony
6. Cho Yoonseung & Kim Sungwon - Stellive Vol.5 - Blues in the Night

Best Crossover Album

1. Gonia - A Tension
2. Gray By Silver - Eternal Gray
3. GaYoung Bae - Sepia Painting
4. LEENALCHI - SUPREME
5. Ji Park - VRI String Quartet Save The Planet

Best Jazz and Crossover Performance

1. KoHeean Trio - Live at Jazz First
2. Soojin Suh - Colorist
3. Sunjae Lee & Eunyoung Kim & Dayeon Seok - Pulse Theory
4. Jehee - On The Wind
5. Charlie Jung - Sein's Blues

Winner of Special Achievement Award: Deulgukhwa

The Korean Music Awards are awards that place more importance on albums and songs than the artists. Achievements of musicians in the world of music are the main criteria in selecting the winner.

This award ceremony aims to help the progress of Korean music without breaking the boundaries between mainstream and non-mainstream music.

The 18th Korean Music Awards will be held on February 28, 2021 at 18:00 local time. The event will be broadcast online./hot.detik.com