The inaugural Korea Grand Music Awards took place over the weekend from November 16 to 17 – read on for the full list of winners below.
The first-ever Korea Grand Music Awards took place at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, and was established by South Korean sports and entertainment newspaper Ilgan Sports.
This year’s awards were hosted by NewJeans’ member Hanni, aespa’s Winter and actress Nam Ji-hyun. The ceremony also featured live performances from acts like NewJeans, NiziU, aespa, ATEEZ, ZEROBASEONE and Taemin.
The biggest winners of the night were aespa, who took home four awards: Grand Honour’s Choice, Grand Song, Best Song and Most Streamed Song. They are followed by Day6, who took home Grand Performer, Best Song and Best Band.
Other major grand prize winners include NewJeans, (G)I-DLE, ATEEZ and ZEROBASEONE.
Here is the full list of winners at the 2024 Korea Grand Music Awards:
Grand Honour’s Choice
aespa
ATEEZ
ZEROBASEONE
Grand Artist
NewJeans
Grand Record
(G)I-DLE
Grand Song
aespa
Grand Performer
Day6
Best Artist
(G)I-DLE
D.O.
Jeong Dong-won
Lee Young-ji
NewJeans
P1Harmony
STAYC
Taemin
Young Tak
ZEROBASEONE
Best Song
Day6
RIIZE
SEVENTEEN
Stray Kids
aespa
ATEEZ
NCT Dream
Lee Chan-won
Lim Young-woong
TREASURE
IS Rookies
NOWADAYS
UNIS
Best Hip-hop
Lee Young-ji
Best Memory
Lee Mu-jin
Best R&B (Male)
D.O.
Best R&B (Female)
BIBI
Best OST
Yoo Hwe-seung
Best Rock Ballad
Lee Mu-jin
Best Adult Contemporary
Young Tak
Song Ga-in
Lee Chan-won
Best-selling Album
SEVENTEEN
Most Streamed Song
aespa
Best Solo Artist
Taemin
Yuqi
Best Group
RIIZE
Best Band
QWER
Day6
Best Stage
TREASURE
Best Producer
Tak Young-jun
IS Rising Star
JD1
NCT WISH
FIFTY FIFTY
K-pop Legendary Artist
TVXQ
K-pop Global Artist
NiziU
JO1
K-pop Global Rookie
ME:I
Photogenic
Seo EVE
CLASS:y
DIGGUS Digging Artist
Lee Chan-won
Lullua x Fancast Best Popularity
Taemin
Lee Chan-won
CALIVERSE, Transcendent Artist of the Year
Young Tak
Trend of the Year
UNIS
V
Lee Chan-won
Park Ji-hyun
Fan Vote Rookie
RIIZE
NiziU