The 2024 Korea Grand Music Awards () 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 IS Media Points Online voting Grand Prize 40% 60% Grand Honor's Choice 100% colspan="3" Categories by Artist 20% 45% 35% Categories by Song 50% 50% Best Selling Album & Most Streamed Song 100% colspan="2" Popularity Awards colspan="3" 100% Special Awards colspan="2" 100%
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" "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) NewJeans Day6 Grand Record (Daesang) Grand Song (Daesang) (G)I-dle Aespa – "Supernova" Grand Honor's Choice (Daesang) Aespa Ateez Zerobaseone
Main awards Best Artist 10 Best Song 10 (G)I-dle D.O. Jeong Dong-won Lee Young-ji NewJeans P1Harmony STAYC Taemin Young Tak Zerobaseone Aespa – "Supernova" Ateez – "Crazy Form" Day6 – "Welcome to the Show" Lee Chan-won – "A Travel to the Sky" Lim Young-woong – "Warmth" NCT Dream – "Smoothie" Riize – "Love 119" Seventeen – "Maestro" Stray Kids – "Chk Chk Boom" Treasure – "King Kong" Best Adult Contemporary Best Band Lee Chan-won Song Ga-in Young Tak Cho Hang-jo Cho Myung-Seop Cho Young-nam Ha Choon-hwa Hong Ji-yun Jang Min-ho Jeon Yu-jin Jeong Dong-won Kim Tae-yeon Kim Hee-Jae Na Hoon-a Na Tae-ju Oh Yu-jin Park Seo-jin Day6 QWER Band Nah Eclipse F.T. Island Lucy N.Flying Nerd Connection Plave Silica Gel Wave to Earth Xdinary Heroes Best Hip-Hop Best R&B Lee Young-ji Ash Island B.I Beenzino Be'O Bobby Choi Nak-ta Crucial Star Dok2 Dynamic Duo E Sens Ghvstclub Han Yo-han I.M J-Hope Kid Milli Leellamarz Paul Blanco Penomeco Plave Sik-K Stray Kids Zico Bibi D.O. Bang Ye-dam Bol4 Car, the Garden Chuu Heize Hynn Jo Yu-ri Kassy KCM Kim Feel Kim Se-jong Kyung Seo Lee Jin-ah Lee Seok-hoon Sunwoo Jung-a Wheein Yonghwa Best OST Best Memory Yoo Hwe-seung – "I Think I Did" Bang Ye-dam – "My All" BSS – "The Reasons of My Smiles" Crush – "Love You with All My Heart" DK – "Short Hair" Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" Ha Sung-woon – "Gift" Jeong Dong-won – "Scattered Seasons" Jongho – "A Day" Jung Joon-il – "A Song for You" Kang Min-kyung – "Lasting Like the Last Day" Kassy – "Broke Up Today" Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" Lee Mu-jin & Sole – "She Is" Lucy – "I'll Find You" MeloMance – "My Days" Miyeon – "The Painted on the Moonlight" N.Flying – "Star" Norazo – "Double of Nothing" Sandeul – "You're Living Like the Season" Standing Egg – "You're Precious" Suho – "Forever" Taeyeon – "Dream" Winter – "The First Moment" Yang Yo-seob – "Unforgettable Love" Yim Si-wan – "Take Me Home" Young Tak – "Go Your Own Way" Zia – "Like Moon in the Day" Lee Mu-jin & Sole – "She Is" 10cm – "Tiramisu Cake" Aespa – "Regret of the Times" Big Mama – "Happy Me" Gummy – "If You're Gonna Be Like This" Heize – "Where Are You" Huh Gak, Kim Hee-jae, Lee Jin-sung, Lee Mu-jin, Onestar & #Annyeong – "Old Song" Jo Yu-ri – "All About You" Joy & Big Naughty – "My Lips Like Warm Coffee" Kassy – "Broke Up Today" Kim Jae-hwan – "For Couples Who Just Met" Kim Min-seok – "You We're Beautiful" Kim Sung-kyu – "I Am Sorry, I Hate You" Kwon Jin-ah – "You're Different" Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" Lim Jae-hyun – "Rhapsody of Sadness" MeloMance – "Between Love and Freindship" Nerd Connection – "If I Have You Only" Seo Eun-kwang – "The Man" Shion – "Time Spent Walking Through Memories" Solar – "Love Has Gone" Yoo Hwe-seung – "I Think I Did"
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 Unis V Trend of the Year – Trot Star Trend of the Year – Trot Rookie Lee Chan-won Park Ji-hyeon CALIVERSE, Transcendent Artist of the Year DIGGUS Digging Artist Young Tak Lee Chan-won Fan Vote Rookie – Female Fan Vote Rookie – Male NiziU Artms Babymonster Fifty Fifty Illit Kiss of Life Loossemble Unis TripleS Riize ARrC BoyNextDoor Evnne Fantasy Boys JD1 Lun8 N.SSign NCT Wish Nexz One Pact TIOT TWS WHIB Xikers Lullua × Fancast Best Popularity Lee Chan-won Taemin
Special awards Best Selling Album Best Producer Seventeen – Seventeenth Heaven Tak Young-jun (SM Entertainment) IS Rising Star IS Rookies Fifty Fifty Jeong Dong-won NCT Wish Nowadays Unis K-pop Global Artist K-pop Global Rookies JO1 NiziU Me:I K-pop Legendary Artist Most Streamed Song TVXQ! Aespa – "Supernova" Best Group Best Rock Ballad Riize Lee Mu-jin Best Solo Artist Best Stage Taemin Yuqi Treasure Photogenic Class:y Seo Eve
Multiple awards The following artist(s) received two or more awards:
Count Artist(s)5Lee Chan-won 4 Aespa3 Day6 RiizeTaeminYoung Tak 2 (G)I-dle Ateez D.O.Jeong Dong-won Lee Mu-jinLee Young-ji NewJeans NiziU Seventeen Treasure UnisZerobaseone
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