Genie Music Awards

Not to be confused with the Genie Awards.

The Genie Music Awards (Korean: 지니뮤직어워드) is a music awards show that is held annually in South Korea and organized by Genie Music together with their partner network.^[1] The award winners are selected based on chart data from the Genie Music platform, evaluation from judges, and online voting in South Korea.

Genie Music Awards
Current: 2022 Genie Music Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in music
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Genie Music MBC Plus (2018) M2 (2019) ENA (2022)
First awarded	November 6, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-11-06)
Television/radio coverage
Network	MBC Plus channels (2018) Mnet (2019) ENA (2022)

Ceremonies

Year	Date	Venue	City	Ref.
1st	November 6, 2018	Namdong Gymnasium	Incheon	^[2]
2nd	August 1, 2019	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul	^[3]
3rd	December 1, 2020	Online
4th	November 8, 2022	Namdong Gymnasium	Incheon	^[4]

Daesang Awards (Grand Prizes)

The Top Artist^[a]

Year	Winner
2018	BTS
2019
2020	Lim Young-woong
2022	NCT Dream

The Top Music^[b]

Year	Winner	Song
2018	Wanna One	"Beautiful"
2019	Paul Kim	"Me After You"
2020	Zico	"Any Song"
2022	Lim Young-woong	"Our Blues, Our Life"

The Top Album^[c]

Year	Winner	Album
2018	BTS	Love Yourself: Answer
2020		Map of the Soul: 7
2022	NCT Dream	Glitch Mode

Artist Category Awards

The Group Award^[d]

Year	Winners
	Male	Female
2018	BTS	Twice
2019
2022		(G)I-dle

The Solo Artist Award^[e]

Year	Winners
	Male	Female
2018	Jung Seung-hwan	Chungha
2019	Paul Kim
2022	Lim Young-woong	Taeyeon

The New Artist Award^[f]

Year	Winners
	Male	Female
2018	Stray Kids	(G)I-dle
2019	Tomorrow X Together	Itzy
2022	Tempest	Ive

Genre-specific Awards

The Performing Artist^[g]

Year	Winner		Song
2018	Male	BTS	"Idol"
	Female	Momoland	"Bboom Bboom"
2019	Male	BTS	"Boy With Luv"
	Female	Iz*One	"Violeta"
2020	Overall	BTS	"Dynamite"
2022	Male	The Boyz	"Whisper"
	Female	Red Velvet	"Feel My Rhythm"

Best Ballad Track

Year	Winner	Song
2020	M.C The Max	"Bloom"

Best R&B/Soul Track

Year	Winner	Song
2020	Lee Hi	"Holo"

Best Hip Hop Artist^[h]

Year	Winner	Song
2018	iKon	"Love Scenario"
2020	Zico	"Any Song"
2022	Be'O	"Counting Stars (featuring Beenzino)"

Best Trot Track

Year	Winner	Song
2020	Lim Young-woong	"Trust in Me"

Best Rock Artist

Year	Winner
2022	Jaurim

Best OST Award

Year	Winner	Song	Drama
2018	Paul Kim	"Every Day, Every Moment"	Should We Kiss First?
2020	Jo Jung-suk	"Aloha"	Hospital Playlist

Popularity Awards

Genie Music Popularity Award

Year	Winner
2018	BTS
2019
2022	Lim Young-woong

Global Popularity Award

Year	Winner
2018	BTS
2019
2022

Other Awards

Best Music Video

Year	Winner
2022	Red Velvet

Best Pop Artist

Year	Winner
2018	Charlie Puth
2022	Peder Elias

Best Record

Year	Winner
2022	(G)I-dle

Special Awards

Best Style Award

Year	Winner
2022	Ive

Next Generation

Year	Winner
2022	DKZ

Next Generation Global

Year	Winner
2022	Psychic Fever

Next Wave Icon

Year	Winners
	Male	Female
2022	TNX	Lightsum

Discontinued Awards

See Awards

The Top Best Selling Artist ^[i]

Year	Winner
2018	Twice
2019

M2 Top Video^[j]

Year	Winner
2019	BTS

Best Producer

Year	Winner
2018	Bang Si-hyuk

Best Choreography

Year	Winner	Work
2018	Son Sung-deuk	BTS – "Idol"

Best Fandom

Year	Winner
2018	A.R.M.Y (BTS Fandom)

The Innovator

Year	Winner
2019	Yoon Jong Shin

The Performance Creator

Year	Winner
2019	Lia Kim

The Vocal Artist ^[k]

Year	Winner		Song
2018	Male	Wanna One	"Beautiful"
	Female	Heize	"Jenga"
2019		Mamamoo	"Gogobebe"

Best Band Performance

Year	Winner	Song
2018	Day6	"Shoot Me"
2019		"Time of Our Life"

MBC Plus Star Award

Year	Winners
2018	Wanna One

M2 Hot Star

Year	Winners
2019	Pentagon
	Cosmic Girls

Next Generation Star

Year	Winners
2019	AB6IX
	Kim Jae-hwan

Best Global Performance

Year	Winner
2018	Twice

M2 The Most Popular Artist

Year	Winner
2019	Iz*One

Discovery of the Year

Year	Winner
2018	Celeb Five

Most Wins

Rank	Artist(s)	Awards
1	BTS	16
2	Lim Young-woong	5
	Twice

Notes

1. before: Best Artist of the Year (2018) / "Artist of the Year" (2020)
2. before: "Best Song of the Year" (2018) / "Song of the Year" (2020)
3. before "Best Digital Album of the Year" (2018), "Album of the Year" (2020)
4. before "Best Female / Male Group" (2018)
5. before "Best Female / Male Artist" (2018)
6. before "Best New Female / Male Artist" (2018)
7. before: "Best Dance Performance" (2018) / "Best Dance Track" (2020)
8. before: "Best Rap/Hip Hop Track" (2018, 2020)
9. "Grand Prize"
10. "Grand Prize"
11. before: "Best Vocal Performance"(2018)

References

1. "방탄소년단·워너원·트와이스, '2018 MGA' 출격..초특급 라인업 [공식입장]". 미주중앙일보. from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
2. "방탄소년단·워너원·트와이스, '2018 MGA' 출격..초특급 라인업 [공식입장]" [BTS, Wanna One, Twice, '2018 MGA' scramble ... special lineup [official positions]]. Osen (in Korean). Naver. October 9, 2018. from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
3. "Mnet M2X지니뮤직 의기투합…8월 1일 'MGMA' 개최" [Mnet M2X Genie Music consensus ... 'MGMA' to be held on August 1st]. Xports News (in Korean). Naver. June 4, 2019. from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
4. "지니뮤직어워드, 11월 8일 개최" [Genie Music Awards, held on November 8]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. September 14, 2022. from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.