I Korean Music Award (, in breve KMA) sono un premio musicale sudcoreano, organizzato annualmente dal 2004 e considerato tra i più prestigiosi del Paese. Al contrario di altre cerimonie sudcoreane simili, che si affidano principalmente alle vendite di dischi per determinare i vincitori, i Korean Music Award distribuiscono i premi su raccomandazione di una giuria composta da critici musicali, produttori radiofonici, studiosi e altri professionisti dell'industria.
L'edizione 2022 ha introdotto le categorie Miglior album e Miglior canzone K-pop, dedicate alla musica dance pop degli idol, precedentemente nominata per i premi pop e dance/elettronica.
Edizioni Edizione Data NoteListe vincitori 1ª17 marzo 2004 2ª22 marzo 2005 3ª14 aprile 2006 4ª6 marzo 2007 5ª5 marzo 2008 6ª26 febbraio 2009 7ª30 marzo 2010 8ª23 febbraio 2011 9ª29 febbraio 2012 10ª28 febbraio 2013 11ª28 febbraio 2014 12ª26 febbraio 2015 13ª29 febbraio 2016 14ª28 febbraio 2017 15ª28 febbraio 2018 16ª26 febbraio 2019 17ª27 febbraio 2020 18ª28 febbraio 202119ª1 marzo 2022
Gran premi Musicista dell'anno Dal 2004 al 2007 il premio è stato suddiviso in tre categorie: Miglior musicista maschile, Miglior musicista femminile e Miglior gruppo. 2004 – Wheesung, Lee Tzsche, Big Mama 2005 – Lee Seung-chul, Lee So-ra, Clazziquai Project 2006 – Cho Kyu-chan, Lee Tzsche, W 2007 – Lee Ji-hyung, Park Seon-joo, No Brain 2008 – Yi Sung-yol 2009 – Toy 2010 – Seoul Electric Band 2011 – Galaxy Express 2012 – Kiha & The Faces 2013 – Psy 2014 – Sunwoo Jung-a 2015 – Lee Seung-hwan 2016 – Deepflow 2017 – Jay Park 2018 – BTS 2019 – BTS 2020 – Kim Oki 2021 – Leenalchi 2022 – BTS
Album dell'anno 2004 – The The Band, The The Band 2005 – My Aunt Mary, Just Pop 2006 – Second Moon, Second Moon 2007 – Swallow, Aresco 2008 – Lee Juck, Songs Made of Wood 2009 – Sister's Barbershop, Most Ordinary Existence 2010 – Seoul Electric Band, Life Is Strange 2011 – Garion, Garion 2 2012 – Kiha & The Faces, Kiha & The Faces 2013 – 3rd Line Butterfly, Dreamtalk 2014 – Yoon Young-bae, Dangerous World 2015 – Loro's, W.A.N.D.Y 2016 – E Sens, The Anecdote 2017 – Jo Dong-jin, As A Tree 2018 – Kang Tae-gu, bleu 2019 – Jang Pil-soon, Soony Eight 2020 – Baek Ye-rin, Our Love is Great 2021 – Jeongmilla, ChungPa Sonata 2022 – Lang Lee, There is a Wolf
Canzone dell'anno 2004 – Loveholics, Loveholic 2005 – Cho PD, Friend 2006 – Yoon Do-hyun, It Must Have Been Love 2007 – Lee Han-chul, Superstar 2008 – Lee Juck, It's Fortunate 2009 – Kiha & The Faces, Cheap Coffee 2010 – Girls' Generation, Gee 2011 – Hot Potato, Confession 2012 – IU, Good Day 2013 – Psy, Gangnam Style 2014 – Cho Yong-pil, Bounce 2015 – Soyou & Junggigo, Some 2016 – Big Bang, Bae Bae 2017 – Bolbbalgan4, Galaxy 2018 – Hyukoh, Tomboy 2019 – BTS, Fake Love 2020 – Jannabi, For Lovers Who Hesitate 2021 – BTS, Dynamite 2022 – Aespa, Next Level Principiante dell'anno 2004 – Jeong Jae-il 2005 – MOT 2006 – Second Moon, Sogyumo Acacia Band 2007 – The Mustangs 2008 – Younha 2009 – Loro's 2010 – Guckkasten, Apollo 18 2011 – Gate Flowers 2012 – Bye Bye Bad Man 2013 – 404 2014 – Rock 'n Roll Radio 2015 – Kim Sa-wol x Kim Hae-won 2016 – Hyukoh 2017 – Silica Gel 2018 – Se So Neon 2019 – Airy 2020 – Sogumm 2021 – Meaningful Stone 2022 – Aespa
Premi per genere Miglior album pop 2005 – Clazziquai Project, Instant Pig 2006 – W, Where the Story Ends 2007 – Park Seon-joo, A4rism 2008 – Lee Juck, Songs Made of Wood 2009 – Kim Dong-ryool, Monologue 2010 – Lee So-ra, 7th Album 2011 – Cho Kyu-chan, 9 2012 – Neon Bunny, Seoulight 2013 – Busker Busker, Busker Busker 1st Album 2014 – Sunwoo Jung-a, It's Okay, Dear 2015 – Akdong Musician, Play 2016 – Ravie Nuage, Youth 2017 – Jo Dong-jin, As A Tree 2018 – IU, Palette 2019 – Jang Pil-soon, Soony Eight 2020 – Baek Ye-rin, Our Love is Great 2021 – Baek Ye-rin, Every Letter I Sent You 2022 – IU, Lilac
Miglior canzone pop 2006 – Lucid Fall, Oh, Love 2007 – Lee Han-chul, Superstar 2008 – Lee Juck, It's Fortunate 2009 – Toy, Passionate Goodbye 2010 – Lee So-ra, Track8 2011 – 10cm, Tonight I'm Afraid of the Dark 2012 – IU, Good Day 2013 – Busker Busker, Yeosu Night Sea 2014 – Cho Yong-pil, Bounce 2015 – Soyou & Junggigo, Some 2016 – Big Bang, Loser 2017 – Wonder Girls, Why So Lonely 2018 – Red Velvet, Red Flavor 2019 – BTS, Fake Love 2020 – Baek Ye-rin, Maybe It's Not Our Fault 2021 – BTS, Dynamite 2022 – AKMU, Nakka (con IU)
Miglior album rock 2004 – Cocore, Super Stars 2005 – Vassline, Blood of Immortality 2006 – Black Hole, Hero 2007 – The Mustangs, The Mustangs 2008 – Hollow Jan, Rough Draft In Progress 2009 – Galaxy Express, Noise On Fire 2010 – Seoul Electronic Band, Life Is Strange 2011 – Cras, The Paragon of Animals 2012 – Kiha & The Faces, Kiha & The Faces 2013 – Jung Cha-shik, Turbulent Modern Times 2014 – Yellow Monsters, Red Flag 2015 – Danpyunsun and the Sailors, Animal 2016 – The Monotones, Into The Night 2017 – ABTB, Attraction Between Two Bodies 2018 – Lowdown 30, B 2019 – Life and Time, Age 2020 – Jambinai, Onda 2021 – ABTB, Daydream 2022 – Soumbalgwang, Happiness, Flower
Miglior canzone rock 2006 – Black Hole, Life 2007 – Strikers, Turn Back Time 2008 – Mary Epic, Can't be Happy Without You 2009 – Kiha & The Faces, Cheap Coffee 2010 – Guckkasten, Mirror 2011 – Gate Flowers, Reserves 2012 – Kiha & The Faces, That Kind of Relationship 2013 – Jung Cha-shik, Street Musician 2014 – Yellow Monsters, Red Flag 2015 – Asian Chairshot, Haeya 2016 – Lowdown 30, More Burning 2017 – Jun Bum Sun And The Yangbans, Revolution 2018 – Se So Neon, The Wave 2019 – Life and Time, Jamsugyo 2020 – Jambinai, Onda 2021 – ABTB feat. Shin Yoon-chul, Daydream 2022 – Soumbalgwang, Dance
Miglior album rock moderno 2005 – My Aunt Mary, Just Pop 2006 – Mongoose, Dancing Zoo 2007 – Swallow, Aresco 2008 – MOT, Strange seasons, Huckleberry Finn, Fantasies... My Disillusionment 2009 – Sister's Barbershop, A Most Ordinary Existence 2010 – The Black Skirts, 201 2011 – 9 and the Numbers, 9 and the Numbers 2012 – Lee Seung-yeol, Why We Fail 2013 – 3rd Line Butterfly, Dreamtalk 2014 – Yoon Young-bae, Dangerous World 2015 – Loro's, W.A.N.D.Y 2016 – The Koxx, The New Normal 2017 – Wings of the ISANG, Stream of Consciousness 2018 – Hyukoh, 23 2019 – Say Sue Me, Where We Were Together 2020 – The Black Skirts, Thirsty 2021 – Jo Dong-sik, Blue Pillow 2022 – Wings of the Isang, The Borderline between Hope and Despair
Miglior canzone rock moderna 2006 – Seoul Electric Band, Come into My Dream 2007 – Roller Coaster, Popular Song 2008 – Lee Seung-yeol, Adonai 2009 – Sister's Barbershop, Beautiful thing 2010 – Broccoli, You Too?, Universal Song 2011 – Broccoli, You Too?, Graduation 2012 – Lee Seung-yeol, Not Coming Back 2013 – 3rd Line Butterfly, The Day We Breakup is Today 2014 – Yoon Young-bae, Dangerous World 2015 – 9 and the Numbers, Hide and Seek 2016 – Hyukoh, Comes and Goes 2017 – 9 and the Numbers, Song for Tuvalu 2018 – Hyukoh, Tomboy 2019 – Say Sue Me, Old Town 2020 – Jannabi, For Lovers Who Hesitate 2021 – Leenalchi, Tiger is Coming 2022 – Silica Gel, Desert Eagle
Miglior album metal e hardcore 2016 – Method, Abstract 2017 – Remnants of the Fallen, Shadow Walk 2018 – Abyss, Recrowned 2019 – Dark Mirror ov Tragedy, The Lord ov Shadows 2020 – Method, Definition of Method 2021 – Remnants of the Fallen, All the Wounded and Broken 2022 – Agnes, Hegemony Shift
Miglior album folk 2015 – Kim Sa-wol x Kim Hae-won, Secret 2016 – Kim Sa-wol, Suzanne 2017 – Li Min-hwee, Borrowed Tongue 2018 – Kang Tae-gu, Bleu 2019 – Kim Sa-wol, Romance 2020 – Chun Yong-sung, Year of Kim Il-sung's Death 2021 – Jeongmilla, ChungPa Sonata 2022 – Lang Lee, There is a Wolf
Miglior canzone folk 2015 – Kwon Tree, Childhood 2016 – Kim Sa-wol, April, 2014 2017 – Lang Lee, Playing God 2018 – Kang Tae-gu, Bleu 2019 – Kim Sa-wol, Someone 2020 – Chun Yong-sung, Heavy Snow Watch 2021 – Jeongmilla, Departing from Seoul Station 2022 – Chun Yong-sung, Barley Tea (feat. Kang Mal-geum)
Miglior album dance e elettronica 2007 – Uhm Jung-hwa, Prestige 2008 – House Rulez, Mojito 2009 – W&Whale, Hardboiled 2010 – Brown Eyed Girls, Sound-G 2011 – 2NE1, To Anyone 2012 – Idiotape, 11111101 2013 – Glen Check, Haute Couture 2014 – Glen Check, Youth 2015 – HEO, Structure 2016 – Trampauline, Marginal 2017 – Kirara, Moves 2018 – Idiotape, Dystopian 2019 – Mid-Air Thief, Crumbling 2020 – Lim Kim, Generasian 2021 – Mogwaa, Open Mind 2022 – Haepaary, Born By Gorgeousness
Miglior canzone dance e elettronica 2007 – Peppertones, Superfantastic 2008 – Wonder Girls, Tell Me 2009 – W&Whale, R.P.G Shine 2010 – Brown Eyed Girls, Abracadabra 2011 – Miss A, Bad Girl Good Girl 2012 – 2NE1, I Am the Best 2013 – f(x), Electric Shock 2014 – Exo, Growl 2015 – Yoon Sang, If You Wanna Console Me 2016 – Flash Flood Darlings, Star 2017 – Hitchhiker, $10 2018 – CIFIKA, My Ego 2019 – Yeseo, Honey, Don't Kill My Vibe 2020 – Kim Kim, Sal-ki 2021 – Aseul, Bye Bye Summer 2022 – Haepaary, go to gpd and then
Miglior album rap e hip hop 2004 – Defconn, Lesson 4 The People 2005 – Bobby Kim, Beats Within My Soul 2006 – Dynamic Duo, Double Dynamite 2007 – The Quiett, Q Train 2008 – Epik High, Remapping The Human Soul 2009 – Verbal Jint, Framed 2010 – Drunken Tiger, Feel gHood Muzik: The 8th Wonder 2011 – Garion, Garion2 2012 – Simo & Mood Schula, Simo & Mood Schula 2013 – Soriheda, Soriheda 2 2014 – Paloalto, Chief Life 2015 – Hwaji, Eat 2016 – E Sens, The Anecdote 2017 – Hwaji, Zissou 2018 – Viann X Khundi Panda, Reconstruction 2019 – Bassagong, Tang-A 2020 – C Jamm, Keung 2021 – Khundi Panda, Garosawk 2022 – Choi LB, Independent Music 2024 – Beenzino, Nowitzki
Miglior canzone rap e hip hop 2006 – Garion, Mutu 2007 – Koonta & NuoliuNce, Holding On (feat. Sean2slow) 2008 – Drunken Tiger, 8:45 Heaven 2009 – Dynamic Duo, Mother's Soup 2010 – San E, Rap Genius 2011 – Garion, Most Urgent (feat. NUCK) 2012 – MC Meta & DJ Wreckx, Yes, Yes, Ya’ll 2013 – G-Dragon, One of a Kind 2014 – Bulhandang Crew, Robber 2015 – B-Free, Hot Summer 2016 – Deepflow, Cut Cut Cut 2017 – Bewhy, Forever 2018 – Woo Won-jae, We Are 2019 – XXX, Gonju Gok 2020 – E Sens, Son of a 2021 – Swervy, Mama Lisa 2022 – Changmo, Taiji
Miglior album R&B e soul 2004 – Yoon Gun, Yoon Gun 2005 – Gummy, It's Different 2006 – Windy City, Love Record: Love, Power And Unity 2007 – Funkafric Booster, One 2008 – Yoon Mi-rae, Yoonmirae 2009 – Taeyang, Hot 2010 – Ra.D, Realcollabo 2011 – Jinbo, Afterwork 2012 – Boni, 1990 2013 – Naul, Principle of My Soul 2014 – Zion.T, Red Light 2015 – Crush, Crush On You 2016 – Samuel Seo, Frameworks 2017 – Jay Park, Everything You Wanted 2018 – Hippy Was Gipsy, Tree 2019 – Jclef, flaw, flaw 2020 – Samuel Seo, The Misfit 2021 – Sunwoo Jung-a, Serenade 2022 – Thama, Don't Die Colors
Miglior canzone R&B e soul 2006 – Windy City, Love Supreme 2007 – Heritage, Starlight (feat. P-Type) 2008 – Yoon Mi-rae, What's Up! Mr. Good Stuff 2009 – Taeyang, Only Look At Me 2010 – Jungyup, You Are My Lady 2011 – Deez, Sugar 2012 – Junggigo, Blind 2013 – Naul, Wind Memory 2014 – Jinbo, Fantasy 2015 – Zion.T, Yanghwa BRDG 2016 – Dean, Pour Up 2017 – jeebanoff, Sungbuk-gu Kids 2018 – Rico, Paradise 2019 – Sumin, Your Home (feat. Xin Seha) 2020 – Jclef, Mama, See 2021 – Chudahye Chagis, Ritual Dance 2022 – Sumin & Slow, The Gonlan Song
Miglior album jazz e crossover 2004 – Na Yoon-sun, Down By Love 2005 – Jeon Je-deok, Jeon Je-deok 2006 – Second Moon, Second Moon 2007 – Seo Young Do Trio, Circle 2008 – Woong San, Yesterday 2009 – Na Yoon-sun, Voyage (jazz), Miyeon & Park Je-chun, Dreams From The Ancestor (crossover) 2010 – Song Young-joo, Love Never Fails (jazz), Park Joo-won, Time Of The Gypsies (crossover) 2011 – Na Yoon-sun, Same Girl (jazz), La Ventana, Nostalgia and the Delicate Woman (crossover) 2012 – BG Salon, Repeat, Pause, Play (jazz), Park Joo-won, Fiesta of Sadness (crossover)