32nd Seoul Music Awards

The 32nd Seoul Music Awards (Korean: 32nd 서울가요대상; RR: 32nd Seoul Gayo Daesang) is a award ceremony held on January 19, 2023.^[1][2] It was organized by Sports Seoul and broadcast through KBS Joy and U+Idol Live. The ceremony was hosted by Choi Min-ho, Mijoo, and Kim Il-joong.^[3]

32nd Seoul Music Awards
Date	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
Venue	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Choi Min-ho Mijoo Kim Il-joong
Website	seoulmusicawards.com
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Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2022.^[4]

Category	Online voting	Panelist	Music sales	Album sales
Main Prize (Bonsang)	30%	40%	30%
Rookie Award
Popularity Award	100% (Korea Only)	N/A
Hallyu Special 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
Special Jury Award

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners will be listed first and emphasized in bold.^[5]

The list of nominees were announced on December 6, 2022, through the official website. Voting opened on Seoul Music Awards mobile application on December 6, 2022, and closed on January 15, 2023.^[6]

Main awards

Grand Award (Daesang)	Main Award (Bonsang)
NCT Dream (G)I-dle Aespa Blackpink BTS Got the Beat Ive Kang Daniel Kim Ho-joong Lim Young-woong Psy Red Velvet Seventeen Stray Kids Taeyeon Zico	(G)I-dle Aespa Blackpink BTS Got the Beat Ive Kang Daniel Kim Ho-joong Lim Young-woong NCT Dream Psy Red Velvet Seventeen Stray Kids Taeyeon Zico List of nominated artists 10cm Astro Ateez Big Bang Bol4 BtoB Choi Ye-na Cravity Crush DKZ Enhypen Fromis 9 Girls' Generation Got7 Itzy J-Hope Jay Park Jin Kihyun Monsta X Nayeon NCT 127 Oneus P1Harmony Seulgi STAYC Suho Super Junior The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure Twice WEi Winner
Best Song Award	Best Album Award
Ive – "Love Dive"	BTS – Proof
Rookie Award	Best Performance
Le Sserafim NewJeans TNX ATBO Billlie Classy CSR H1-Key Kep1er Lapillus Nine.i Nmixx TAN Tempest Trendz Viviz Younite	(G)I-dle
Popularity Award	Hallyu Special Award
Lim Young-woong List of nominated artists (G)I-dle 10cm Aespa Astro ATBO Ateez Big Bang Billlie Blackpink Bol4 BtoB BTS Choi Ye-na Classy Cravity Crush CSR DKZ Enhypen Fromis 9 Girls' Generation Got the Beat Got7 H1-Key Itzy Ive J-Hope Jay Park Jin Kang Daniel Kep1er Kihyun Kim Ho-joong Lapillus Le Sserafim Monsta X Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NewJeans Nine.i Nmixx Oneus P1Harmony Psy Red Velvet Seulgi Seventeen STAYC Stray Kids Suho Super Junior Taeyeon TAN Tempest The Boyz TNX Tomorrow X Together Treasure Trendz Twice Viviz WEi Winner Younite Zico	Suho List of nominated artists (G)I-dle 10cm Aespa Astro ATBO Ateez Big Bang Billlie Blackpink Bol4 BtoB BTS Choi Ye-na Classy Cravity Crush CSR DKZ Enhypen Fromis 9 Girls' Generation Got the Beat Got7 H1-Key Itzy Ive J-Hope Jay Park Jin Kang Daniel Kep1er Kihyun Kim Ho-joong Lapillus Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Monsta X Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NewJeans Nine.i Nmixx Oneus P1Harmony Psy Red Velvet Seulgi Seventeen STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Taeyeon TAN Tempest The Boyz TNX Tomorrow X Together Treasure Trendz Twice Viviz WEi Winner Younite Zico

Genre-based awards

Trot Award	Ballad Award
Young Tak Jang Min-ho Jang Yoon-jeong Jeong Dong-won Kim Hee-jae Kim Tae-yeon Lim Young-woong Na Huna Song Ga-in	Younha Ben Davichi Han Dong-geun Juho Kassy KyoungSeo Lim Jae-hyun Kang Min-kyung & Jannabi Monday Kiz Noel Paul Kim Tei Tophyun V.O.S
OST Award	R&B Hiphop Award
MeloMance 10cm Bibi Davichi Heize Jimin & Ha Sung-woon Lee Seok-hoon Lee Seung-yoon Lee Sun-hee Lim Young-woong Sam Kim Sunwoo Jung-a Taeil Tiger JK Wheein Wonstein	Be'O Big Naughty Coogie Epik High Jessi Joosiq Leellamarz & Toil Punch Woo & Meenoi

Other awards

New Wave Star	World Best Artist
Kep1er Lapillus TAN	Psy
Discovery of the Year	Band Award
Lee Seung-yoon	Jannabi
K-pop Special Award	Legend Artist
Kara	BoA
idol+ New Star Award	idol+ Best Star Award
Tempest	BTS

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

Awards	Artist(s)
3	BTS

Presenters

The list of presenters was announced on January 9, 2023.^[7]

Order of the presentation, name of the artist(s), and award(s) they presented

Order	Artist(s)	Presented
1	Bae Da-bin and Yoo Seon-ho	New Wave Star + Trot Award
2	Moon Sang-min and Jung Eun-hye	OST Award
3	Park Yong-taik	World Best Artist Award
4	Kim Ji-min and Park Byung-eun	Discovery of the Year + Ballad Award
5	Hwang In-youp	Band Award
6	Chae Jong-hyeop and Park Se-wan	Rookie of the Year
7	Roh Jeong-eui and Byun Woo-seok	Main Award (Bonsang)
8	Aiki	R&B Hiphop Award
9	Kim Jae-young and Kim So-won	Main Award (Bonsang)
10	Kim Ye-won and Seo In-guk	K-pop Special Award
11	Gong Seung-yeon and Kim Bum	Main Award (Bonsang)
12	Rihey	idol+ New Star Award + idol+ Best Star Award
13	Im Soo-hyang and High1 Resort's CEO Lee Sam-geol	Best Performance + Popularity Award + Hallyu Special Award
14	Hwang Bo-ra and Sung Joon	Main Award (Bonsang)
15	Lee Sun-bin and Busan World Expo 2030 Secretary General's Yoon Sang-jik	Legend Artist
15	Ahn Bo-hyun	Best Song Award + Best Album Award
16	Choi Ji-woo and Seoul Music Awards' Chairman Kim Soo-chul	Grand Award (Daesang)

Performers

Order of the performance, name of the artist(s), and song(s) they performed

Order	Artist(s)	Song performed
1	CocaNButter	"I Know" + "The Angel Who Lost Wings" + "Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah" + "No. 1" + "10 Minutes" + "Growl" + "Boy with Luv"
	TNX	"Mr. Simple" + "Gangnam Style"
2	Young Tak	"Why are you coming out from there" + "Jjiniya" + "Mmm"
3	MeloMance	"Invitation" + "Love, Maybe"
4	Younha	"Event Horizon"
5	TNX	"Move"
6	Psy	"That That"
7	Jannabi	"Grippin'TheGreen" + "For Lovers Who Hesitate"
8	Lee Seung-yoon	"Open Your Textbook"
9	Big Naughty (with Team NY, Roh Yoon-ha, Khan, Next G, and Holy Bang)	"New Era (Prod. BMTJ)"
10	Be'O	"Love Me"
11	Kim Ho-joong	"Phantasmagoria" + "Il mare calmo della sera"
12	(G)I-dle	"My Bag" + "Tomboy"
13	Zico	"Freak" + "New Thing (Feat. Homies)"
14	Kara	"Lupin" + "Step" + "Pandora" + "Damaged Lady" + "Mamma Mia!" + "Mister" + "When I Move"
15	Kang Daniel	"Upside Down" + "Nirvana"
16	Ive	"Love Dive" + "After Like"
17	NCT Dream	"Candy" + "Beatbox" + "Glitch Mode"
18	Got the Beat	"Stamp on It"

Broadcast

Region	Network/Platform	Ref.
South Korea	KBS Joy U+Idol Live	[1][8]
Various	Paravi Mahcast Yippi U+Idol Live	[9]

References

1. "The 32nd Seoul Music Awards – 제 32회 SMA" [The 32nd Seoul Music Awards – The 32nd SMA]. Seoul Music Awards. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
2. Jeong, Ha-eun (December 6, 2022). "'제32회 서울가요대상' 6일 투표 시작, 인기상·한류특별상 주인공은?" [Voting begins on the 6th for the 32nd Seoul Music Awards, Who will be the Popularity Award and Hallyu Special Award?] (in Korean). Sports Seoul. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022 – via Naver.
3. Lee, Min-ji (January 6, 2023). "'서울가요대상' 김일중 최민호 이미주 MC 호흡 [공식]" ['Seoul Music Awards' Kim Il-joong Choi Min-ho Lee Mi-joo MC breathing [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved January 19, 2023 – via Naver.
4. "The 32nd Seoul Music Awards – 심사기준" [The 32nd Seoul Music Awards – Judging Criteria]. Seoul Music Awards. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
5. "서울가요대상 NCT 드림 대상…최고 앨범 BTS·음원 아이브" ['Seoul Music Awards' NCT Dream Grand Prize... Best Album BTS/Best Digital Music Ive]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). January 20, 2023. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
6. "32nd Seoul Music Awards – 모바일 투표 현황" [31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – Mobile Voting Status]. Seoul Music Awards (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
7. "'서가대' 최지우→LG 박용택까지, 2차 시상자 라인업". January 11, 2023.
8. "'17세에 대상' 보아 "무려 23년 전"..태연과 2관왕→'갓더비트' 본상 [제23회 서가대]" ['Grand Prize at the age of 17' BoA "23 years ago"..Taeyeon and 2 awards → 'God the Beat' Bonsang [The 23rd Seogadae]]. OSEN (in Korean). January 19, 2023. Archived from the original on January 19, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023 – via Naver.
9. "The 32nd Seoul Music awards Sponsors". January 6, 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)