| 2024 Korea Grand Music Awards | ||||
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| Date | November 16–17, 2024 | |||
| Location | Inspire Arena, Incheon, South Korea | |||
| Country | South Korea | |||
| Hosted by | Nam Ji-hyun Hanni (Day 1) Winter (Day 2) | |||
| Organised by | Ilgan Sports | |||
| Most awards | Lee Chan-won (5) | |||
| Website | kgma-is | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | Kiswe Wavve | |||
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The 2024 Korea Grand Music Awards (Korean: 2024 코리아 그랜드 뮤직 어워즈; RR: 2024 Koria geuraendeu myujik owojeu) was an awards ceremony held on November 16–17, 2024, at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. It honour the best in South Korean music released between June 2023 and July 2024. The event was hosted by Nam Ji-hyun, Hanni, and Winter.
Lee Chan-won won five awards at the event, with Aespa following with four awards, including two Daesang.
Criteria
The criteria for the awards were announced on the official website of the awards show.
| Category | Jury Score | Record sales (Streaming/Album Sales) |
IS Media Points | Online voting |
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| Grand Prize | 40% | 60% | — | |
| Grand Honor's Choice | 100% | — | ||
| Categories by Artist | 20% | 45% | 35% | |
| Categories by Song | 50% | 50% | — | |
| Best Selling Album & Most Streamed Song | — | 100% | — | |
| Popularity Awards | — | 100% | ||
| Special Awards | — | 100% | — | |
| Data Sources: Circle Chart (Streaming/Album Sales); Caliverse, Diggus, and Fancast (Voting Data) | ||||
Performers
The lineup was revealed gradually from October to November, with the final announcement made on November 10.
Day 1 (November 16)
| Artist(s) | Song(s) Performed |
|---|---|
| (G)I-dle | "Wife" "Klaxon" |
| Bibi | "Bam Yang Gang" "Derre" |
| D.O. | "Popcorn" |
| JD1 | "Loop of Love" "Be Responsible" |
| Lee Mu-jin | "Episode" "Coming of Age Story" |
| Lee Young-ji | "Small Girl" (with D.O.) "Witch" "Smoke" |
| NewJeans | "Right Now" "Bubble Gum" "How Sweet" "Supernatural" |
| P1Harmony | "Sad Song" "Killin' It" |
| QWER | "Fake Idol" "T.B.H" |
| STAYC | "GPT" "Cheeky Icy Thang" |
| Taemin | "Heaven" "Sexy In the Air" "Guilty" |
| TVXQ! | "Rebel" "Rising Sun" "Keep Your Head Down" "Mirotic" |
| Yoo Hwe-seung | "I Think I Did" |
| Young Tak | "Form" "SuperSuper" |
| Zerobaseone | "Insomnia" "Sunday Ride" "Good So Bad" |
Day 2 (November 17)
| Artist(s) | Song(s) Performed |
|---|---|
| Aespa | "Whiplash" "Supernova" "Armageddon" |
| Ateez | "Work" "Ice on My Teeth" |
| Class:y | "Psycho and Beautiful" |
| Day6 | "Welcome to the Show" "Melt Down" |
| Fifty Fifty | "Cupid" "SOS" "Gravity" |
| JO1 | "Where Do We Go" "Love Seeker" |
| Lee Chan-won | "A Travel to the Sky" "Masterpiece" |
| NCT Wish | "Wish" "Steady" |
| NiziU | "Believe" |
| Nowadays | "Why Not?" |
| Riize | "Boom Boom Bass" "Love 119" "Impossible" |
| Song Ga-in | "Mom Arirang" |
| Treasure | "I Want Your Love" "Mmm" |
| Unis | "Curious" |
| Winter | "Spark" |
| Yuqi | "Freak" "Radio (Dum Dum)" |
Winners and nominees
Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.
Grand Prize
| Grand Artist (Daesang) |
Grand Performer (Daesang) |
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| Grand Record (Daesang) |
Grand Song (Daesang) |
| Grand Honor's Choice (Daesang) | |
Main Awards
| Best Artist 10 | Best Song 10 | ||||
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List of nominees
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| Best Adult Contemporary | Best Band | ||||
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| Best Hip-Hop | Best R&B | ||||
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| Best OST | Best Memory | ||||
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| Best Group | Best Rock Ballad | ||||
| Best Solo Artist | Best Stage | ||||
Popularity awards
The categories for the popularity awards were announced in May 2024, with voting starting the same month and running until November 9. The voting process was divided into three phases: monthly voting from May to September 2024, the first and second rounds from September 12 to October 20, and the final round from October 22 to November 9. Voting was conducted through three apps: Caliverse, Diggus, and Fancast.
| Trend of the Year – K-pop Group | Trend of the Year – K-pop Solo | ||||
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List of nominees
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List of nominees | ||||
| Trend of the Year – Trot Star | Trend of the Year – Trot Rookie | ||||
List of nominees
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| CALIVERSE, Transcendent Artist of the Year | DIGGUS Digging Artist | ||||
| Fan Vote Rookie – Female | Fan Vote Rookie – Male | ||||
| Lullua × Fancast Best Popularity | |||||
Special awards
| Best Selling Album | Best Producer |
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| IS Rising Star | IS Rookies |
| K-pop Global Artist | K-pop Global Rookies |
| K-pop Legendary Artist | Most Streamed Song |
| Photogenic | |
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Notes
- Consists of Grand Artist, Grand Record, and Grand Song
- Consists of Best Group, Best Rock Ballad, Best Solo Artist, and Best Stage
- Consists of Best Adult Contemporary, Best Artist 10, Best Band, Best Hip-Hop, Best Memory, Best OST, Best R&B, and Best Song 10
- Consists of Caliverse Transcendent Artist of the Year, DIGGUS Digging Artist, Fan Vote Rookie, Lullua × Fancast Best Popularity, and Trend of the Year
- Consists of Best Producer, IS Rising Star, IS Rookies, K-pop Global Artist, K-pop Global Rookies, K-pop Legendary Artist, and Photogenic
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