K Pop is named as a short form of Korean popular music that is part of South Korea.
Nowadays Pop does not just belong to South Korea, it has become a part of the world.
K Pop is generally a South Korean music industry that has many genres such as melodies, visually stunning music, and many more. Korean music never fails to attract the youth of the world and thus it gained huge attention and fandom for the kind of music it produces. This K Pop has many bands( group of people who forms a team and sings together) in it which has a lot of fan following and fan bases.
Awards and Recognitions of K Pop
1. Mnet Asian Music Awards
This is the biggest music award festival that will be conducted every year by an entertainment company called CJ ENM. This award festival selects musicians from all around Asia. This award function is played on Mnet and is conducted in Seoul in south Korea. This award function when first conducted in South Korea most of the awards were won by South Korean K Pop stars, though a few other popular Asian music stars also won a few awards but most of them were won by K Pop artists.
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2. Seoul Music Awards
This Seoul Music Award festival is generally a Korean-based Music award show that is hosted by Newspaper Sports Seoul. For these awards, they choose winners based on many categories including the most popular among the audience, the best fan base, and many more bases. The most popular award in this award is the Grand Prize.
3. Golden Disc Awards
Golden Disc Awards is one of the most popular awards in South Korea. The purpose of the Golden Disc Awards is to recognize and appreciate the talent of the artists in the music they make. Appreciation is given in the form of awards with different categories like Album of the Year, Best Album, Digital Song of the Year, and Best Digital Song. There will be many groups participating in the event and making it fun to watch. Live performances and award presentations are seen at this event.
4. Melon Music Award
This is the biggest music award festival that will be conducted every year by an entertainment company called Kakao. This award function when it started was conducted online through its online music store called Melon Music Store.
This award show has a system of selecting its winners by fan votes. After a few years, these awards started to be conducted offline.
5. Korean Music Awards
This popular Korean Music Award generally conducted once a year mainly concentrates on both mainstream and underground Music artists.
Most Korean music shows generally give awards to winners based on the popularity, fanbase, sales the bands make, and many more but this is the only Award functioSouthsouth Korea that chooses its winners by a panel of judges, music critics, and many people who have profound knowledge in the music field.
6. Goan Chart Music Awards
Gaon Chart Music Award is presented to K-pop idols for their talent in the music industry. These awards are given in recognition of the music they make and to appreciate their contribution to the music field. It was started in 2011 and has been continuing till today. Live performances can be witnessed in the event. Categories like New Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year,etc. The ultimate goal of this award is to encourage the talent and efforts of the idols they put to make music.
7. Hanteo Music Awards-
Hanteo Music Awards is a music award function conducted once a year and is organized by Hanteo Global. These awards when started were hosted online due to the reduced spreading of COVID-19 but once after that, they started hosting these awards offline.
This award chooses its winners based on many categories such as the kind of music they produce like their physical music, digital music, fanbase, popularity, and many more.
8. K-World Dream Awards
This popular South Korean award function started as the Soribada Best K Music Awards. The award show was stopped due to a few incidents that took place in Soribada, but it was resumed as the K-Global Heart Dream Awards. After a few years, it was again named the K-World Dream Awards. These awards are hosted by a digital Music platform to rejoice and celebrate South Korean music culture.
9. Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards
Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards has a category of K-Pop where the artists will be awarded for their contribution to promoting Korean culture. Some of the K-pop groups that promote Korean culture and have received awards are EXO, BTS, BLACKPINK, etc. This award ceremony happens every year in October or November. Categories in this award event include Order of cultural merit, Presidential commendation, etc. These are presented to recognize their talent and hard work to promote their culture on various platforms.
10. Fact Music Awards
Fact Music Awards is a ceremony in Korea where artists are given appreciation in the form of awards for their contribution to the industry. Fans are supposed to vote for their favorite artists through apps, and based on the results, the winners are selected. The categories that are included are Artist of the Year, song of the Year, best group, and best solo artist. The artists receive their awards and show their happiness to their fans. Live performances will also be done on the day of the awards ceremony.
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Final Words-
These are some of the best K Pop awards and recognitions that everyone should know about, still there many award shows are established by South Korea to celebrate K Pop in the world, and these days K Pop is attracting most of the youth with their music albums.
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