The Gaon Chart Music Awards (Korean: 가온차트 뮤직 어워드), also known as the Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards, is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea by the national music record chart Gaon Music Chart.
Gaon Chart Music Awards | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in music |
Country | South Korea |
Presented by | Korea Music Content Industry Association (Gaon) |
First awarded | 2011 |
Website | http://www.gaonmusicawards.co.kr/ |
Since 2017, the ceremony has been broadcast live worldwide via Mnet and V Live.
Host venues
Bout | Year | Date | Host City | Venue | Host |
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1st | 2011 | February 22, 2012 | Seoul, South Korea | Blue Square Samsung Card Hall | Taeyeon and Joo Young-hoon |
2nd | 2012 | February 13, 2013 | Olympic Hall | Gain and Joo Young-hoon | |
3rd | 2013 | February 12, 2014 | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | Yuri and Oh Sang-jin | |
4th | 2014 | January 28, 2015 | Leeteuk and Hyeri | ||
5th | 2015 | February 17, 2016 | Olympic Hall | Leeteuk and Yura | |
6th | 2016 | February 22, 2017 | Jamsil Arena | Leeteuk and Solar | |
7th | 2017 | February 14, 2018 | Leeteuk and Dahyun | ||
8th | 2018 | January 23, 2019 | Kim Jong-kook and Nancy | ||
9th | 2019 | January 8, 2020 | Leeteuk and Lia | ||
10th | 2020 | January 13, 2021 | CJ E&M Center | Leeteuk, Lia, Jae Jae and Joo Young-hoon |
Awards
Artist of the Year – Physical
Bout | Year | Winners | |||
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1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | ||
1st | 2011 | TVXQ | Beast | Super Junior | Girls' Generation |
2nd | 2012 | Big Bang | Girls' Generation-TTS | Super Junior | TVXQ |
3rd | 2013 | Girls' Generation | Cho Yong-pil | Exo | |
4th | 2014 | TVXQ | Exo | Super Junior | |
5th | 2015 | Exo | Super Junior | Exo | |
6th | 2016 | Got7 | Exo | BTS | |
7th | 2017 | BTS | Seventeen | BTS | Wanna One |
8th | 2018 | Wanna One | BTS | Exo | |
9th | 2019 | Seventeen | BTS | Seventeen | Exo |
10th | 2020 | BTS | Baekhyun | Seventeen | BTS |
Artist of the Year – Digital Music
Bout | Year | Awardees | |||||
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January | February | March | April | May | June | ||
1st | 2011 | Secret | IU | K.Will | Big Bang | 2NE1 | Secret |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
T-ara | Leessang | Davichi | Lee Seung Gi | Wonder Girls | IU | ||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
2nd | 2012 | T-ara | Big Bang | Busker Busker | Girls' Generation-TTS | Wonder Girls | |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
2NE1 | Psy | Jung Eun-ji & Seo In-guk | Gain | Lee Hi | Lee Seung Gi | ||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
3rd | 2013 | Girls' Generation | Sistar19 | Davichi | Psy | 4Minute | Sistar |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
Dynamic Duo | San E | Soyou & Mad Clown | IU | Miss A | Seo In-guk & Zia | ||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
4th | 2014 | Girl's Day | Soyou & Junggigo | 2NE1 | AKMU | g.o.d | Taeyang |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
San E & Raina | Park Bo-ram | Sistar | Kim Dong-ryool | MC Mong | Apink | ||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
5th | 2015 | Mad Clown | Naul | MC Mong | Miss A | Big Bang | |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
Big Bang | iKon | Taeyeon | Zico | Psy | |||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
6th | 2016 | GFriend | Mamamoo | Jang Beom-june | Twice | Urban Zakapa | Sistar |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
Wonder Girls | Blackpink | Im Chang-jung | Twice | Blackpink | Big Bang | ||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
7th | 2017 | AKMU | Twice | IU | Psy | G-Dragon | |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
Exo | Sunmi | Sechs Kies | Epik High | Wanna One | Twice | ||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
8th | 2018 | iKon | Roy Kim | Big Bang | Twice | Bolbbalgan4 | Blackpink |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
Twice | Red Velvet | Im Chang-jung | IU | Jennie | Ben | ||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
9th | 2019 | MC the Max | Hwasa | Taeyeon | Bolbbalgan4 | Davichi | Jang Hye-jin and Yoon Min-soo |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
Ben | Sunmi | AKMU | MC Mong | IU | Red Velvet | ||
Bout | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June |
10th | 2020 | Zico | BTS | MC the Max | Oh My Girl | IU X Suga | Blackpink |
July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
Zico | BTS | ChungHa X Christopher | Blackpink | BTS |
New Artist of the Year
Bout | Year | Awardees | |||
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Male Group | Female Group | Male Solo | Female Solo | ||
1st | 2011 | B1A4 | Apink | Huh Gak | Kim Bo kyung |
2nd | 2012 | B.A.P | Hello Venus | John Park | Ailee |
3rd | 2013 | BTS | Ladies' Code | Jung Joon-young | Lim Kim |
4th | 2014 | Winner | Mamamoo | — | — |
5th | 2015 | iKon | GFriend | — | — |
6th | 2016 | NCT 127 | Blackpink | — | — |
7th | 2017 | Wanna One | — | Woo Won-jae | — |
8th | 2018 | Stray Kids | (G)I-dle & Iz*One | Haon | — |
9th | 2019 | TXT | Itzy | — | — |
10th | 2020 | Enhypen | Aespa | — | — |
Discovery of the Year
Bout | Year | Winners (Category) | |||||
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Hip-Hop | Indie | R&B | Ballad | Trot | Group | ||
1st | 2011 | — | The Koxx | Noel | — | — | Girl's Day |
2nd | 2012 | Double K | 3rd Line Butterfly | — | — | — | — |
3rd | 2013 | — | Rose Motel | — | — | — | — |
4th | 2014 | Epik High | — | — | — | — | — |
5th | 2015 | Song Min-ho | Hyukoh | Zion.T | — | Lee Ae Ran | — |
6th | 2016 | BewhY | Bolbbalgan4 | Dean | Han Dong-geun | — | — |
7th | 2017 | Changmo | MeloMance | Heize | Hwang Chi-yeul | — | — |
8th | 2018 | — | — | Punch | Ben | — | — |
9th | 2019 | — | — | — | Kassy | — | N.Flying |
10th | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Young Tak | — |
Music Steady Seller of the Year
Bout | Year | Awardee | Song |
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3rd | 2013 | Girl's Day | "Expectation" |
4th | 2014 | Soyou & Junggigo | "Some" |
5th | 2015 | Naul | "You in The Same Time" |
6th | 2016 | MC the Max | "No Matter Where" |
7th | 2017 | IU | "Through the Night" |
8th | 2018 | iKon | "Love Scenario" |
9th | 2019 | Paul Kim | "Me After You" |
10th | 2020 | IU | "Blueming" |
Retail Album of the Year
Bout | Year | Awardee | Album |
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9th | 2019 | BTS | "Map of the Soul: Persona" |
10th | 2020 | BTS | "Map of the Soul: 7" |
Top Kit Seller of the Year
Bout | Year | Awardee | Album |
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9th | 2019 | Exo | "Obsession" |
10th | 2020 | NCT | "NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1" |
Popular Singer of the Year
Bout | Year | Winner | Song |
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3rd | 2013 | Roy Kim & Jung Joon-young | "Becoming Dust" |
4th | 2014 | Im Chang-jung | "A Glass of Soju" |
5th | 2015 | So Chan Whee | "Tears" |
6th | 2016 | MC the Max | "No Matter Where" |
7th | 2017 | Yoon Jong-shin | "Like It" |
8th | 2018 | Jang Deok Cheol | "Good Old Days" |
9th | 2019 | Lim Jae Hyun | "If There Was Practice in Love" |
10th | 2020 | Hwang in-wook | "Phocha" |
International Song of the Year
Bout | Year | Winner | Song |
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1st | 2011 | Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera | "Moves like Jagger"[1] |
2nd | 2012 | Maroon 5 | "Payphone" |
3rd | 2013 | DJ Gollum | "The Bad Touch" |
4th | 2014 | Maroon 5 | "Maps" |
5th | 2015 | Adele | "Hello" |
6th | 2016 | Maroon 5 | "Don't Wanna Know" |
7th | 2017 | Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" |
8th | 2018 | Camila Cabello | "Havana" |
9th | 2019 | Anne-Marie | "2002" |
Composer/Lyricist of the Year
Bout | Year | Winners | |
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Composer | Lyricist | ||
1st | 2011 | Yoon Il-sang | Kim Eana |
2nd | 2012 | Teddy | Kim Eana |
3rd | 2013 | Duble Sidekick | Kim Eana |
4th | 2014 | Min Yeon-jae | Kim Do-Hoon |
5th | 2015 | Black Eyed Pilseung | Kim Eana |
6th | 2016 | Black Eyed Pilseung | Jo Yoon Kyung |
7th | 2017 | Pdogg | IU |
8th | 2018 | Teddy | Seo Ji Eum |
9th | 2019 | Black Eyed Pilseung | Min Yeon Jae |
10th | 2020 | Pop Time | IU |
Performers of the Year
Bout | Year | Winners | |
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Backup Vocal | Instrumental | ||
1st | 2011 | Kim Hyun-a | Kang Soo-ho |
2nd | 2012 | Kim Hyo-soo | Shin Hyun-kwon |
3rd | 2013 | Gil Eun-kyung | Tommy Kim |
4th | 2014 | Kang Tae-woo | Jang-hyeok |
5th | 2015 | Lee Tae-yoon | Kang Sung-ho |
6th | 2016 | Kim Ryeong | Lee Seong-yeol & Choi Tae-wan |
7th | 2017 | Kang Tae-woo | Lee Seung-yeob |
8th | 2018 | Jun Jae Hee | Kim Mi-jung & Shin Sang-won |
9th | 2019 | Joo Chan Yang | Choi Hun |
10th | 2020 | KREEZE | Jung Jae-pil (YOUNG) |
Style of the Year
Bout | Year | Winners | |
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Choreographer | Stylist | ||
1st | 2011 | Prepix | Seo Soo-kyung |
2nd | 2012 | Lee Ju-sun | Song Jeong-ok |
3rd | 2013 | Yama & Hot Chicks | Jung Bo-yoon |
4th | 2014 | Choreography Team DQ | Park Seo-hyun, Choi Ji-hyang |
5th | 2015 | Yama & Hot Chicks | Ji Eunie |
6th | 2016 | Son Sung Deuk | Choi Hee Sun |
7th | 2017 | Lia Kim | Kim Ye-jin, Choi Kyung-won |
8th | 2018 | Son Sung Deuk | Ji Eunie |
9th | 2019 | Choi Ri An | Choi Hee Sun |
10th | 2020 | Son Sung Deuk | Kim Bal-ko & Park Min-hee |
Record Production of the Year
Bout | Year | Winner | Record |
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7th | 2017 | Fave Entertainment | IU – "Through the Night" |
8th | 2018 | iKon | iKon – "Love Scenario" |
9th | 2019 | MNH Entertainment | Chungha – "Gotta Go" |
10th | 2020 | Ambition Musik | Changmo - "Meteor" |
Social Hot Star of the Year
Bout | Year | Winner |
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9th | 2019 | BTS |
10th | 2020 | Blackpink |
K-pop Contribution Award / Lifetime Achievement Award
Bout | Year | Winner |
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1st | 2011 | Lee Soo-man |
2nd | 2012 | Hong Seung-sung |
3rd | 2013 | Cho Yong-pil |
4th | 2014 | Shin Hae-chul |
6th | 2016 | Sechs Kies |
7th | 2017 | Yoon Jong-shin |
8th | 2018 | BTS |
10th | 2020 | Lee Soo-man |
Hot Performance of the Year
Bout | Year | Winner |
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3rd | 2013 | Apink |
4th | 2014 | AOA |
5th | 2015 | Red Velvet |
VIXX | ||
6th | 2016 | Seventeen |
Infinite | ||
7th | 2017 | NU'EST W |
Got7 | ||
8th | 2018 | Seventeen |
9th | 2019 | NCT Dream |
Chungha | ||
10th | 2020 | Iz*One |
Stray Kids |
World K-pop Star
Bout | Year | Winner |
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3rd | 2013 | 2NE1 |
4th | 2014 | Kara |
5th | 2015 | BTS |
6th | 2016 | Shinee |
7th | 2017 | Got7 |
8th | 2018 | Seventeen |
9th | 2019 | Monsta X |
10th | 2020 | NCT |
World K-Pop Rookie
Bout | Year | Winners | |
---|---|---|---|
3rd | 2013 | B.A.P | — |
4th | 2014 | BTS | — |
5th | 2015 | Seventeen | AOA |
7th | 2017 | — | Blackpink |
8th | 2018 | The Boyz | Momoland |
9th | 2019 | Stray Kids | (G)I-dle |
10th | 2020 | Ateez | Itzy |
International Rising Star of the Year
Bout | Year | Winner |
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6th | 2016 | Charlie Puth |
7th | 2017 | Shawn Mendes |
9th | 2019 | Billie Eilish |
10th | 2020 | Tones and I |
Mubeat Choice Award
Bout | Year | Winners | |
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Male | Female | ||
10th | 2020 | Lim Young-woong | Blackpink |
Discontinued awards
Mobile Vote Popularity Award
Bout | Year | Winner |
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3rd | 2013 | Exo |
4th | 2014 | Exo |
5th | 2015 | Exo |
6th | 2016 | Sehun |
Exo | ||
7th | 2017 | Taeyeon |
Wanna One |
Special Awards
Bout | Year | Awards | Winner |
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1st | 2011 | Oricon Special Award | Girls' Generation |
2nd | 2012 | Hallyu Special Award | CNBLUE |
4th | 2014 | Weibo Kpop Star Award | Super Junior |
5th | 2015 | Weibo Kpop Star Award | Sehun |
Most Influential Group of Asia | Big Bang | ||
6th | 2016 | V Live Global Popularity Award | BTS |
Hot Trend Award
Bout | Year | Winners | |
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2nd | 2012 | Apink | — |
3rd | 2013 | Crayon Pop | — |
4th | 2014 | Block B | EXID |
5th | 2015 | B.A.P | Baek A Yeon |
Producer of the Year
Bout | Year | Winner |
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1st | 2011 | Kim Kwang-soo (Core Contents Media) |
2nd | 2012 | Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment) |
3rd | 2013 | Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment) |
4th | 2014 | Kim Shi-dae (Starship Entertainment) |
5th | 2015 | Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment) |
6th | 2016 | Bang Si-hyuk (Big Hit Entertainment) |
New Media Platform
Bout | Year | Winners | |
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1st | 2011 | YouTube | |
Daum | |||
3rd | 2013 | Bugs! | |
4th | 2014 | Kakao Music |
Music Distribution
Bout | Year | Winners | |
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Online | Offline | ||
2nd | 2012 | LOEN Entertainment | KMP Holdings |
3rd | 2013 | CJ E&M Music | |
4th | 2014 | Universal Music |
Sound Engineer of the Year
Bout | Year | Winners |
---|---|---|
1st | 2011 | Ko Seung-wook |
2nd | 2012 | Jeon Hoon |
3rd | 2013 | Jo Joon-sung |
References
- ^ "가온차트 뮤직 어워드 − Gaon Chart Music Awards − History". Gaon (Korea Music Content Industry Association). Archived from the original (Select "2011" to uncover the awards presented that year) on November 1, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
External links
- Official website