Pentingkan Musikalitas, Inilah Nominasi Korean Music Awards 2021

DREAMERS.ID - Ajang penghargaan Korean Music Awards ke-18 baru saja mengumumkan daftar nominasi untuk masingmasing kategori. Di tahun ini, para pemenang akan diumumkan melalui streaming online  pada 28 Februari dari Nodeulseom, Seoul.

Korean Music Awards lebih mementingkan album dan lagu daripada artisnya. Dibandingkan penjualan, pencapaian secara musikal adalah kriteria utama dalam pemilihan pemenang. Upacara penghargaan ini bertujuan untuk membantu kemajuan musik Korea tanpa menetapkan batasan antara musik mainstream dan non-mainstream.

Berikut adalah nominasinya untuk setiap kategori:

Album of the Year

BTS – “Map of the Soul: 7”
Baek Yerin – “Every letter I sent you.”
Sunwoo JungA – “Serenade”
LEENALCHI – “SUGUNGGA”
Jeongmilla – “CheongPa Sonata”
Jo Dongik – “Blue Pillow”

Song of the Year

BTS – “Dynamite”
Baek Yerin – “Square (2017)”
Sunwoo JungA – “Run With Me”
LEENALCHI – “Tiger is Coming”
Zico – “Any Song”

Artist of the Year

BTS
Baek Yerin
Sunwoo JungA
LEENALCHI
Jeongmilla

Rookie of the Year

Meaningful Stone
DUOXINI
DeVita
Seo Bo-Kyung
Squash Vines

Best Pop Album

The BLANK Shop – “Tailor”
BTS – “Map of the Soul: 7”
Baek Yerin – “Every letter I sent you.”
Baekhyun EXO – “Delight”
Yukika – “SOUL LADY”

Best Pop Song

BTS – “Dynamite”
Baek Yerin – “Square (2017)”
IU – “eight”
Oh My Girl – “Dolphin”
Yukika – “SOUL LADY”
Zico – “Any Song”

Best Rock Album

ABTB – “Daydream”
BADLAMB – “Frightful Waves”
Squash Vines – “New World”
Organic Beer – “Trans-Continental Railway”
JuliaDream – “Life and Death”

Best Rock Song

ABTB – “Daydream (feat. YoonChul Shin)”
BADLAMB – “Frightful Waves”
H a lot – “We are”
JuliaDream – “El nuevo mundo”
cotoba – “reyn”

Best Modern Rock Album

Gong Joong Geu Neul – “Love Song”
SE SO NEON – “Nonadaptation”
Shin Hae Gyeong – “In Dreams, In Dreams”
Jo Dongik – “Blue Pillow”
Hyukoh – “through love”

Best Modern Rock Song

Gong Joong Geu Neul – “Season”
Meaningful Stone – “Bweep Bwoop-Bweep Bwoop”
SE SO NEON – “NAN CHUN”
Shin Hae Gyeong – “Colors of You”
LEENALCHI – “Tiger is Coming”
Hyukoh – “New Born”

Best Metal and Hardcore Album

Baca juga: NewJeans Borong Piala, Inilah Pemenang Korean Music Awards 2024

Best Dance and Electronic Album

Lofibaby – “Art Museum”
Mogwaa – “Open Mind”
swimrabbit – “POND”
UZA & SHANE – “Classy”
Two Tone Shape – “Fantastic Machines”

Best Dance and Electronic Song

Mogwaa – “Reflex”
Aseul – “Bye Bye Summer”
IDIOTAPE – “Too Old to Die Young”
Jang Myung Sun  – “Remiel”
Two Tone Shape – “The Prophet”

Best Rap and Hip Hop Album

Nucksal – “1Q87”
Deepflow – “FOUNDER”
B-Free – “FREE THE BEAST”
BILL STAX – “DETOX”
Khundi Panda – “GAROSAWK”

Best Rap and Hip Hop Song

Nucksal – “AKIRA”
MUSHVENOM – “Nice Head”
BILL STAX – “Lonely Stoner”
Swervy – “Mama Lisa”
Khundi Panda – “Nevercomanie”

Best R&B and Soul Album

Cadejo – “FREEBODY”
Samuel Seo – “UNITY II”
Sunwoo JungA – “Serenade”
A.TRAIN – “PAINGREEN”
Chudahye Chagis – “Underneath the Dangsan Tree Tonight”

Best R&B and Soul Song

DAMYE – “I’m not your son”
DeVita – “EVITA!”
Sunwoo JungA – “Run With Me”
A.TRAIN – “HURT”
Chudahye Chagis – “Ritual Dance”

Best Folk Album

Kim Sawol – “Heaven”
Kim Jae Hyung – “Flex”
Bae Young Gyoung – “Travel Record”
Jeongmilla – “CheongPa Sonata”
Jo Donghee – “Sadness is the shadow of beauty”

Best Folk Song

Kim Sawol – “Key”
Kim Jae Hyung – “Failure Story”
Kim Chang Wan – “Old Man’s Bench”
Jeongmilla  – “The Square”
Jeongmilla  – “Departing from Seoul Station”

Best Jazz Album

Sukyung Kim – “Lilac Hill”
MALO – “Song Changsik Song Book”
Seo Bo-Kyung – “INNER MOVIE”
Soojin Suh – “Colorist”
Jung Sumin – “Sense of Agony”
Cho Yoonseung & Kim Sungwon – “Stellive Vol.5 – Blues in the Night”

Best Crossover Album

Gonia – “A Tension”
Gray By Silver – “Eternal Gray”
GaYoung Bae – “Sepia Painting”
LEENALCHI – “SUGUNGGA”
Ji Park – “VRI String Quartet ‘Save The Planet'”

Best Jazz and Crossover Performance

KoHeean Trio – “Live at Jazz First”
Soojin Suh – “Colorist”
Sunjae Lee & Eunyoung Kim & Dayeon Seok – “Pulse Theory”
Jehee – “On The Wind”
Charlie Jung – “Sein’s Blues”

Winner of Special Achievement Award: Deulgukhwa

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