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2023 Korean Music Awards winners
All 25 categories · 25 winners · English Wikipedia ‘20th Korean Music Awards’ (CC BY-SA)
1Grand prizes3
Album of the Year
- ★250 · Ppong
5 nominees
- The Black Skirts · TEEN TROUBLES
- Line and Circle · Night and Day
- NewJeans · New Jeans
- Nucksal · Sincerely Yours
- Song Young-joo · Atmosphere
Song of the Year
2Categories20
Best K-Pop Album
4 nominees
Best K-Pop Song
4 nominees
Best Pop Album
4 nominees
- Choi Beck-ho · Moment
- Jang Ki-ha · Levitation
- Light & Salt · Here We Go
- Lim Young-woong · IM HERO
Best Pop Song
4 nominees
- 250 · It Was All a Dream
- Jang Ki-ha · Envy None
- Lee Chan-hyuk · Panorama
- Wonpil · A Journey
Best Rock Album
- ★Concorde · Supersonic Airliner
Best Rock Song
- ★Jambinai · From the Place Been Erased (feat. Sunwoojunga)
4 nominees
- BADLAMB · Love, Lies, Bleeding
- Concorde · Rainbow Flowers Are Blooming
- HarryBigButton · Thelma & Louise
- OVerdrive Philosophy · Painful Truth
Best Modern Rock Album
4 nominees
- The Bowls · Blast From the Past
- Huckleberry Finn · The Light of Rain
- Say Sue Me · The Last Thing Left
- TRPP · Here to stay
Best Modern Rock Song
4 nominees
- Cho Yong-pil · Moment
- hanroro · Let Me Love My Youth
- Huckleberry Finn · Tempest
- Say Sue Me · To Dream
Best Electronic Album
- ★250 · Ppong
4 nominees
- Glen Check · Bleach
- Pierre Blanche · Ego
- Salamanda · ashbalkum
- Two Tone Shape · Every Minute
Best Electronic Song
- ★250 · Bang Bus
4 nominees
- Glen Check · 4ever
- Kirara · Stargaze (feat. meeroo choi) [Cover Version]
- Pierre Blanche · Infinite Circle (feat. Rondo Mo)
- Taeyeon · INVU
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Album
- ★Nucksal · Sincerely Yours
4 nominees
- C Jamm · Ghenn
- Lee Hyun Jun · Lost in Translation
- Paloalto · Dirt
- Qim Isle · Some Hearts Are for Two
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Song
- ★Nucksal · Good Morning Seoul
4 nominees
- Lee Hyun Jun · White Lighter
- lobonabeat! · Birthday (feat. BILL STAX)
- Paloalto · Priceless (feat. toigo)
- Zico · New Thing
Best R&B & Soul Album
- ★A.Train · Private Pink
5 nominees
- CHE · Kpop
- Joe Layne · Life O Life
- Ra.D · Rad Museum
- Slom · WEATHER REPORT
- Soul delivery · FoodCourt
Best R&B & Soul Song
4 nominees
- A.Train · Something Beautiful (feat. Meaningful Stone, Simun, Seo Bo-kyung)
- Sion · Braindead
- Slom · Anirago (feat. Zion.T)
- Soul delivery · Nugs (with Thama)
Best Folk Album
- ★Line and Circle · Night and Day
4 nominees
- Bae Young-gyoung · You My Blue
- Kim Mok In · Stored Images
- Lucid Fall · Voice Beside Guitar
- Summer of Thoughts · Hands
Best Folk Song
- ★Line and Circle · Night and Day
4 nominees
- Bae Young-gyoung · I Love You (feat. Sunnie)
- Kim Mok In · Walking in the City (feat. Dajung)
- Lucid Fall · A Small Handful of Songs
- Summer of Thoughts · Rambler (with Park Hye-li)
Best Jazz Album
- ★Song Young-joo · Atmosphere
4 nominees
- Hoo Kim Big Band · Common Heritage of Humankind
- Kim Jung-sik · Hangul, Improvisation
- Mandong · Big Sun
- Yu Tae-sung · Michelangelo
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- ★Kim Yu-jin · A Piece and the Whole
4 nominees
- Kim Ju-hwan · Candy: Memories of Nat King Cole Trio
- Maria Kim · Stellive Vol. 16 Two for the Road
- Song Yi Jeon · Home
- Youn Sun Nah · Waking World
Best Metal & Hardcore Album
- ★Madmans Esprit · I See Myself Through You Who See Us Through Me
4 nominees
- Dog Last Page · Drunken Dream
- Nuclear Idiots · Nclridts
- Seaweed Mustache · Bombora
- Visceral Explosion · Human Meat Distribution Process
Achievement Award
- ★Love
3Rookie & popularity2
Best Global Contemporary Album
4Links & sources
Winners and nominees from English Wikipedia ‘20th Korean Music Awards’ (CC BY-SA 4.0), linked to gayo.wiki pages. ★ = winner.