We’re nearing the end of 2018 already and the season of awards shows and year end festivals has begun!
Coming back after a year of hiatus, BLACKPINK presented us their first new mini album ‘SQUARE UP’ with title song ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ and b-side tracks ‘Forever young’, ‘Really’, and ‘See U Later’ which broke numerous records and achieved relative digital + physical album sales success both domestically and internationally. With these, we believe the girls will get nominations and attend some of these events. And so, we prepared this post to provide information you need to know about these ceremonies as well as the categories BLACKPINK is nominated for and its respective criteria breakdown. Tutorials on how to vote for our girls and help them win those trophies are also compiled into this post. (Click the index links directly below this paragraph to jump immediately to the awards show you are looking for.)
I. 2018 MBC Plus x Genie Music Awards (MGA)
II. 2018 Asia Artist Awards (AAA)
III. 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)
IV. 2018 MelOn Music Awards (MMA)
V. 2018 Korean Popular Music Awards (KPMA)
VI. 33rd Golden Disc Awards (GDA)
VII. 28th Seoul Music Awards (SMA)
VIII. 8th Gaon Chart KPOP Awards
✅ 2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards (MGA)
ABOUT
MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards or MGA will be a new awards show by MBC Plus and Genie Music which will feature impactful performances form top K-pop artists as well as collaborations with foreign artists. It also promises strong credibility with a clear awardee selection process and exact criteria. There will not be an excess of award categories to give awards to everyone. MGA will be held for the first time this year 2018. Source
NOMINATIONS
Songs released from October 1, 2017 ~ September 30, 2018 are eligible for the award ceremony and BLACKPINK is nominated in 5 categories! The nominations were chosen based on Genie Music’s chart data during this time period.
✨Female Group Award
CRITERIA: 30% votes, 30% digital song scores, 20% judge panel, 20% social media
✨Dance Track (Female) for “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
CRITERIA: 20% votes, 40% digital song scores, 20% judge panel, 20% social media
✨Artist of the Year
CRITERIA: 30% votes, 30% digital song scores, 20% judge panel, 20% social media
✨Song of the Year for “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
CRITERIA: 20% votes, 40% digital song scores, 20% judge panel, 20% social media
✨Genie Music Popularity Award
CRITERIA: 100% votes
ONLINE VOTING INFO & TUTORIAL
Voting Period: October 1-31, 2018
Eligible to vote: Only verified accounts or those accounts who were able to provide a Korean phone number or identification/iPin upon verification are allowed to vote. 1 vote per category per day for free/regular members while 3 votes per category per day for members with paid subscriptions.
International fans can, however, vote on 2018 MGA [IDOLCHAMP Global Popularity Award]. See tutorial below via @jisoolip
Check out the rest of the criteria below!
Footnotes:
*Votes by Genie account members
*Digital Scores Source: Genie Music Digital Data
*Judges composed of popular music experts
*SNS based on major domestic & international portal sites (No mention of exact sites)
Daesangs
Artist of the Year
for artists that received the most love from the public during the year
20% votes
40% digital song scores
20% judge panel
20% social media
Song of the Year
for tracks that were well-received in 2018
10% votes
50% digital album scores
20% judge panel
20% social media
Best Selling Artist of the Year
for artists who released the most albums for the year and accumulated great results
10% votes
50% digital song scores
20% judge panel
20% social media
Digital Album of the Year of the Year
for popular digital albums that received high marks for each track
10% votes
50% digital album scores
20% judge panel
20% social media
Special Award
Genie Music Popularity Award – 100% votes
Artist Category Awards
(Male Artist Award, Female Artist Award, Male Group Award, Female Group Award, Male Rookie Award, Female Rookie Award, Discovery of the Year)
30% votes
30% digital song scores
20% judge panel
20% social media
Song Genre Awards
(Dance Track (Male), Dance Track (Female), Vocal Track (Male), Vocal Track (Female), Rap/Hip Hop Music Award, Band Music Award, OST Award)
20% votes
40% digital song scores
20% judge panel
20% social media
2018 Asia Artist Awards (AAA)
ABOUT
Asia Artist Awards is the first-ever award which selects artists from both K-Pop and K-Drama and K-Movie for the year, based on their performance who excelled in Korea as well as in Asian region. Source
- WHEN: November 28, 2018 (WED)
- WHERE: Incheon Namdong Gymnastics Stadium
- HOST: Starnews
- MORE INFO: Site
ONLINE VOTING INFO & TUTORIAL
Pre-voting ended last October 12th with BLACKPINK entering the Top 50 list, placing at #6.
Primary (1st Round) voting ended last October 31st without BLACKPINK entering the Top 10 list, therefore, not moving forward to the 2nd Round.
2018 Mnet Asia Music Awards (MAMA)
ABOUT
The Mnet Asian Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as MAMA) is one of the major K-pop music awarding ceremonies held annually by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, involving the participation of some of the most well-known actors and celebrities, not only in South Korea, but also in other countries such as China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong), Japan, Canada and United States as well. Source
- Date & Location:
- December 10,2018 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, Korea
- The Performances for New Artists in Korea and Asia.
- Red Carpet : 5PM(TBD/KST)
- Award Ceremony : 7PM(TBD/KST)
- December 12,2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan
- The Awards Ceremony and Performances for Artists chosen by the fans all over the world.
- Red Carpet : 5PM(TBD/JST)
- Award Ceremony : 7PM(TBD/JST)
- December 14,2018 at Asia-World Expo in Hong Kong
- The Awards Ceremony and Performances for remarkable artists this year over the generations and genres.
MAMA Dream of MUSIC MAKES ONE in next 10 years - Red Carpet : 5PM(TBD/HKT)
- Award Ceremony : 7PM(TBD/HKT)
- The Awards Ceremony and Performances for remarkable artists this year over the generations and genres.
- December 10,2018 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, Korea
- MORE INFO: Site
NOMINATIONS
✨Best Female Group
‘Best Female Group Awardee’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 20% Mwave Online Voting
Vote online via http://mama.mwave.me/en/vote from November 1~30, 2018. - 30% MAMA Expert Judges (International + local)
- 30% Music Sales
Data from GAON - 20% Record Sales
Data from GAON
✨Best Dance Performance Female Group – DDU-DU DDU-DU
‘Best Dance Performance Female Group Awardee’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 20% Mwave Online Voting
Vote online via http://mama.mwave.me/en/vote from November 1~30, 2018. - 40% MAMA Expert Judges (International + local)
- 30% Music Sales
Data from GAON - 10% Record Sales
Data from GAON
✨TikTok Best Music Video – DDU-DU DDU-DU
‘TikTok Best Music Video Awardee’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 20% Mwave Online Voting
Vote online via http://mama.mwave.me/en/vote from November 1~30, 2018. - 40% MAMA Expert Judges (International + local)
- 30% Music Sales
Data from GAON - 10% Record Sales
Data from GAON
✨Song of the Year – DDU-DU DDU-DU
‘Song of the Year’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 20% Mwave Online Voting
Vote online via http://mama.mwave.me/en/vote from November 1~30, 2018. - 40% MAMA Expert Judges (International + local)
- 30% Music Sales
Data from GAON - 10% Record Sales
Data from GAON
✨Artist of the Year
‘Artist of the Year’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 20% Mwave Online Voting
Vote online via http://mama.mwave.me/en/vote from November 1~30, 2018. - 30% MAMA Expert Judges (International + local)
- 30% Music Sales
Data from GAON - 20% Record Sales
Data from GAON
ONLINE VOTING INFO & TUTORIAL
Voting Period: November 1, 2018 (THURS) 6:00 PM KST ~ December 9, 2018 (SUN) 11:59PM KST
Eligible Nominees: Songs or albums released between October 18th, 2017 and October 31st, 2018
Other awards and its criteria are as follows:
How to vote?
There are 2 ways to vote! One, through Mwave voting page and another through social media (Twitter) voting~
Social Media (Twitter) Voting
- Use registered account on Twitter, only public account is allowed to vote in a poll.
- Only one vote in a day is allowed per account.
- Your tweet MUST include official hashtag of 2018 MAMA vote, which is #MAMAVOTE and official hashtag of an artist, #ARTISTNAME, when voting.
- Retweeting acceptable tweets from other accounts is accepted.
- Tweets with hashtags at multiple artists at the same time are not accepted.
- Tweets using private, bot, ghost accounts are not accepted.
- Tweets that violate Twitter Rules and Policies are not accepted.
Mwave Online Voting
Voting Page: LINK
Voting Status/Ranking: LINK
Only one vote in a day is allowed per account.
1.
Sign Up/In with your SNS Account.
2.
Vote HERE. You need to vote in all categories for your vote to be valid.
3.
You’ll get a chance to ‘Review’ your votes and change them if you like. Once satisfied, click ‘COMPLETE 2018 MAMA VOTE SELECT’.
4.
‘Captcha’ dialog box opens up to verify vote. It is required to fill it up to complete voting. After, click ‘SUBMIT’.
5.
You vote is then counted. You can view the realtime voting status HERE
2018 MelOn Music Awards (MMA)
ABOUT
The Melon Music Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea and organized by LOEN Entertainment through its online music store, Melon. It is known for only calculating digital sales and online votes to judge winners. Source
This year, 2018, MMA’s is celebrating its 10th year since its launch.
- WHEN: December 1, 2018 (SAT), 7PM KST
- WHERE: Gocheok Sky Dome
- MORE INFO: Site
NOMINATIONS
✨TOP 10 Artists (Bonsang)
Fan voting for this category ended on November 13th. Combining the results of the voting and their digital scores, BLACKPINK was revealed to be included on 2018 MMA’s Top 10 Bonsang awardees which automatically nominated them on the ‘Artist of the Year’ Award.
Top 10 are determined based on the following criteria:
- 80% Digital Sales
Digital sales includes the download and streaming count of all the artist’s songs/singles within the period of eligibility (from December 2, 2017~November 13, 2018). - 20% Votes via MelOn App/Site
Unfortunately, international fans can’t participate in the voting process unless you have a MelOn account verified by a Korean phone number or iPin.
Artist of the Year (Daesang)
‘Artist of the Year Awardee’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 60% Digital Sales/Points
Digital sales includes the download and streaming count of all the artist’s songs/singles within the period of eligibility (from December 2, 2017~November 30, 2018). - 20% Judges
Judges composed of popular music experts including some 2018 MMA board members and music producers. - 20% Votes via MelOn App/Site
Unfortunately, international fans can’t participate in the voting process unless you have a MelOn account verified by a Korean phone number or iPin.
Album of the Year (Daesang) – SQUARE UP
‘Album of the Year Awardee’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 60% Digital Sales/Points
Digital sales includes the download and streaming count of all the artist’s songs/singles within the period of eligibility (from December 2, 2017~November 30, 2018). - 20% Judges
Judges composed of popular music experts including some 2018 MMA board members and music producers. - 20% Votes via MelOn App/Site
Unfortunately, international fans can’t participate in the voting process unless you have a MelOn account verified by a Korean phone number or iPin.
✨Song of the Year (Daesang) – DDU-DU DDU-DU
‘Song of the Year Awardee’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 60% Digital Sales/Points
Digital sales includes the download and streaming count of all the artist’s songs/singles within the period of eligibility (from December 2, 2017~November 30, 2018). - 20% Judges
Judges composed of popular music experts including some 2018 MMA board members and music producers. - 20% Votes via MelOn App/Site
Unfortunately, international fans can’t participate in the voting process unless you have a MelOn account verified by a Korean phone number or iPin.
✨Music Style: Dance (Female) – DDU-DU DDU-DU
‘Music Style Awardee for Dance (Female)’ is determined based on the following criteria:
- 40% Digital Sales/Points
Digital sales includes the download and streaming count of all the artist’s songs/singles within the period of eligibility (from December 2, 2017~November 30, 2018). - 30% Judges
Judges composed of popular music experts including some 2018 MMA board members and music producers. - 30% Votes via MelOn App/Site
Unfortunately, international fans can’t participate in the voting process unless you have a MelOn account verified by a Korean phone number or iPin.
ONLINE VOTING INFO + CRITERIA
Eligible to vote: Only verified accounts or those accounts who were able to provide a Korean phone number or identification/iPin upon verification are allowed to vote, thus, we can only rely on K-BLINKs on this.
Top 10 (Bonsang) nominees are selected from the Weekly Popularity Award data from December 2, 2017.
Period of collection of digital sales/scoring data:
- TOP 10: 2017.12.02 – 2018.11.13
Round 1 of voting for Top 10 (Bonsang) will start on October 26th until November 13 24:00 KST. Top 10 (Bonsang) awardees will represent the Top 10 artists who received the most love this year.
Round 2 for other categories starts morning KST of November 14 until November 30, 2018 24:00 KST.
Major Awards
Artist/Album/Song of the Year & Best New Artist
- 60% Digital Sales/Points
- 20% Judges
- 20% Votes
Global Artist Award
- 100% Judges
Popularity Awards
Hot Trend Award
- 40% Digital Sales/Points
- 30% Judges
- 30% Votes
Netizen Popularity Award
- 40% Digital Sales/Points
- 60% Votes
Kakao Hot Star Award
- 40% Digital Sales/Points (Kakao MelOn)
- 60% Votes (KakaoMelOn Plus Friend)
Music Style Awards
Ballad, Dance, Rap/HipHop, R&B/Soul, Indie, Rock, Trot, OST, POP
- 40% Digital Sales/Points
- 30% Judges
- 30% Votes
Special Awards
Stage of the Year, Best Music Video, Songwriter Award, 1theK Performance Award
- 100% Judges
Footnote:
*Judges composed of popular music experts including some 2018 MMA board members and music producers.
2018 Korea Popular Music Awards
ABOUT
The Korea Popular Music Awards is jointly organized by the Korea Singers Association, the Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association, the Recording Industry Association of Korea, the Federation of Korean Music Performers, and the Korea Music Copyright Association which “will be a valuable award ceremony that gathers the old generations who have led the Korean music industry in the past and the new generations who will lead it in the future, as well as the K-pop stars who are standing at the forefront of the Korean wave, in one place.”
The committee went on, “We will shed the format of existing Korean music awards, and we will focus on equality and impartiality in our judging, so that we can secure our position as a trustworthy and reliable award ceremony.” Source
- WHEN: December 20, 2018 (THURS), 7PM KST
- WHERE: Ilsan Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX)
- MORE INFO: Site
NOMINATIONS
✨Best Artist
Determined by the following criteria:
- 10% Broadcast + Sales (Source: KBS, MBC, SBS & Gaon Chart)
- 20% Fan Voting (Web + Apps)
- 30% Music Expert Judges
- 40% Judges Committee Voting
✨Best Digital Song
Determined by the following criteria:
- 10% Broadcast + Sales (Source: KBS, MBC, SBS & Gaon Chart)
- 20% Fan Voting (Web + Apps)
- 30% Music Expert Judges
- 40% Judges Committee Voting
✨Best Group Dance Track
Determined by the following criteria:
- 10% Broadcast + Sales (Source: KBS, MBC, SBS & Gaon Chart)
- 20% Fan Voting (Web + Apps)
- 30% Music Expert Judges
- 40% Judges Committee Voting
✨Popularity Award
Determined by the following criteria:
- 100% Fan Voting (Web + Apps)
- 30% Music Expert Judges
- 40% Judges Committee Voting
ONLINE VOTING INFO
This year’s awards will be determined using both online voting and a panel of expert judges.
Voting Period (Popularity Award): November 26 14:00 KST ~ December 20 12PM KST
Voting Period (All Other Categories): November 26 14:00 KST ~ December 16 24:00 KST
Online voting will run through December 16, with the exception of the Popularity Award (for which voting will end on December 20 at 12PM KST).
Check out the tutorial on how to vote by @BP_VotingTeam below!
Voting Method/App
Web: kpma.asia/awards
iOS: LINK
Android: LINK
33rd Golden Disc Awards (GDA)
ABOUT
“Golden Disc Awards is presented annually to recognize the outstanding achievements of K-POP industry. It was first established in 1986 and has continued to significantly contribute to the growth of Korean music industry by fostering creative environment and encouraging new talents. Golden Disc Awards has been recognized as “The Most Favored Awards by Artists” through its fairness and objectivity since its first ceremony. Since winners are determined mostly by both album sales and digital streaming, it is most trusted and loved by artists and fans. Golden Disc Awards precisely reflects the annual K-POP music industry, thus marking the award in the highest authority.” Source
- Date & Location:
- January 5, 2019 (SAT)- Day 1: Digital
Gocheok Sky Dome
5PM KST - January 6, 2019 (SUN) – Day 2: Physical Albums
Gocheok Sky Dome
5PM KST
- January 5, 2019 (SAT)- Day 1: Digital
- MCs: Lee Seung Gi + Park Min Young // Kang Sora + Sung Si Kyung
- TV BROADCAST: JTBC, JTBC2, JTBC4, VLIVE (Global)
- MORE INFO: Site
CRITERIA–
- Applies to Album/Digital Song released between Dec.1.2017 – Nov.30.2018
- Sales record count until the end of December 2018.
- If an artist released more than one album or song, the one with the highest sales record will be considered for division award
- Album Division applies to 6 or more new songs in an album excluding intro, outro, instrumental tracks or different version of the same song
- The definition of an album applies to composition of same main songs(tracks) with the same release dates, produced and distributed in Korea. Even if the songs are not in Korean but in other languages, it will be considered as one album under the criteria mentioned above, and will be calculated into the total sale. Repackage albums that applies with the criteria will be considered as a separate album and evaluated equally as other albums.
- Special Awards and Rookie Artist of the Year applies to all digital singles, mini albums with 6 or less songs and albums
- OSTs and project songs made in TV programs are not considered as nominees
NOMINATIONS
✨Digital Song of the Year (Daesang)
- Sales (70%) + Expert Evaluation (30%)
- Expert evaluation assess overall music success, and social and cultural impact along with total sales volume
- The evaluation committee judges nominee selections, fairness of criteria, relevance of categories, suitability of standards and more
- An evaluation group composed of 30 industry officials of K-Pop reporters, music program producers, pop culture critics, major distribution officials, with Golden Disc Awards evaluation committee judges nominees based on sales
✨Popularity Award
- 100% of the result of fan votes
The ceremony has more category awards which aren’t revealed until the award show date. These includes genre awards, bonsang, popularity awards and more.
Special Awards
- A different selection criteria applies for those who have excelled in leading the trend of any genre of the music industry
POPULARITY AWARD VOTING
This year only the popularity award will be voted by fans and is 100% based on the voting result. Everything else will be based on sales and expert judges’ scoring.
Voting Period (Popularity Award): December 7 10:00 KST ~ December 31 24:00 KST
Voting Method/App
iOS: LINK
Android: LINK
28th Seoul Music Awards (SMA)
ABOUT
The Seoul Music Awards (also known as High1 Seoul Music Awards due to sponsorship rights) is an awards show founded in 1990 that is presented annually by Sports Seoul for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea. Source
“With outstanding tradition and reputation, the Seoul Music Awards is also called the ‘Grammy Awards in Korea’, and it has grown into a well-known awards that many overseas fans, as well as Korean fans want to join.” Source
- WHEN: January 15, 2019 (TUES), 7PM KST
- WHERE: Gocheok Sky Dome
- MORE INFO: Site
- TV BROADCAST: KBS Drama, KBS Joy, KBS W, BBangya TV
NOMINATIONS
✨Main Award
Determined by the following criteria:
- 60% Digital Sales/Points (Source: Gaon Chart)
- 20% Judges
- 20% Votes
✨Popularity Award
Determined 100 percent by Korean fan votes
✨K-Wave Popularity Award
Determined 100 percent by international fan votes.
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The ceremony will present other awards like Grand Prize (Daeang), Best Album, Best Sound Source, Rookie of the Year, Best Ballad, Best OST, Best R&B / Hip Hop, Best Trot, Best Band, Popularity Award, K-Wave Popularity Award, Show & Culture Award, Discovery of the Year, Dance Performance Award, the Fandom School Award, and the Main Awards.
With the exception of the Main Awards, Rookie of the Year, Popularity Award, and K-Wave Popularity Award, all the other winners will be determined entirely by the Seoul Music Awards management committee and judge panel.
The eligible nominees are based on music released from January through December 2018.
Source: Soompi
ONLINE VOTING INFO
Voting Period: November 29 12PM KST ~ January 12 12AM KST
Voting Method/App
iOS: LINK
Android: LINK
Check out the tutorial made by @IntelBLACKPINK below!
8th Gaon Chart Music Awards
ABOUT
The Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea by the national music record chart Gaon Chart. The awards focus more on songs and albums rather than musicians. Award finalists are based on the previous year’s Gaon year-end chart performance according to data for sales of songs and albums. Source
- WHEN: January 23, 2019 (WED), 7PM KST
- WHERE: Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul
- MORE INFO: Site
Gaon Chart Music Awards has announced its decision to remove the popularity award that is decided by fan votes in their upcoming ceremony. They stated, “Gaon Chart and Gaon Chart Music Awards, which awards the albums, artists, and music industry professionals who shined over the past year, were created for the music industry. With many awards shows being held now and market saturation rising, both singers and fans are feeling increasingly fatigued, and the prestige and symbolism of such music awards shows is fading. We are fully aware that Gaon Chart Music Awards are not free from responsibility for the current state of the market. We have determined the current issues that face the market and have made the following decisions in order to better the situation:
“First, we have decided to eliminate the Popularity Award that is determined 100 percent by fan votes as it causes unnecessarily high levels of competition amongst fandoms. With the number of music awards shows in Korea surpassing 10, popularity awards have led to many negative side effects. Therefore, until we are able to come up with a voting method that both music industry professionals and the general public can relate to, we will be eliminating popularity votes and awards that are completely determined by fan votes.
“Second, we have change the ticket reservation system in order to combat the issue of macros and scalping tickets. The new system will require people who to attend the show to register for a random draw. We realize that this will not completely eliminate the issue of scalping, but we will do our best to ensure that people cannot use macros and other technological methods to buy multiple tickets.
“Thirdly, we will work to focus more on awards presenters. Till now, we have focused all of our attention on the recipients of our awards and have therefore been lacking when it comes to presenters who are there to congratulate the recipients. We wish to sincerely apologize to the singers and fans who were hurt by the unexpected and unrehearsed situation that occurred in the last awards ceremony involving a presenter, and we will do our best this year to create an awards show that moves singers and fans.” Source
*We’ll update this part once more information comes out.*
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