**All the categories and criteria based on the last year and please note that the categories and criteria can change or evolve over time. Also, not all awards are included below; just the most often nominated dream ones are.

Melon Music Awards (MMA)

<aside> 💙 Melon Music Awards 멜론 뮤직어워드 is one of the biggest music awards show that is held annually by Kakao Entertainment. The award show uses digital data from Melon music platform—along with online voting and judges evaluation—to base its awards to artists who have had exceptional performance during the year. There are 5 awards divisions for MMA, including Grand Prizes, Main Prizes, Top 10, Special Awards, Popularity Awards.

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Genie Music Awards (GMA)

<aside> 💙 Genie Music Awards (지니뮤직어워드) is a music awards show that is held annually in South Korea and organized by Genie Music. The award winners are selected based on chart data from the Genie Music platform, evaluation from judges, and online voting.

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Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)

<aside> 💙 MAMA Awards is a major music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ E&M. First held in South Korea, the majority of prizes has been won by K-pop artists, although there are other Asian artists winning in various award categories, such as for Best Asian Artist and other professional-related awards. For criteria, All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released at the appointed time, for example last year from October 22, 2022, to September 30, 2023. Nominees would be evaluated based on data provided by Circle Chart, Spotify, and YouTube

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| Category | Digital Sales (Download + Streaming) | Physical Sales | Music video view counts | Online voting | Judges score | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Artist of The Year | 40%  (25% Korea + 15% Global) | 40% | - | - | 20% | | Best New Male | | | | | | | Best New Female | | | | | | | Best Male Artist | | | | | | | Best Female Artist | | | | | | | Best Male Group | | | | | | | Best Female Group | | | | | | | Song of The Year | 80% (50% Korea + 30% Global) | - | - | - | 20% | | Best Dance Performance Solo | | | | | | | Best Dance Performance Male Group | | | | | | | Best Dance Performance Female Group | | | | | | | Best Vocal Performance Solo | | | | | | | Best Vocal Performance Group | | | | | | | Best Rap & Hip Hop Music | | | | | | | Best Collaboration | | | | | | | Best OST | | | | | | | Album of The Year | - | 80% | - | - | 20% | | Best Music Video | - | - | 80% | - | 20% | | Worldwide Icon of The Year | - | - | - | 100% (70% Mnet Plus + 30% Spotify) | - | | Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 | | | | | |

Hanteo Music Awards (HMA)

<aside> 💙 Hanteo Music Awards (한터뮤직어워즈) is a music awards show which is held annually presented by Hanteo Global Inc. the world's one-and-only real-time music chart and Korea's first music chart. HMA is an award ceremony with objective and accurate data. The winners were selected based on various indices, such as Physical Album, Digital Music, Social, Media, Global Authentication, Portal, and Fandom that made a big impact on the music industry in the course of the year.

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Circle Chart Music Awards (CCMA)

<aside> 💙 Circle Chart Music Awards (써클차트 뮤직 어워드), formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards, are a major music awards ceremony that is presented annually in South Korea by the Korea Music Content Association primarily based on the commercial performance of the songs and albums based on the national music record chart Circle Chart**.**

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1. Selected by global streaming data aggregated 30 days from the release date among songs released in the aggregation period
2. Among the songs released in the aggregation period, selected by CIRCLE data aggregated 30 days from the release date.
3. The number of songs released in the aggregation period, selected as streaming unique listener data aggregated 30 days from the release date.
4. Among the albums released in the counting period, the cumulative sales volume aggregated for 6 weeks, including the week of release. (5 teams get artist of the year for each category) | | New Artist of the Year | Awarded to a singer who debuted between December 2022 and November 2023, based on their music and albums. | | Rookie of the Year - Digital | Selected from singers who debuted between December 2022 and November 2023, based on global streaming data aggregated for 30 days from the release date of the song. | | Rookie of the Year - Album | Selected from singers who debuted between December 2022 and November 2023, based on data aggregated for 6 weeks, including the release week of the physical album released during the aggregation period. | | New Artist of the Next Generation | Among artists who debuted during the period considered, awarded to the new artist with the greatest growth potential. | | Genre of the Year | Awarded to the artist who distinguished themself within the most prominent genre throughout the period considered. | | World K-POP Rookie of the Year | Awarded to the Korean rookie artist who was best-received overseas during the period considered. | | World K-POP Star | Awarded to the Korean artist with the most distinguished overseas performance. | | Song of the Year in Int’l Pop | Awarded to the international pop song (artist) who had the best digital chart performance during the period considered. Music produced for broadcasting use, films and TV series soundtracks, or auditions will be non-eligible. | | Music Steady Seller of the Year | Awarded to the song (and its artist) that spent the longest time being ranked within the TOP 50 of the weekly digital chart during the period considered. | | Retail Album of the Year | Awarded to the song (and its artist) that spent the longest time being ranked within the TOP 50 of the weekly digital chart during the period considered. | | Social Hot Star of the Year | Awarded to the artist who scored the highest in the Social Chart during the period considered. | | KiT-Album of the Year | Awarded to the artist with the highest sales of KiT albums during the period considered, based on total number of copies per artist. | | MuBeat Global Choice | A global popularity vote conducted by CIRCLE CHART in collaboration with the global platform "MuBeat". | | New Icon of the Year | Awarded to the artist who introduced a fresh new music trend during the period considered. | | BUSAN IS GOOD | An Artist of the year' award, as selected by the city of Busan. | | Composer of the Year | Awarded via jury selection to a composer credited in music or albums released during the period considered. | | Lyricist of the Year | Awarded via jury selection to a lyricist credited in music or albums released during the period considered. | | Chorus Performer of the Year | Awarded to a chorus performer credited in music or albums released during the period considered. | | Musical Instrument Performer of the Year | Awarded to a musical instrument performer credited in music or albums released during the period considered. | | Performance Director of the Year | Awarded via jury selection to a performance director credited in music or albums released during the period considered. | | Visual Director of the Year | Awarded via jury selection to a visual director credited in music or albums released during the period considered. | | V coloring of the Year | Awarded to the song (artist) that recorded the highest V Coloring usage volume during the period considered. |

Golden Disc Awards (GDA)

<aside> 💙 Golden Disc Awards (골든 디스크 시상식) is an annual South Korean major music awards ceremony that honors achievements in the local music industry. The awards ceremony was founded with the purpose to promote popular culture creativity, discover new artists, and contribute to the growth of the music industry.

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Seoul Music Awards (SMA)