31st Seoul Music Awards
The 31st Seoul Music Awards is an award ceremony held on January 23, 2022. It was organized by Sports Seoul and broadcast through KBS Joy, U+Idol Live, U+Mobile TV, and Hello Live. The ceremony was hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Boom, and Kim Seol-hyun.
Criteria
All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2021.Winners and nominees
Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners will be listed first and emphasized in bold.The list of nominees for:
- U+Idol Live Best Artist Award were announced on December 6, 2021, through the Idol Live TV website.
- remaining categories were announced on December 4, 2021, through the official website.
- U+ Live Best Artist Award opened on Idol Live TV website on December 6, 2021, and closed on December 26, 2021.
- remaining categories opened on Seoul Music Awards mobile application on December 6, 2021, and closed on January 16, 2022.
Multiple awards
The following artist received three or more awards:| Awards | Artist |
| 4 | Lim Young-woong |
| 3 | BTS |
Presenters
The list of presenters was announced on January 18, 2022.| Order | Artist | Presented |
| 1 | Kang Hoon, and Han Ji-hyun | Rookie of the Year |
| 2 | Lim Hyung-guk, and Park Seon-joo | Trot Award + Ballad Award + OST Award |
| 3 | Park Ji-hyun | Main Award |
| 4 | Kim Ho-young, and Moon Ye-won | Discovery of the Year + Best Performance |
| 5 | Chae Jong-hyeop | Main Award |
| 6 | Rozy AI | Main Award |
| 7 | Danny Ahn | Main Award |
| 8 | Kang Baek-ho, Kang A-rang, and Kim Hye-seong | Popularity Award + K-wave Popularity Award + U+Idol Live Best Artist Award |
| 9 | Rozy AI | Main Award |
| 10 | High1 Resort's Lee Sam-kul, and Won Jin-ah | Best Song Award + Best Album Award + World Best Artist Award |
| 11 | Sports CEO's Lee Jang-hyuk, and Seoul Music Awards chairman's Kim Soo-chul | Grand Award |