The Genie Music Awards has announced this year’s nominees!
After taking a hiatus last year, Genie Music’s annual awards show will return this year in its first offline event since 2019. This year’s event will be held on November 8 in Incheon and will recognize music released between October 1, 2021 and October 5, 2022.
Check out this year’s nominees below!
Artist of the Year
- Kim Ho Joong
- SEVENTEEN
- PSY
- IU
- Lee Chan Won
- Lim Young Woong
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
- IVE
- NCT DREAM
- (G)I-DLE
Song of the Year
- BIGBANG – “Still Life”
- Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues, Our Life”
- Big Naughty – “Beyond Love” featuring 10cm
- MeloMance’s Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
- BE’O – “Counting Stars”
- Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
- IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
- IU – “Strawberry Moon”
- PSY – “That That” featuring BTS’ Suga
- (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
Album of the Year
- PSY – “PSY 9th”
- BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
- NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
- (G)I-DLE – “I NEVER DIE”
- Kim Young Woong – “Im Hero”
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “INVU”
- Kim Ho Joong – “Panorama”
- BTS – “Proof”
- SEVENTEEN – “Face the Sun”
- Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm”
Genie Music Popularity Award
- BE’O
- (G)I-DLE
- IU
- IVE
- Kim Ho Joong
- Lee Chan Won
- Lim Young Woong
- NCT DREAM
- PSY
- SEVENTEEN
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
Best Boy Group
- BIGBANG
- BTS
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
Best Girl Group
- (G)I-DLE
- aespa
- BLACKPINK
- IVE
- Red Velvet
Best Male Solo Artist
- Lim Young Woong
- Kim Ho Joong
- PSY
- BE’O
- Lee Chan Won
Best Female Solo Artist
- IU
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
- TWICE’s Nayeon
- Choi Ye Na
- Kassy
Best Male Rookie Award
- ATBO
- TEMPEST
- TNX
- Xdinary Heroes
- YOUNITE
Best Female Rookie Award
- IVE
- LE SSERAFIM
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
- Kep1er
Best Male Performance Award
Best Female Performance Award
- aespa
- BLACKPINK
- (G)I-DLE
- Red Velvet
- TWICE
The 2022 Genie Music Awards will be held on November 8!