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Seoul Music Awards
Current: 33rd Seoul Music Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in music
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Sports Seoul
First awarded	1990
Website	seoulmusicawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	KBS N (2013–present) Niconico (2021) Idol Live TV (2022)

The Seoul Music Awards (Korean: 서울가요대상; RR: Seoul Gayo Daesang; SMA) is a major South Korean music awards show presented by the newspaper Sports Seoul. The award winners are selected based on a combination of criteria, including music sales, popular votes, and expert judges' opinions.

The annual ceremony was first held in 1990, when the Grand Prize was awarded to singer Byun Jin-sub. Boy group BTS is the most-awarded artist, having won 26 awards; they are also tied with Exo for the most Grand Prizes won, with four each.

Ceremonies

Categories

• The Grand Prize (also known as the Daesang) is typically awarded to one musical act, with the exception of the 9th awards ceremony, when the Grand Prize was shared by H.O.T. and Sechs Kies, and the 10th awards ceremony, when it was shared by Jo Sung-mo and Fin.K.L. Additionally, at the 29th awards ceremony, two Grand Prizes were awarded: the Album Daesang, which went to BTS, and the Digital Daesang, which went to Taeyeon.
• Main Prizes (also known as Bonsang) are given to several musical acts.
• The winner of the Popularity Award is determined by domestic viewers' votes, while the winner of the K-Wave Special Award is determined by overseas viewers' votes.

Grand Prize (Daesang)

Main Prize (Bonsang)

The list of winners are listed in alphanumeric order.

New Artist Award

Best Album

Best Song

Genre-specific awards

R&B Hip-Hop Award

Ballad Award

Trot Award

Dance Performance Award

Original Soundtrack Award

Band Award

Popularity Award

K-wave Special Award

Discovery of the Year Award

Special awards

Discontinued awards

Rock Award

Folk Award

Music Video Award

Show & Culture Award

Non-performer awards

Directing Award

Producer Award

Composition Award

Lyricist Award

Arrangement Award

Planning Award

Stylist Award

Most wins

The following artist(s) arranged in alphanumeric order has received five or more awards:

Notes

1. The Legend Rookie Prize was a one-off category created in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Seoul Music Awards. A special online poll was held via the SMA website where fans voted for the most memorable rookie artist in the award show's history. The candidate with the most votes was announced at the end of the ceremony on January 31. No physical award was presented to the winner.
2. The Legend Grand Prize was a one-off category created in celebration of the Seoul Music Awards 30th anniversary. A special online poll was held via the SMA website where fans voted for the most memorable Daesang winner in the award show's history. The candidate with the most votes was announced at the end of the ceremony on January 31. No physical award was presented to the winner.

References

Seoul Music Awards official website

• Complete list of winners (1990–2020)

Other references

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)

• Seoul Music Awards
• South Korean music awards
• Awards established in 1990
• 1990 establishments in South Korea
• Annual events in South Korea