Winners Of The 32nd Seoul Music Awards

Jan 19, 2023

On January 19, the 32nd Seoul Music Awards were held at the KSPO Dome with SHINee’s Minho, Lovelyz’s Mijoo, and Kim Il Joong as MCs.

At the 32nd Seoul Music Awards, NCT DREAM was awarded the Daesang (Grand Prize), while BTS took Best Album and IVE scored Best Song. BTS won the most awards of the night with a total of three, including a Bonsang (Main Award) and Idol Plus Best Artist. Several artists snagged two awards each, including (G)I-DLE, PSY, and Lim Young Woong. After making their first full-group comeback in seven years, KARA was honored with the K-pop Special Award.

See the full list of winners below!

Daesang (Grand Prize): NCT DREAM

Best Album Award: BTS

Best Song Award: IVE

World Best Artist Award: PSY

Bonsang (Main Award): aespa, Kim Ho Joong, PSY, Kang Daniel, (G)I-DLE, BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, NCT DREAM, Zico, Red Velvet, SEVENTEEN, Lim Young Woong, BTS, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon, IVE, GOT the beat

Best Performance Award: (G)I-DLE

OST Award: MeloMance – “Love, Maybe”

Trot Award: Young Tak

Ballad Award: Younha

Band Award: Jannabi

R&B/Hip Hop Award: BE’O, BIG Naughty

K-pop Special Award: KARA

Legend Artist Award: BoA

Hallyu Daesang: EXO’s Suho

Rookie of the Year: TNX, NewJeans, LE SSERAFIM

Discovery of the Year: Lee Seung Yoon

Popularity Award (Korea): Lim Young Woong