2018 Korea Popular Music Awards Announces All Nominees + Voting Begins

Voting has opened for the 2018 Korea Popular Music Awards.

The new awards ceremony is jointly organized by the Korea Singers Association, the Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association, the Recording Industry Association of Korea, the Federation of Korean Music Performers, and the Korea Music Copyright Association.

On November 26, six days later than the original planned date of November 20, the website was launched.

In addition to the nominees announced on November 19, the nominees have now been revealed for all of the categories.

Voting is available here and will be open through December 16 with the exception of the Popularity Award, which will close on December 20 at 12 p.m. KST.

The ceremony will take place on December 20 at KINTEX in Ilsan.

Check out all of the nominees below:

Best Artist

BLACKPINK

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BTOB

BTS

Chungha

EXO

iKON

Jung Seung Hwan

Kim Dong Han

MAMAMOO

MeloMance

MOMOLAND

MONSTA X

NU’EST W

PENTAGON

Red Velvet

Roy Kim

SEVENTEEN

SHINee

Sunmi

TWICE

Wanna One

WINNER

Yong Junhyung

Best Album

BTS – “Love Yourself: Answer”

Bolbbalgan4 – “Red Diary Page.2”

Red Velvet – “Summer Magic”

TWICE – “Merry & Happy”

Wanna One – “1-1=0 (NOTHING WITHOUT YOU)

Best Digital Song

BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”

Bolbbalgan4 – “Travel”

BTOB – “Missing You”

BTS – “IDOL”

Chungha – “Roller Coaster”

EXO – “Universe”

iKON – “Love Scenario”

Jung Seung Hwan – “It’s Raining”

Kim Dong Han – “Sunset”

MAMAMOO – “Starry Night”

MeloMance – “Tale”

MOMOLAND – “BBoom BBoom”

MONSTA X – “Jealousy”

NU’EST W – “Where You At”

PENTAGON – “Shine”

Red Velvet – “Power Up”

Roy Kim – “Only Then”

SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”

SHINee – “Good Evening”

Sunmi – “Siren”

TWICE – “Heart Shaker”

Wanna One – “Beautiful”

WINNER – “AIR”

Yong Junhyung – “Sudden Shower” (Feat. 10cm)

Best Solo Dance Track

Chungha – “Roller Coaster”

Kim Dong Han – “Sunset”

Sunmi – “Siren”

Best Group Dance Track

BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”

MOMOLAND – “BBoom BBoom”

MONSTA X – “Jealousy”

PENTAGON – “Shine”

Red Velvet – “Power Up”

SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”

SHINee – “Good Evening”

TWICE – “Heart Shaker”

Popularity Award

BLACKPINK

Bolbbalgan4

BTOB

BTS

Chungha

EXO

iKON

Jung Seung Hwan

Kim Dong Han

MAMAMOO

MeloMance

MOMOLAND

MONSTA X

NU’EST W

PENTAGON

Red Velvet

Roy Kim

SEVENTEEN

SHINee

Sunmi

TWICE

Wanna One

WINNER

Yong Junhyung

Best New Artist

The Boyz

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(G)I-DLE

Jang Deok Cheol

Stray Kids

Best OST

BEN – “Can’t Go”

Davichi – “Because It’s You”

Kim Na Young – “Because I Only See You”

Paul Kim – “Every Day, Every Moment”

Best R&B Track

Crush – “none”

DEAN – “instagram”

Shaun – “Way Back Home”

Urban Zakapa – “When We Were Two”

Zion.T – “Snow” (Feat. Lee Moon Sae)

Best Ballad Track

Heize – “Jenga” (Feat. Gaeko)

Jang Deok Cheol – “Good Old Days”

Lim Chang Jung – “There Has Never Been A Day I Haven’t Loved You”

Park Won – “rudderless”

Roy Kim – “Only Then”

Best Hip Hop Track

Jay Park – “V”

Loco – “It Takes Time” (Feat. Colde)

Simon Dominic – “Home Shit Home” (Feat. JINBO the superfreak)

Woo Won Jae – “We Are” (Feat. Loco & Gray)

Zico – “SoulMate” (Feat. IU)

Best Trot Track

Hong Jin Young – “Good Bye”

Seol Ha Yoon – “Ring My Heart”

Tae Jin Ah – “There’s No Answer to Love”

Best Indie Track

Jung Joon Il – “I Knew”

MeloMance – “Tale”

Shaun – “Way Back Home”

Nilo – “Pass”

Update: This article has been updated to reflect changes to KPMA’s nominees on their website.