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2026 Korean Music Awards winners
All 26 categories · 26 winners · English Wikipedia ‘23rd Korean Music Awards’ (CC BY-SA)
1Grand prizes3
Album of the Year
- ★CHUDAHYE CHAGIS · 소수민족 (Sosuminjok)
5 nominees
- Effie · pullup to busan 4 morE hypEr summEr it’s gonna bE a fuckin moviE
- Huijun Woo · Pumping of Heart is Torturing
- Jennie · Ruby
- KwonTree · The Fragrance of Life
- Lee Chan-hyuk · EROS
Song of the Year
- ★Lee Chan-hyuk · Endangered Love
4 nominees
- CHUDAHYE CHAGIS · Heosse!
- Huijun Woo · Spacious House
- Jennie · Like Jennie
- Nmixx · Blue Valentine
2Categories21
Best K-pop Album
4 nominees
- Chaeyoung · Lil Fantasy Vol. 1
- Mark · The Firstfruit
- Nmixx · Blue Valentine
- Nmixx · Fe3O4: FORWARD
Best K-pop Song
4 nominees
Best Pop Album
4 nominees
- Hyelyn Joo · Stereo
- Lim Hyun Jung · Extraordinary
- Song So-hee · Re:5
- Yerin Baek · Flash and Core
Best Pop Song
- ★Lee Chan-hyuk · Endangered Love
4 nominees
- Hwasa · Good Goodbye
- Jowall · Your Love as My Pretext (feat. Haepa)
- Lim Hyun Jung · The Road to Me is Beautiful
- Yerin Baek · Mirror
Best Rock Album
- ★Wah Wah Wah · UBUBU
3 nominees
- Green Flame Boys · GREENROOF
- Peach Truck Hijackers · Peach Truck Hijackers
- YB (윤도현 밴드) · Odyssey
Best Rock Song
- ★Lee Seung Yoon · PunKanon
4 nominees
- Bae Cheol-soo · Ieodo Island (Parangdo Island)
- Green Flame Boys · True Heart
- UINONE · Apocalypse
- Wah Wah Wah · Uncertainty
Best Alternative Rock Album
4 nominees
- Gogohawk · Vol. 07
- hanroro · Jamong Salgu Club
- Huijun Woo · Pumping of Heart is Torturing
- Say Sue Me · Time Is Not Yours
Best Alternative Rock Song
- ★Huijun Woo · Spacious House
4 nominees
- hanroro · Goodbye, My Summer
- Jungwoo · The Embers
- Noridogam · Truthbuster
- Shin In Ryu · Attack!
Best Electronic Album
- ★Kirara · Kirara
Best Electronic Song
- ★MELKI · Body Break
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Album
4 nominees
- B-Free · Free the Mane 3 Free the Mane vs. B-Free
- Effie · pullup to busan 4 morE hypEr summEr it’s gonna bE a fuckin moviE
- Viceversa · Animal FKRY
- YumDDa · Breathe 4
Best Rap & Hip-Hop Song
- ★Sik-K · LOV3 (featuring Bryan Chase & Okasian)
Best R&B & Soul Album
- ★Yoon Da-hye · Wang
4 nominees
- Bibi · EVE: ROMANCE
- CHUDAHYE CHAGIS · Sosuminjok
- jeebanoff · Misery
- Shinjihang · Nong
Best R&B & Soul Song
- ★CHUDAHYE CHAGIS · Heosse!
4 nominees
- A.TRAIN · Povidone (featuring Danpyunsun)
- Hyelyn Joo · Busy Boy
- RAKUNELAMA · B
- Yoon Da-hye · Twin Flame
Best Folk Album
- ★KwonTree · The Fragrance of Life
4 nominees
- Joung Tae-choon · Between Hard Rain
- Kim Hwal-sung · The Remnant Forest
- Lucid Fall · Elsewhere
- Sanmanhan · Sanmanhan 2
Best Folk Song
- ★KwonTree · Unknowingly, So Did I
4 nominees
- Joung Tae-choon · Between Hard Rain
- Kim Chang-wan · A Day
- Kim Hwal-sung · The Remnant Forest
- Sanmanhan · Heart of a Dog
Best Metal & Hardcore Album
- ★baan · Neumann
4 nominees
- Chain Reaction · A Love Supreme
- Dulom · Axiom Zero
- Loss of Infection · 罰錢
- Methkamel · Circle
Best Jazz Album
- ★Malo · Malo Live at Muddy
4 nominees
- Hakyung · Breathin In
- Maria Kim · Love Letters
- Oldie but Goodie · Oldie but Goodie
- Yunmi Kang & John Stowell · A Timeless Place
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- ★Mijung Lim · Impromptu
4 nominees
- Shin Ah-ram · Bium Project II: After Bium
- Sumin Jung · Remnants
- Sun-Mi Hong · Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest
- yonglee & the DOLTANG · Invisible Worker
Lifetime Achievement Award
Selection Committee Special Award
- ★CJ Cultural Foundation's Tune Up
3Rookie & popularity2
Best Global Contemporary Album
- ★Gray by Silver · Time of Tree
4 nominees
- Jeon Jin-hee · 雨後 uuhu
- Baroque in Blue · Jisu Jung & Baroque in Blue
- Jung Eun-Hye · Namdo Calling
- Park Jiha · All Living Things
4Links & sources
Winners and nominees from English Wikipedia ‘23rd Korean Music Awards’ (CC BY-SA 4.0), linked to gayo.wiki pages. ★ = winner.