# 30th Seoul Music Awards

The 30th Seoul Music Awards, organized by Sports Seoul and broadcast through KBS N and Niconico, on January 31, 2021. The ceremony was held with no on-site audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Background

On January 24, 2021, Shin Dong-yup, Kim Hee-chul and Choi Soo-young was announced as the host of the ceremony.

## Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2020.
| Category | Online voting | Panelist | Music sales | Album sales |
| Main Prize (Bonsang) | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| Rookie of the Year | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| Popularity Award | 100% (Korea Only) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| K-wave Popularity Award | 100% (Overseas Only) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Trot Award | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| Ballad Award | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| OST Award | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| R&B Hiphop Award | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| Best Performance | N/A | 100% | N/A | N/A |
| Band Award | N/A | 100% | N/A | N/A |
| Discovery of the Year | N/A | 100% | N/A | N/A |

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.
The list of nominees for:
* Fan PD Artist Award were announced on December 1, 2020, through the Idol Champ application.
* WhosFandom Award were announced on December 8, 2020, through the Whofans application.
* remaining categories were announced on December 9, 2020, through the official website.
The online voting for:
* Fan PD Artist Award opened on the Idol Champ application on December 1, 2020, and closed on December 31, 2020.
* WhosFandom Award opened on the WhosFan application on December 15, 2020, and closed on December 18, 2020.
* remaining categories opened on the official website on December 11, 2020, and closed on January 24, 2021.
| Grand Award (Daesang) | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| BTS Ateez Iz*One Kang Daniel Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST Oh My Girl Seventeen Stray Kids Twice TXT | Ateez BTS Iz*One Kang Daniel Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST Oh My Girl Seventeen Stray Kids Twice TXT List of nominated artists AB6IX Apink April Astro Baekhyun Baek Ji-young Blackpink Bol4 Chungha CIX Day6 Dreamcatcher Exo GFriend (G)I-dle Got7 Ha Sung-woon Hwasa Itzy IU Jessi Loona Mamamoo NCT NCT Dream Park Ji-hoon Park Jin-young Paul Kim Pentagon SF9 Sunmi Super Junior-D&E Super Junior-K.R.Y. Taemin Taeyeon The Boyz Victon Zico |
| Best Song Award | Best Album Award |
| BTS – "Dynamite" | BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 |
| Rookie of the Year | Best Performance |
| Aespa Enhypen Treasure Cravity Drippin Ghost9 Natty P1Harmony Secret Number STAYC Weeekly WEi | (G)I-DLE The Boyz |
| Popularity Award | K-wave Popularity Award |
| Lim Young-woong List of nominated artists AB6IX Aespa Apink April Astro Ateez Baekhyun Baek Ji-young Blackpink BOL4 BTS Chungha CIX Cravity Day6 Dreamcatcher Drippin Enhypen Exo GFriend Ghost9 (G)I-DLE Got7 Ha Sung-woon Hwasa Itzy IU Iz*One Jessi Kang Daniel Kim Ho-joong Loona Mamamoo Monsta X Na Hoon-a Natty NCT NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Oh My Girl P1Harmony Park Ji-hoon Park Jin-young Paul Kim Pentagon Secret Number Seventeen SF9 STAYC Stray Kids Sunmi Super Junior-D&E Super Junior-K.R.Y. Taemin Taeyeon The Boyz Treasure TXT Twice Victon Weeekly WEi Young Tak Zico | BTS List of nominated artists AB6IX Aespa Apink April Astro Ateez Baekhyun Baek Ji-young Blackpink BOL4 BTS Chungha CIX Cravity Day6 Dreamcatcher Drippin Enhypen Exo GFriend Ghost9 (G)I-DLE Got7 Ha Sung-woon Hwasa Itzy IU Iz*One Jessi Kang Daniel Kim Ho-joong Loona Mamamoo Monsta X Na Hoon-a Natty NCT NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Oh My Girl P1Harmony Park Ji-hoon Park Jin-young Paul Kim Pentagon Secret Number Seventeen SF9 STAYC Stray Kids Sunmi Super Junior-D&E Super Junior-K.R.Y. Taemin Taeyeon The Boyz Treasure TXT Twice Victon Weeekly WEi Young Tak Zico |
| Trot Award | Ballad Award |
| Lim Young-woong Jang Minho Jang Yoon-jeong Jo Myung-sup Jung Dong-won Kim Ho-joong Kim Soo-chan Na Hoon-a Na Tae-joo Ryu Ji-kwang Song Ga-in Super Five | Sandeul Ailee Baek Ji-young Car, the Garden Huh Gak Im Chang-jung Jang Beom-june Jeon Sang-geun Kim Jae-hwan Kyuhyun Noel Paul Kim |
| OST Award | R&B Hiphop Award |
| Jo Jung-suk – "Aloha" Baekhyun – "My Love" Baek Yerin – "Here I Am Again" Gaho – "Start" Ha Hyun-woo – "Diamond" Heize and Punch – "Midnight" IU – "Give You My Heart" Jeon Mi-do – "I Knew I Love" Joy – "Introduce me a good person" Kim Feel – "Someday, The Boy" Kyuhyun – "Confession Is Not Flashy" Lee Su-hyun – "In Your Time" Taeyeon – "Kiss Me" Urban Zakapa – "Beautiful My Love" Wheein – "With My Tears" | Jessi Baekhyun Giriboy Lee Hi Loco Lunch MakTub Ovan Paul Kim Sik-K, PH-1, Jay Park, Haon Zico |
| Band Award | Discovery of the Year |
| Leenalchi | Itzy |
| Fan PD Artist Award | WhosFandom Award |
| Kang Daniel AB6IX Astro Ateez Blackpink BTS Dreamcatcher Exo GFriend Got7 Ha Sung-woon Kim Jae-hwan Loona Monsta X NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Ong Seong-wu Park Ji-hoon Pentagon Secret Number Seventeen SF9 Shinee Stray Kids Super Junior Tomorrow X Together Treasure Twice WayV | BTS Ateez Blackpink Dreamcatcher Exo Got7 Mamamoo Monsta X NCT Red Velvet Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Treasure The Boyz Twice |

## Presenters and performers
### Presenters

Name of the presenter and the award they presented :
| No. | Name(s) | Presented |
| 1 | Yoo Yeon-seok | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 2 | Kim Dong-wan (Shinhwa) | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 3 | Yoon Eun-hye | Best Song Award |
| 3 | Yoon Eun-hye | Best Album Award |
| 4 | Son Dam-bi | Main Award (Bonsang) |

### Performers

Name of the performer and the song(s) they performed :
| No. | Name(s) | Performed |
| 1 | Hyunjae (The Boyz), Eunbi (Iz*One), Jongho (Ateez), Lia (Itzy), Seunghee (Oh My Girl) & Seungmin (Stray Kids) | "Once in a Lifetime" by Shinhwa |
| 2 | Stray Kids | "Back Door" |
| 3 | Leenalchi | "You Know Who I Am?" |
| 4 | Jessi | "Star" |
| 4 | Jessi | "Nunu Nana" |
| 5 | The Boyz | "The Stealer" |
| 6 | Itzy | "Wannabe" |
| 6 | Itzy | "Not Shy" |
| 7 | Aespa | "Black Mamba" |
| 8 | Enhypen | "Given-Taken" |
| 9 | Treasure | "Slow Motion" |
| 9 | Treasure | "I Love You (Mellow Mood)" |
| 9 | Treasure | "My Treasure" |
| 10 | Kang Daniel | "2U" |
| 10 | Kang Daniel | "Who U Are" |
| 11 | Iz*One | "Really Like You" |
| 11 | Iz*One | "Sequence" |
| 11 | Iz*One | "Panorama" |
| 11 | Iz*One | "Slow Journey" |
| 12 | (G)I-dle | "Hwaa" |
| 13 | Ateez | "Utopia" |
| 13 | Ateez | "Inception" |
| 14 | Tomorrow X Together | "We Lost The Summer" |
| 14 | Tomorrow X Together | "Blue Hour" |
| 15 | Oh My Girl | "Secret Garden" |
| 15 | Oh My Girl | "Remember Me" |
| 15 | Oh My Girl | "Dolphin" |
| 15 | Oh My Girl | "Nonstop" |
| 16 | Lim Young-woong | "Trust in Me" |
| 17 | NU'EST | "I'm in Trouble" |
| 17 | NU'EST | "Moon Dance" |
| 17 | NU'EST | "Drive" |
| 18 | Monsta X | "Last Carnival" |
| 18 | Monsta X | "Night View" |
| 18 | Monsta X | "Gasoline" |
| 18 | Monsta X | "Love Killa" |
| 19 | Twice | "More & More" |
| 19 | Twice | "I Can't Stop Me" |
| 20 | Seventeen | "Fallin' Flower" |
| 20 | Seventeen | "All My Love" |
| 20 | Seventeen | "Home;Run" |