Gaon Chart Music Awards just announced their nominees for different categories for this year’s awards show.
This year’s slogan is ‘Music is our Life, Memory and History’ that will recognize artists and their songs. It will be held on January 8, 2020 at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul.
Here are the nominees for this year’s Gaon Chart Music Awards:
Artist of the Year (Digital Release)
There will be a total of 12 winners* with 1 winner each month based on their Gaon Chart Data, 30 days after the release of the song.
January
M.C the MAX ‘After You’ve Gone’
Woody ‘Fire up’
Lee Sora ‘Song Request’ (Feat. Suga)
Chungha ‘Gotta Go’
Paul Kim ‘Traffic Light’
February
(G)I-DLE ‘Senorita’
ITZY ‘DALLA DALLA’
Nilo ‘The day, I hate myself’
Loco ‘It’s been a while’ (Feat. Zion.T)
Hwasa ‘twit’
March
Park Bom ‘Spring’ (Feat. Sandara Park)
Baek Yerin ‘Maybe It’s Not Our Fault’
Epik High ‘LOVEDRUNK’ (Feat. Crush)
Jang Bum Joon ‘every moment with you’
Taeyeon ‘Four Seasons’
April
BLACKPINK ‘Kill This Love’
TWICE ‘FANCY’
BTS ‘Boy With Luv’
BOL4 ‘Bom’
BOL4 ‘Stars over me’
May
WINNER ‘AH YEAH’
Davichi ‘Unspoken Words’
Monday Kiz ‘My love has faded away’
Park Hyo Shin ‘Goodbye’
Lee Hi ‘NO ONE’ (Feat. B.I)
June
Kim Na Young ‘To be honest’
Red Velvet ‘Zimzalabim’
Urban Zakapa ‘Seoul Night’ (Feat. Beenzino)
Jang Hye Jin and Yoon Min Soo ‘Drunk On Love’
Chungha ‘Snapping’
July
ITZY –’ICY’
MeloMance ‘You&I’
BEN ‘Thank you for Goodbye’
Younha ‘On A Rainy Day’
Heize ‘We don’t talk together’ (Feat. Giriboy) (Prod. Suga)
August
X1 ‘FLASH’
Nilo ‘He’story’
Red Velvet ‘Umpah Umpah’
Sunmi ‘LALALAY’
Crush ‘NAPPA’
*September to December nominees are yet to be determined.
Artist of the Year (Physical Album)
There will be a total of 4 winners** with 1 winner each quarter based on their Gaon Chart Data, six weeks after the release of the album.
1st Quarter (released between January 1 and March 31)
Stray Kids –’Clé 1 : MIROH’
MONSTA X ‘WE ARE HERE’
SEVENTEEN ‘YOU MADE MY DAWN’
ASTRO ‘All Light’
TXT ‘The Dream Chapter: STAR’
2nd Quarter (album released between April 1 and June 30)
BLACKPINK ‘KILL THIS LOVE’
GOT7 ‘SPINNING TOP : BETWEEN SECURITY & INSECURITY’
NCT 127 ‘NCT #127 WE ARE SUPERHUMAN’
TWICE ‘FANCY YOU’
BTS ‘MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA’
**3rd and 4th quarter nominees are yet to be determined.
Tune in to Hallyulife for more updates regarding the nominees of other catogories for this year’s Gaon Chart Music Awards. –Hallyulife.com
