30th Seoul Music Awards

The 30th Seoul Music Awards, organized by Sports Seoul and broadcast through KBS N and Niconico, on January 31, 2021.^[1] The ceremony was held with no on-site audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

30th Seoul Music Awards
Date	January 31, 2021 (2021-01-31)
Venue	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Shin Dong-yup Kim Hee-chul Choi Soo-young
Most awards	BTS (6 awards)
Website	seoulmusicawards.com
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Background

On January 24, 2021, Shin Dong-yup, Kim Hee-chul and Choi Soo-young was announced as the host of the ceremony.^[3][4]

Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2020.^[5]

Category	Online voting	Panelist	Music sales	Album sales
Main Prize (Bonsang)	30%	40%	30%
Rookie of the Year
Popularity Award	100% (Korea Only)	N/A
K-wave Popularity Award	100% (Overseas Only)
Trot Award	30%	40%	30%
Ballad Award
OST Award
R&B Hiphop Award
Best Performance	N/A	100%	N/A
Band Award
Discovery of the Year

Winners and nominees

BTS won 6 awards, including the Grand Award (Daesang), Main Award (Bonsang), and Best Song/Album Award.

Kang Daniel won 2 awards, including the Main Award (Bonsang) and Fan PD Artist Award.

Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.^[6][7]

The list of nominees for:

• Fan PD Artist Award were announced on December 1, 2020, through the Idol Champ application.^[8]
• WhosFandom Award were announced on December 8, 2020, through the Whofans application.^[9]
• remaining categories were announced on December 9, 2020, through the official website.^{[citation needed]}

The online voting for:

• Fan PD Artist Award opened on the Idol Champ application on December 1, 2020, and closed on December 31, 2020.^[8]
• WhosFandom Award opened on the WhosFan application on December 15, 2020, and closed on December 18, 2020.^[9]
• remaining categories opened on the official website on December 11, 2020, and closed on January 24, 2021.^[1][10]

Grand Award (Daesang)	Main Award (Bonsang)
BTS Ateez Iz*One Kang Daniel Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST Oh My Girl Seventeen Stray Kids Twice TXT	Ateez BTS Iz*One Kang Daniel Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST Oh My Girl Seventeen Stray Kids Twice TXT List of nominated artists AB6IX Apink April Astro Baekhyun Baek Ji-young Blackpink Bol4 Chungha CIX Day6 Dreamcatcher Exo GFriend (G)I-dle Got7 Ha Sung-woon Hwasa Itzy IU Jessi Loona Mamamoo NCT NCT Dream Park Ji-hoon Park Jin-young Paul Kim Pentagon SF9 Sunmi Super Junior-D&E Super Junior-K.R.Y. Taemin Taeyeon The Boyz Victon Zico
Best Song Award	Best Album Award
BTS – "Dynamite"	BTS – Map of the Soul: 7
Rookie of the Year	Best Performance
Aespa Enhypen Treasure Cravity Drippin Ghost9 Natty P1Harmony Secret Number STAYC Weeekly WEi	(G)I-DLE The Boyz
Popularity Award	K-wave Popularity Award
Lim Young-woong List of nominated artists AB6IX Aespa Apink April Astro Ateez Baekhyun Baek Ji-young Blackpink BOL4 BTS Chungha CIX Cravity Day6 Dreamcatcher Drippin Enhypen Exo GFriend Ghost9 (G)I-DLE Got7 Ha Sung-woon Hwasa Itzy IU Iz*One Jessi Kang Daniel Kim Ho-joong Loona Mamamoo Monsta X Na Hoon-a Natty NCT NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Oh My Girl P1Harmony Park Ji-hoon Park Jin-young Paul Kim Pentagon Secret Number Seventeen SF9 STAYC Stray Kids Sunmi Super Junior-D&E Super Junior-K.R.Y. Taemin Taeyeon The Boyz Treasure TXT Twice Victon Weeekly WEi Young Tak Zico	BTS List of nominated artists AB6IX Aespa Apink April Astro Ateez Baekhyun Baek Ji-young Blackpink BOL4 BTS Chungha CIX Cravity Day6 Dreamcatcher Drippin Enhypen Exo GFriend Ghost9 (G)I-DLE Got7 Ha Sung-woon Hwasa Itzy IU Iz*One Jessi Kang Daniel Kim Ho-joong Loona Mamamoo Monsta X Na Hoon-a Natty NCT NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Oh My Girl P1Harmony Park Ji-hoon Park Jin-young Paul Kim Pentagon Secret Number Seventeen SF9 STAYC Stray Kids Sunmi Super Junior-D&E Super Junior-K.R.Y. Taemin Taeyeon The Boyz Treasure TXT Twice Victon Weeekly WEi Young Tak Zico
Trot Award	Ballad Award
Lim Young-woong Jang Minho Jang Yoon-jeong Jo Myung-sup Jung Dong-won Kim Ho-joong Kim Soo-chan Na Hoon-a Na Tae-joo Ryu Ji-kwang Song Ga-in Super Five	Sandeul Ailee Baek Ji-young Car, the Garden Huh Gak Im Chang-jung Jang Beom-june Jeon Sang-geun Kim Jae-hwan Kyuhyun Noel Paul Kim
OST Award	R&B Hiphop Award
Jo Jung-suk – "Aloha" Baekhyun – "My Love" Baek Yerin – "Here I Am Again" Gaho – "Start" Ha Hyun-woo – "Diamond" Heize and Punch – "Midnight" IU – "Give You My Heart" Jeon Mi-do – "I Knew I Love" Joy – "Introduce me a good person" Kim Feel – "Someday, The Boy" Kyuhyun – "Confession Is Not Flashy" Lee Su-hyun – "In Your Time" Taeyeon – "Kiss Me" Urban Zakapa – "Beautiful My Love" Wheein – "With My Tears"	Jessi Baekhyun Giriboy Lee Hi Loco Lunch MakTub Ovan Paul Kim Sik-K, PH-1, Jay Park, Haon Zico
Band Award	Discovery of the Year
Leenalchi	Itzy
Fan PD Artist Award	WhosFandom Award
Kang Daniel AB6IX Astro Ateez Blackpink BTS Dreamcatcher Exo GFriend Got7 Ha Sung-woon Kim Jae-hwan Loona Monsta X NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Ong Seong-wu Park Ji-hoon Pentagon Secret Number Seventeen SF9 Shinee Stray Kids Super Junior Tomorrow X Together Treasure Twice WayV	BTS[11] Ateez Blackpink Dreamcatcher Exo Got7 Mamamoo Monsta X NCT Red Velvet Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Treasure The Boyz Twice

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Name of the presenter and the award they presented

No.	Name(s)	Presented
1	Yoo Yeon-seok	Main Award (Bonsang)
2	Kim Dong-wan (Shinhwa)
3	Yoon Eun-hye	Best Song Award
		Best Album Award
4	Son Dam-bi	Main Award (Bonsang)

Performers

Name of the performer and the song(s) they performed

No.	Name(s)	Performed	Ref.
1	Hyunjae (The Boyz), Eunbi (Iz*One), Jongho (Ateez), Lia (Itzy), Seunghee (Oh My Girl) & Seungmin (Stray Kids)	"Once in a Lifetime" by Shinhwa	[12]
2	Stray Kids	"Back Door"	[13]
3	Leenalchi	"You Know Who I Am?"
4	Jessi	"Star"	[14]
		"Nunu Nana"
5	The Boyz	"The Stealer"	[15]
6	Itzy	"Wannabe"	[16]
		"Not Shy"
7	Aespa	"Black Mamba"	[17]
8	Enhypen	"Given-Taken"	[18]
9	Treasure	"Slow Motion"	[19]
		"I Love You (Mellow Mood)"
		"My Treasure"
10	Kang Daniel	"2U"	[20]
		"Who U Are"
11	Iz*One	"Really Like You"	[21]
		"Sequence"
		"Panorama"
		"Slow Journey"
12	(G)I-dle	"Hwaa"	[22]
13	Ateez	"Utopia"	[23]
		"Inception"
14	Tomorrow X Together	"We Lost The Summer"	[24]
		"Blue Hour"
15	Oh My Girl	"Secret Garden"	[25]
		"Remember Me"
		"Dolphin"
		"Nonstop"
16	Lim Young-woong	"Trust in Me"
17	NU'EST	"I'm in Trouble"	[26]
		"Moon Dance"
		"Drive"
18	Monsta X	"Last Carnival"	[27]
		"Night View"
		"Gasoline"
		"Love Killa"
19	Twice	"More & More"	[28]
		"I Can't Stop Me"
20	Seventeen	"Fallin' Flower"	[29]
		"All My Love"
		"Home;Run"

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12. Various artists – "Once In A Lifetime" by Shinhwa @ 30th High 1 Seoul Music Awards. January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
13. Stray Kids – Back Door @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
14. Jessi – STAR + NUNU NANA @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
15. THE BOYZ – The Stealer @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
16. ITZY – WANNABE + Not Shy @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
17. Aespa – Black Mamba @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
18. ENHYPEN – Given-Taken @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
19. TREASURE – SLOWMOTION + MY TREASURE @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
20. Kang Daniel – 2U + Who U Are @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
21. IZ*ONE – Really Like You + Panorama + Slow Journey @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
22. (G)I-DLE – HWAA @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
23. ATEEZ – Utopia + Inception @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
24. TXT – We Lost The Summer + Blue Hour @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. January 31, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
25. Oh My Girl – Secret Garden + Remember Me + Dolphin + Nonstop @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. January 31, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
26. NU'EST – I'm in Trouble + Moon Dance + DRIVE @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. January 31, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
27. Monsta X – Last Carnival + Night View + Gasoline + Love Killa @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
28. Twice – More & More + I Can't Stop Me @ 30th Seoul Music Awards. January 31, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
29. Seventeen – Fallin' Flower + All My Love + Home;Run @ 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

External links

• Official website (in English & Korean)