Korea Grand Music Awards


The Korea Grand Music Awards is an annual South Korean music awards ceremony that honors achievements in various categories of Korean popular music, such as K-pop and trot, domestically and internationally. The awards ceremony was established by Ilgan Sports, who previously created the Golden Disc Awards in 1984 and organized it until 2020, in celebration of the newspaper's 55th anniversary. It was created with the purpose of honoring artists who have played a role in spreading Korean culture around the world and bringing together the past, present, and future artists of Korean popular music. The winners will be selected based on expert judge evaluations, digital music and album sales, and mobile fan voting.

History

The first ceremony was held on November 16 to 17, 2024 at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. The ceremony's production headed by Han Dong-chul, the CEO of Funky Studio, which created the MAMA Awards. Hanni of NewJeans and Nam Ji-hyun were announced as the hosts for the ceremony's first day, while Winter of Aespa and Nam would be the hosts for the second day. The line-up of artists in attendance consists of NewJeans, Aespa, Ateez, Zerobaseone, NiziU and Taemin among others. It was live streamed via Kiswe. The event was live stream via BLVD United In partnership with Kiswe

Award categories

Grand prizes

The five grand prizes :
  • Grand Artist
  • Grand Honor's Choice
  • Grand Performer
  • Grand Record
  • Grand Song

Competitive awards

Unless otherwise noted, each award category was introduced in 2024.

Popularity awards

Unless otherwise noted, each award category was introduced in 2024.
  • Best Popularity
  • Fan Vote Rookie

Special awards

Unless otherwise noted, each award category was introduced in 2024.

Most wins

The following artists received three or more awards:
RankArtistAwards
1Lee Chan-won9
2Aespa6
2Stray Kids6
3Ateez4
3Ive4
3Riize4
4Day63
4Taemin3
4Young Tak3
4D.O.3
4NewJeans3
4Seventeen3
4Unis3