Penghargaan Musik Korea ke-18 Mengumumkan Nominasi

Nominasi untuk setiap kategori tercantum di bawah ini:

Album Terbaik Tahun Ini

BTS – “Map of the Soul: 7”
Baek Yerin – “Every letter I sent you.”
Sunwoo JungA – “Serenade”
LEENALCHI – “SUGUNGGA”
Jeongmilla – “CheongPa Sonata”
Jo Dongik – “Blue Pillow”

Lagu Tahun Ini

BTS – “Dynamite”
Baek Yerin – “Square (2017)”
Sunwoo JungA – “Run With Me”
LEENALCHI – “Tiger is Coming”
Zico – “Any Song”

Artis Tahun Ini

BTS
Baek Yerin
Sunwoo JungA
LEENALCHI
Jeongmilla

Rookie of the Year

Meaningful Stone
DUOXINI
DeVita
Seo Bo-Kyung
Squash Vines

Album Pop Terbaik

The BLANK Shop – “Tailor”
BTS – “Map of the Soul: 7”
Baek Yerin – “Every letter I sent you.”
Baekhyun EXO – “Delight”
Yukika – “SOUL LADY”

Lagu Pop Terbaik

BTS – “Dynamite”
Baek Yerin – “Square (2017)”
IU – “eight”
Oh My Girl – “Dolphin”
Yukika – “SOUL LADY”
Zico – “Any Song”

Album Rock Terbaik

ABTB – “Daydream”
BADLAMB – “Frightful Waves”
Squash Vines – “New World”
Organic Beer – “Trans-Continental Railway”
JuliaDream – “Life and Death”

Lagu Rock Terbaik

ABTB – “Daydream (feat. YoonChul Shin)”
BADLAMB – “Frightful Waves”
H a lot – “We are”
JuliaDream – “El nuevo mundo”
cotoba – “reyn”

Album Rock Modern Terbaik

Gong Joong Geu Neul – “Love Song”
SE SO NEON – “Nonadaptation”
Shin Hae Gyeong – “In Dreams, In Dreams”
Jo Dongik – “Blue Pillow”
Hyukoh – “through love”

Lagu Rock Modern Terbaik

Gong Joong Geu Neul – “Season”
Meaningful Stone – “Bweep Bwoop-Bweep Bwoop”
SE SO NEON – “NAN CHUN”
Shin Hae Gyeong – “Colors of You”
LEENALCHI – “Tiger is Coming”
Hyukoh – “New Born”

Album Metal dan Hardcore Terbaik

Remnants Of The Fallen – “All The Wounded And Broken”
Loss of infection – “Dark dimension”
Messgram – “Cheers For The Failures”
METHKAMEL – “20th Century”
COMBATIVE POST – “Whiteout”

Album Dance dan Elektronik Terbaik

Lofibaby – “Art Museum”
Mogwaa – “Open Mind”
swimrabbit – “POND”
UZA & SHANE – “Classy”
Two Tone Shape – “Fantastic Machines”

Lagu Dance dan Elektronik Terbaik

Mogwaa – “Reflex”
Aseul – “Bye Bye Summer”
IDIOTAPE – “Too Old to Die Young”
Jang Myung Sun – “Remiel”
Two Tone Shape – “The Prophet”

Album Rap dan Hip Hop Terbaik

Nucksal – “1Q87”
Deepflow – “FOUNDER”
B-Free – “FREE THE BEAST”
BILL STAX – “DETOX”
Khundi Panda – “GAROSAWK”

Lagu Rap dan Hip Hop Terbaik

Nucksal – “AKIRA”
MUSHVENOM – “Nice Head”
BILL STAX – “Lonely Stoner”
Swervy – “Mama Lisa”
Khundi Panda – “Nevercomanie

Album R&B dan Soul Terbaik

Cadejo – “FREEBODY”
Samuel Seo – “UNITY II”
Sunwoo JungA – “Serenade”
A.TRAIN – “PAINGREEN”
Chudahye Chagis – “Underneath the Dangsan Tree Tonight”

Lagu R&B dan Soul terbaik

DAMYE – “I’m not your son”
DeVita – “EVITA!”
Sunwoo JungA – “Run With Me”
A.TRAIN – “HURT”
Chudahye Chagis – “Ritual Dance”

Album Rakyat Terbaik

Kim Sawol – “Heaven”
Kim Jae Hyung – “Flex”
Bae Young Gyoung – “Travel Record”
Jeongmilla – “CheongPa Sonata”
Jo Donghee – “Sadness is the shadow of beauty”

Lagu Rakyat Terbaik

Kim Sawol – “Key”
Kim Jae Hyung – “Failure Story”
Kim Chang Wan – “Old Man’s Bench”
Jeongmilla – “The Square”
Jeongmilla – “Departing from Seoul Station”

Album Jazz Terbaik

Sukyung Kim – “Lilac Hill”
MALO – “Song Changsik Song Book”
Seo Bo-Kyung – “INNER MOVIE”
Soojin Suh – “Colorist”
Jung Sumin – “Sense of Agony”
Cho Yoonseung & Kim Sungwon – “Stellive Vol.5 – Blues in the Night”

Album Crossover Terbaik

Gonia – “A Tension”
Gray By Silver – “Eternal Gray”
GaYoung Bae – “Sepia Painting”
LEENALCHI – “SUGUNGGA”
Ji Park – “VRI String Quartet ‘Save The Planet”

Performa Jazz dan Crossover Terbaik

KoHeean Trio – “Live at Jazz First”
Soojin Suh – “Colorist”
Sunjae Lee & Eunyoung Kim & Dayeon Seok – “Pulse Theory”
Jehee – “On The Wind”
Charlie Jung – “Sein’s Blues”

Pemenang Penghargaan Prestasi Khusus: Deulgukhwa

Penghargaan Musik Korea lebih mementingkan album dan lagu daripada artisnya. Alih-alih penjualan, pencapaian musik adalah kriteria utama dalam pemilihan pemenang. Upacara penghargaan ini bertujuan untuk membantu kemajuan musik Korea tanpa menetapkan batasan antara musik mainstream dan non-mainstream.

Pemenang akan diumumkan pada Korean Music Awards ke-18 pada 28 Februari pukul 6 sore KST di Nodeulseom di Seoul. Pengumuman akan disiarkan langsung secara online.