21st Korean Music Awards


The 21st Korean Music Awards was held in Seoul, South Korea on February 29, 2024. Hosted by the Korean Music Awards Selection Committee and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency, the ceremony recognized the best music released in South Korea between December 1, 2022, and November 30, 2023.
Unlike other South Korean music awards, the Korean Music Awards are based on musical achievement rather than record sales. Winners are determined by the Korean Music Awards Selection Committee panel comprising music critics, radio show producers, academics, and other music industry professionals.
Nominations were announced on January 26, 2024. Girl group NewJeans, rapper Beenzino, and rock band Silica Gel received the most nominations with five. With three, NewJeans and Silica Gel won the most awards.

Winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order.
Beenzino – Nowitzki
NewJeans – "Ditto"
  • * Beenzino – "Travel Again"
  • * H1-Key – "Rose Blossom"
  • * Jungkook – "Seven"
  • * Silica Gel – "Tik Tak Tok"
    • Silica Gel
  • * Beenzino
  • * Carina Nebula
  • * Jungkook
  • * NewJeans
  • * Wave to Earth
    		• Kiss of Life
  • * Dongyi
  • * H1-Key
  • * Hanel
  • * Mihyang Moon
  • * NO.LINK
    • NewJeans – Get Up
  • * Billlie – The Billage of Perception: Chapter Three
  • * Jungkook – Golden
  • * Kiss of Life – Born to Be XX
  • * Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Freefall
    		• NewJeans – "Ditto"
  • * Fifty Fifty – "Cupid"
  • * H1-Key – "Rose Blossom"
  • * Ive – "I Am"
  • * Jungkook – "Seven"
    • Lee Jin-ah – Hearts of the City
  • * Cacophony – DIPUC
  • * Kim Se-jeong – Door
  • * Kim Su-young - Round and Round
  • * Parc Jae-jung – Alone
  • * Yoon Ji-young – In My Garden
    		• AKMU – "Love Lee"
  • * Dean – "Die 4 You"
  • * Parc Jae-jung – "Let's Say Goodbye"
  • * Yoon Ji-young – "In My Garden"
  • * Yoon Seok-cheol & Sejin – "Cocktail Paradise"
    • OVerdrive Philosophy – 64 see me
  • * Bongjeingan – 12 Languages
  • * Ohchill – The Burning City
  • * Thornapple – Animal
  • * Touched – Yellow Supernova Remnant
  • * Zeonpasangsa – Second Quarter Results
    		• Seoul Electronic Band – Ghost Writers
  • * Gate Flowers – "All In"
  • * Ohchill – "Something's Wrong"
  • * OVerdrive Philosophy – "Soju & Soul"
  • * Zeonpasangsa – "I'm Blues Man"
    • Silica Gel – Machine Boy
  • * Dabda – Yonder
  • * Jungwoo – Cloud Cuckoo Land
  • * Parannoul – After the Magic
  • * Wave to Earth – 0.1 Flaws and All
    		• Silica Gel – "Tik Tak Tok"
  • * Cho Yong-pil – "Feeling of You"
  • * Dabda – "Flower Tail"
  • * Jungwoo – "Cloud Cuckoo Land"
  • * Verycoybunny – "Now or Never"
    • Yetsuby – My Star My Planet My Earth
  • * Cifika – ION
  • * Hypnosis Therapy – Psilocybin
  • * No. Link – Move That
  • * Otot – 21st Century Electronic Duo
    		• Cifika – "Hush"
  • * Guinneissik – "Farewell Two Shell"
  • * Hypnosis Therapy – "JONGNO"
  • * Kirara – "Numbers"
  • * Mount XLR – "Acid Wasp"
    • Beenzino – Nowitzki
  • * Kid Milli – Beige
  • * Lonbonabeat! – Trapstar Lifestyle
  • * O'Domar – Propaganda X
  • * Skyminhyuk – Liberation
    		• E Sens – "What the Hell"
  • * Beenzino – "Travel Again"
  • * Lobonabeat! – "Young Boy"
  • * Kid Milli – "25"
  • * Skyminhyuk – "14-23"
    • Jerd – Bomm
  • * BRWN – Yours Truly
  • * Crush – Wondergo
  • * Hoody – Sailing
  • * Youra – '
    		• Youra – "Motif"
  • * Jerd – "Closed"
  • * Soul Delivery – "Whiskey"
  • * Sumin – "Closet"
  • * Thama – "Bump It Up"
    • Yeoyu and Solbin – Comedy
  • * Heo Jeong-hyuk – Bud Days
  • * Hwang Pu-ha – Two Faces
  • * Jeong Mil-ah – Riverside
  • * Lee Hyung-ju – To Cherish
  • * Lee Min-hwi – Hometown to Come
    		• Yeoyu and Seolbin – "Like the Stars in the Night Sky"
  • * Hwang Pu-ha – "Fire"
  • * Hwang Pu-ha – "Inept"
  • * Jeong Mil-ah – "Describe"
  • * Lee Min-hwi – "Hometown to Come"
    • Soojung Lee – Four Seasons
  • * Heo Daeuk – Will It Be Spring Tomorrow?
  • * Jung Su-min – Intrinsic Nature
  • * Lim Mi-jung – Flow
  • * Song Nam-hyun – The Verdant Hill
    		• Kim Yu-jin – Extraordinary
  • * Carina Nebula – Good Match
  • * Moon Mi-hyang – I Wished On the Moon
  • * Sunny Kim, Vardan Ovsepian & Ben Monder – Liminal Silence
  • * Vardan Ovsepian and Song Yi-jeon – Lawless Heart
    • Mahatma – Reason for Silence
  • * Doguul – If These Bodies Could Talk
  • * Hollow Jan – Confusion
  • * Noeazy – Behind the Mask
  • 'Dongyi – a method for capsaicinoid analysis
  • * Ensemble Sinawi – Cosmos
  • * Hanel – Vals del Sí
  • * Iseul Kim's Two Voices – Evolving''

    • Special awards