31st Hanteo Music Awards

The 31st Hanteo Music Awards presented by Hanteo Global was held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul from February 17 to 18, 2024. It recognized the best artists and recordings, primarily based on Hanteo Chart data gathered from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The ceremony was hosted by Changmin. It was broadcast live on SBS M.

Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2023.

Category	Hanteo Global score	Global voting score	Judging score
Best Artist	50%	20%	30%
Best Album	50%	20%	30%
Best Song	50%	20%	30%
Best Performance	50%	20%	30%
Main Prize	40%	30%	30%
Global Artist Award	50%	50%
Post Generation Award	40%	30%	30%
Emerging Artist Award	40%	30%	30%
Rookie of the Year Award	40%	30%	30%
WhosFandom Award		100%
Special Award	30%	40%	30%

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
The list of nominees except Best Artist, Best Album, Best Song and Best Performance was announced on January 3, 2024, through Hanteo Music Awards social media posts. Voting opened on Whosfan app on January 4, and will be close on January 17, 2024. The list of nominees for WhosFandom Award was announced through Whosfan official Twitter account on November 29, 2023, and voting for Top 40 started through the platform from December 1 to 4, 2023, while voting for Top 16 to Final commenced on Whosfan app from December 11, 2023, to January 5, 2024. The list of nominees for Global Artist Award was announced on December 11, 2023, and the voting began on the same day until January 17, 2024.

Performers

The complete lineup of performers were announced on February 16, 2024.

Presenters

The complete list of presenters were announced on February 8, and with addition on February 13, 2024.

Artist

Incidents

On the second day of the ceremony, there were reports of a person publicly defecating in the standing area of the audience. The smell reportedly spread throughout large portions of the venue, with several artists visibly seen covering their noses. Other audience members reported feces residue on their clothes. A physical altercation also broke out between fans of boy group Zerobaseone, which was resolved by security.