Korean Music Awards 2023 telah mengumumkan nominasinya untuk tahun ini. Jika biasanya penghargaan musik menggunakan angka penjualan sebagai kriteria utama pemenang, lain halnya dengan penghargaan musik yang satu ini.
Korean Music Awards 2023 ini berfokus pada pencapaian musik sebagai kriteria utamanya. Oleh karena itu, acara penghargaan ini juga lebih mementingkan esensi dari lagu dan album itu sendiri. Berikut daftar lengkap nominasi Korean Music Awards 2023.
Album of the Year
250 – “PPONG”
The Black Skirts – “TEEN TROUBLES”
Nucksal, CADEJO – “Sincerely Yours”
Line and Circle – “Night and Day”
Song Young Joo – “Atmosphere”
NewJeans – “New Jeans”
Song of the Year
(G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
Silica Gel – “NO PAIN”
Younha – “Event Horizon”
Jang Ki Ha – “Envy None”
IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
NewJeans – “Attention”
Artist of the Year
250
Nucksal, CADEJO
Younha
Jang Ki Ha
NewJeans
Rookie of the Year
Kim Yujin
Sion
HANRORO
IVE
LE SSERAFIM
NewJeans
Album K-Pop Terbaik
(G)I-DLE – “I Love”
(G)I-DLE – “I NEVER DIE”
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “INVU”
LE SSERAFIM – “ANTIFRAGILE”
NewJeans – “New Jeans”
Lagu K-Pop Terbaik
(G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
LE SSERAFIM – “ANTIFRAGILE”
NewJeans – “Attention”
Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
Album Pop Terbaik
Light & Salt – “Here We Go”
AKMU’s Lee Chan Hyuk – “ERROR”
Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO”
Jang Ki Ha – “Levitation”
Choi Beck Ho – “Moment”
Lagu Pop Terbaik
250 – “It Was All a Dream”
DAY6’s Wonpil – “A Journey”
Younha – “Event Horizon”
AKMU’s Lee Chan Hyuk – “Panorama”
Jang Ki Ha – “Envy None”
Album Rock Terbaik
Lanalogue – “Stereo Out!”
Concorde – “Supersonic Airliner”
ABTB – “iii”
BADLAMB – “Universal Anxiety”
OVerdrive Philosophy – “OVerdrive Philosophy”
Lagu Rock Terbaik
BADLAMB – “Love, Lies, Bleeding”
HarryBigButton – “Thelma & Louise”
OVerdrive Philosophy – “Painful Truth”
Jambinai – “from the place been erased” (feat. Sunwoojunga)
Concorde – “Rainbow flowers are blooming”
Album Rock Modern Terbaik
TRPP – “Here to stay”
The Black Skirts – “TEEN TROUBLES”
The Bowls – “Blast From The Past”
Say Sue Me – “The Last Thing Left”
Huckleberryfinn – “The Light Of Rain”
Lagu Rock Modern Terbaik
Say Sue Me – “To Dream”
Silica Gel – “NO PAIN”
Cho Yong Pil – “Moment”
HANRORO – “Let Me Love My Youth”
Huckleberryfinn – “Tempest”
Album R&B dan Soul Terbaik
Slom – “WEATHER REPORT”
A.TRAIN – “PRIVATE PINK”
CHE – “Kpop”
Joe Layne – “Life O Life”
Rad Museum – “RAD”
Soul delivery – “FOODCOURT”
Lagu R&B dan Soul Terbaik
BIBI – “JOTTO”
Sion – “Braindead”
A.TRAIN – “SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL” (feat. Meaningful Stone, Simun, Seo Bo Kyung)
Slom – “ANIRAGO” (feat. Zion.T)
Soul delivery – “NUGS” (with THAMA)
Album Rap dan Hip Hop Terbaik
Qim Isle – “some hearts are for two”
Nucksal, CADEJO – “Sincerely Yours”
Lee Hyun Jun – “Lost In Translation”
Paloalto – “Dirt”
C JAMM – “Ghenn”
Lagu Rap dan Hip Hop Terbaik
Nucksal, CADEJO – “Good Morning Seoul”
Lee Hyun Jun – “White Lighter”
Zico – “New Thing” (prod. by Zico, feat. Homies)
Paloalto – “PRICELESS” (feat. toigo)
lobonabeat! – “Birthday” (feat. BILL STAX)
Album Electronic Terbaik
Two Tone Shape – “Every Minute”
250 – “PPONG”
Glen Check – “Bleach”
Pierre Blanche – “Ego”
Salamanda – “ashbalkum”
Lagu Electronic Terbaik
250 – “Bang Bus”
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “INVU” (Moon Kyoo Remix)
Glen Check – “4ever”
KIRARA – “Stargaze”
Pierre Blanche – “Infinite Circle” (feat. Rondo Mo)
Album Folk Terbaik
Kim Mok In – “Stored Images”
Lucid Fall – “Voice beside Guitar”
Bae Young Gyoung – “you my blue”
Summer of Thoughts – “Hands”
Line and Circle – “Night and Day”
Lagu Folk Terbaik
Kim Mok In – “Walking in the City” (feat. Dajung)
Lucid Fall – “A Small Handful of Songs”
Bae Young Gyoung – “I love you” (feat. Sunnie)
Summer of Thoughts – “Rambler” (with Park Hyeli)
Line and Circle – “Night and Day”
Album Metal & Hardcore Terbaik
Seaweed Mustache – “Bombora”
Visceral Explosion – “Human Meat Distribution Process”
Dog Last Page – “Drunken Dream”
Madmans Esprit – “I See Myself Through You Who See Us Through Me”
Nuclear Idiots – “NCLRIDTS”
Album Vokal Jazz Terbaik
Kim Ju Hwan – “Candy: Memories of Nat King Cole Trio”
Youn Sun Nah – “WAKING WORLD”
Maria Kim – “Stellive Vol. 16 Two for the Road”
Song Yi Jeon & Vinicius Gomes – “Home”
Kim Yujin – “A Piece and the Whole”
Album Musik Jazz Terbaik
Hoo Kim Big Band – “Common Heritage of Humankind”
Kim Jung Sik – “Hangul, Improvisation”
Mandong – “Big Sun”
Song Young Joo – “Atmosphere”
Yu Tae Sung – “Michelangelo”
Album Kontemporer Global Terbaik
Park Jiha – “The Gleam”
BAUM SAE – “COMMUNICATION”
Jung Jae Il – “Psalms”
Ji Park, BlankFor.ms, VRI String Quartet – “Syntropy”
Hwang Gina – “Short film”
SINNOI – “ILLUMINATION”