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2025 Korean Music Awards winners
All 26 categories · 26 winners · English Wikipedia ‘22nd Korean Music Awards’ (CC BY-SA)
1Grand prizes3
Album of the Year
- ★Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble · Hail to the Music
4 nominees
- Aespa · Armageddon
- Hyukoh · AAA
- Silica Gel · Power Andre 99
- Sumin · Miniseries 2
Song of the Year
4 nominees
- Bibi · Bam Yang Gang
- Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble · Independent
- Sumin · Why, Why, Why
- Rosé · APT.
2Categories21
Best K-pop Album
- ★Aespa · Armageddon
Best K-pop Song
4 nominees
- Illit · Magnetic
- Rosé · APT.
- TripleS · Girls Never Die
- TWS · Plot Twist
Best Pop Album
- ★John Park · PSST!
4 nominees
- Kim Yun-a · Tale of Sensuality
- Rooftop Moonlight · 40
- Savina & Drones · Lasha
- Sunwoo Jung-a · Beyond [1. Black Shimmer]
Best Pop Song
4 nominees
Best Rock Album
- ★Soumbalgwang · Fire & Light
4 nominees
- Kim Soo-chul · Kim Soo-chul 45th Anniversary Where Are You
- Lee Seung Yoon · Yeok Seong
- MONO4OLY · Ordinary Chaos
- Seoulbusanincheon · Wrecking Havoc
Best Rock Song
- ★Lee Seung Yoon · Anthems of Defiance
4 nominees
- Kim Soo-chul · Where Are You
- Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble · Independent
- Bongjeingan · Know You Did
- MONO4OLY · Fake Empire
Best Modern Rock Album
- ★Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble · Hail to the Music
4 nominees
- Hyukoh · AAA
- Leaves Black · Flight
- Meaningful Stone · Angel Interview
- Silica Gel · Power Andre 99
Best Modern Rock Song
- ★Lee Seung Yoon · Waterfall
4 nominees
- Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble · Days Happier Than Today Will Be Few in My Remaining Life
- hanroro · H O M E
- Hyukoh · Young Man
- wave to earth · annie.
Best Electronic Album
- ★NET GALA · Galapaggot
4 nominees
- GAZAEBAL · Texture Music: 2011 - 2020
- HWI– Humanly Possible
- Hypnosis Therapy · RAW SURVIVAL
- Various Artists · SCA2
Best Electronic Song
- ★Mount XLR · Oving
4 nominees
- Haepaary · The Night
- HWI · Your My Past Lives
- Hypnosis Therapy · BLAZE
- Swimrabbit · Evolution (featuring Hunjiya)
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Album
- ★B-Free · Free Hukky Shibaseki & the God Sun Symphony Group: Odyssey. 1
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Song
4 nominees
- B-Free · INDO
- Fleeky Bang · Fire (featuring Changmo)
- Kawaii · Pride
- QM · Got yourself a gun (feat. ZICO)
Best R&B & Soul Album
- ★Sumin · Miniseries 2
4 nominees
- BRWN · Monsoon
- PoPoMo · JINBO the SuperFreak, Hersh & PoPoMo
- Jung-in · Jung In & Mild Beats
- SOLE · Time Machine
Best R&B & Soul Song
- ★Jung-in · Blame
4 nominees
- Hyelyn Joo · Crazy
- John Park · Like A Dream
- SOLE · Still Love
- Sumin · Why, Why, Why
Best Folk Album
- ★Moher · Kaleidoscope
4 nominees
- Kang Asol · From Where No One Is, To Where Everyone Is
- Kim Sa-wol · Default
- Sanmanhan · Sanmanhan
- Xeuda · How Can I Tell You Love
Best Folk Song
- ★Kang Asol · Anyone But Me
4 nominees
- Meroo Choi · Dap
- Moher · Baksugijeong
- Sanmanhan · When It Becomes A Song
- Xeuda · How Can I Tell You Love
Best Metal & Hardcore Album
4 nominees
- Fecundation · Moribund
- The Holy Mountain · The Holy Mountain
- Materials Pound · Bulb
- Sahon · Blood Shall Be Paid
Best Jazz Album
- ★Nam Ye-ji · Old Songs, Tmmm
4 nominees
- Cho Hae-in · Sight Beyond Sight
- Kim Min-hee · Confession
- Kim Ju-hwan · After Midnight: Still in the Moonlight
- Na Yoon-sun · Elles
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- ★Jihye Lee Orchestra · Infinite Connections
4 nominees
- Pudditorium · Prologue: Hope
- Sunji Lee · Eternal
- Teho · Pierrot le Fumeur
- YUNSEOKCHEOL TRIO · My Summer's Not Over Yet
Lifetime Achievement Award
- ★Lee Ho-jun
Selection Committee Special Award
- ★Live Club Day
3Rookie & popularity2
Best Global Contemporary Album
- ★Bando · Shape of the Land
5 nominees
- Dulabam · Dulabam
- Hwang Min-wang · [Jang:dan] (with Satoshi Takeishi)
- Kim Ji-hye · Pado
- Liberosis · Re-mind
- Nubim · Crossroads (Live in Amsterdam)
4Links & sources
Winners and nominees from English Wikipedia ‘22nd Korean Music Awards’ (CC BY-SA 4.0), linked to gayo.wiki pages. ★ = winner.