Today, February 29th, the winners of the 13th Korean Music Awards were announced. EBS Space 공감 had a livestream for the event and a 2h special of the awards ceremony will be broadcast midnight between March 7-8.
Album of the Year: E SENS – The Anectode
Song of the Year: BIGBANG – “Bae Bae”
Artist of the Year: Deepflow
Rookie of the Year: Hyukoh
Best Heaviness Album: Method – Abstract
Best Rock Album: The Monotones – Into The Night
Best Rock Song: Lowdown 30 – “Hotter (더뜨겁게)” (feat. Kim Oki)
Best Modern Rock Album: The KOXX – The New Normal
Best Modern Rock Song: Hyukoh – “와리가리 (Comes And Goes)”
Best Folk Album: Kim Sawol – 수잔 (Suzanne)
Best Folk Song: Kwon Tree – “이천십사년사월”
Best Pop Album: Ravie Nuage – 청춘
Best Pop Song: BIGBANG – “Loser”
Best Dance & Electronic Album: Trampauline – Marginal
Best Dance & Electronic Song: Flash Flood Darlings – “별 (Byeol)”
Best Rap & Hip Hop Album: E SENS – The Anecdote
Best Rap & Hip Hop Song: Deepflow – “작두” (feat. Nucksal, Huckleberry P)
Best R&B & Soul Album: Samuel Seo – Frameworks
Best R&B & Soul Song: Dean – “풀어 (Pour Up)” (feat. Zico)
Best Jazz Album: BuYoung Lee – Little Star
Best Crossover Album: The NEQ – Passing of Illusion
Best Jazz & Crossover Performance: Eungmin Cho – Oriental Fairy Tale
Committee’s Choice: Park Je Chun
Achievement Award: Kim Hee Gab
The Netizens’ Choice winners were announced a week prior.
Netizens’ Choice, Male Artist: JYP
Netizens’ Choice, Female Artist: IU
Netizens’ Choice, Group: BIGBANG
For some background information on the main category winners, see the KMA2016 nominees introductions posts:
The full list of nominees was announced end of January.
umm sorry for being salty… i mean, congrats to big bang and i agree “bae bae” is quiet exceptional, but seriously, “loser”? the pop song list is kinda limited, but “spring girls” or “twenty three” should have been the winner imo.
congrats to all winners anyway!
Sunwoo Jung-A was my favorite as well! But I’d say at least it’s better with “Loser” than the JYP’s song, which would’ve been the more likely winner considering it’s Song of the Year nomination.