On February 27 KST, the '22nd Korean Music Awards', sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, recognized excellent music released in the Korean popular music industry in 2024.
The honor of 'Top Song of 2024' went to aespa's "Supernova", while 'Top Artist of 2024' went to Lee Seung Yoon. The 'Top Album of 2024' was 'Hail to the Music' by Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble.
Along with 'Top Song', girl group aespa took home three honors at the ceremony including 'Top K-Pop Album' and 'Top K-Pop Song'.
Check out the full list of winners, below.
▲ Top Album = Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble - 'Hail to the Music'
▲ Top Song = aespa - "Supernova"
▲ Top Artist = Lee Seung Yoon
▲ Top Rookie = Sanmanhan
▲ Top Rock Album = Soumbalgwang - 'Fire & Light'
▲ Top Rock Song = Lee Seung Yoon - "Anthems of Defiance"
▲ Top Modern Rock Album = Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble - 'Hail to the Music'
▲ Top Modern Rock Song = Lee Seung Yoon - "Waterfall"
▲ Top Rap/Hip-Hop Album = B-Free, Hukky Shibaseki - 'Free Hukky Shibaseki & the God Sun Symphony Group : Odyssey. 1'
▲ Top Rap/Hip-Hop Song = G-Dragon - "Power"
▲ Top R&B/Soul Album = Sumin, Slom - 'Miniseries 2'
▲ Top R&B/Soul Song = Jung In, Mild Beats - "Blame"
▲ Top Pop Album = John Park - 'PSST!'
▲ Top Pop Song = BIBI - "Bam Yang Gang"
▲ Top K-Pop Album = aespa - 'Armageddon'
▲ Top K-Pop Song = aespa - "Supernova"
▲ Top Electronic Album = Net Gala - 'GALAPAGGOT'
▲ Top Electronic Song = Mount XLR - "Oving"
▲ Top Folk Album = Moher - 'Kaleidoscope'
▲ Top Folk Song = Kang A Sol - "Anyone But Me"
▲ Top Jazz Vocal Album = Nam Yeji - 'Old Songs, Tmmm'
▲ Top Jazz Instrumental Album = Jihye Lee Orchestra - 'Infinite Connections'
▲ Top Global Contemporary Album - Bando - 'Shape of the Land'
▲ Top Metal/Hardcore Album = Seaweed Mustache - '2'
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