Starting in 2010, Mint Paper annually let members and music experts vote for the Mint Paper Awards. The results from Mint Paper Awards 2012 were announced at Countdown Fantasy 2012-2013:

Rookie of The Year: The Solutions
Concert of The Year: Kim Dong Ryul – 감사
Song of The Year: 10cm – “Fine Thank You and You?”
Album of The Year: EZ Hyoung – 청춘마끼아또 & Peppertones – Beginner’s Luck
Artist of The Year: Daybreak

Already on the day of announcements the thank you videos were uploaded to Mint Paper’s YouTube channel, all in Korean:
– The Solutions: Mint Paper Awards 2012 올해의 신인 ‘솔루션스(THE SOLUTIONS)’
– 10cm: Mint Paper Awards 2012 올해의 노래 ’10cm – Fine thank you and you?’
– EZ Hyoung: Mint Paper Awards 2012 올해의 앨범 ‘이지형 [청춘마끼아또]’
– Peppertones: Mint Paper Awards 2012 올해의 앨범 ‘페퍼톤스 [beginner’s luck]’
– Daybreak: Mint Paper Awards 2012 올해의 아티스트 ‘데이브레이크(DAYBREAK)’

 
The Solutions – the joint project of Naru and Park Sol, the latter nominated in the rookie category also last year – debuted with digital single Sounds of the universe in June and followed up with a self-titled full-length album. The album was promoted with a music video for “Lines”:

 
Kim Dong Ryul offered his 2012 concert 감사 throughout Korea on a total of 15 occasions, starting with two dates in Busan in September with the final two dates in Daegu in December. Mint Paper put together a brief video showing some highlights:

 
“Fine Thank You and You” was the lead track off 10cm’s highly anticipated sophomore album 2.0, here performed on MBC’s Real Modern Concert:

 
This year each category only had three nominees, compared to five last year. Excluding the winners, the nominees for each category were the following:

Rookie Nominees
– John Park
– Hologram Film

Concert Nominees
– 10cm x Daybreak – ADD2
– Soran – 미쳤나봐: 영화의 재구성+더 버라이어티

Song Nominees
– Epitone Project – “새벽녘”
– Peppertones – “행운을 빌어요”

Album Nominees
– Daybreak – SPACEenSUM

Artist Nominees
– 10cm
– Epitone Project