# 31st Seoul Music Awards

The 31st Seoul Music Awards (Korean: 31st 서울가요대상; RR: 31st Seoul Gayo Daesang) is a award ceremony held on January 23, 2022. It was organized by Sports Seoul and broadcast through KBS Joy, U+Idol Live, U+Mobile TV, and Hello Live. The ceremony was hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Boom, and Kim Seol-hyun.

## Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2021.
| 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) | — | — | — |
| K-wave Popularity Award | 100% (Overseas Only) | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | 100% | — | — |
| Band Award | — | 100% | — | — |
| Discovery of the Year | — | 100% | — | — |
| Special Judge Award | — | 100% | — | — |

## Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners will be listed first and emphasized in bold.
The list of nominees for:
* U+Idol Live Best Artist Award were announced on December 6, 2021, through the Idol Live TV website.
* remaining categories were announced on December 4, 2021, through the official website.
The voting for:
* U+ Live Best Artist Award opened on Idol Live TV website on December 6, 2021, and closed on December 26, 2021.
* remaining categories opened on Seoul Music Awards mobile application on December 6, 2021, and closed on January 16, 2022.

### Main awards

| Grand Award (Daesang) | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| NCT 127 Aespa Ateez Brave Girls BTS Enhypen Heize IU Kang Daniel Lim Young-woong Oh My Girl Seventeen The Boyz | Aespa Ateez Brave Girls BTS Enhypen Heize IU Kang Daniel Lim Young-woong NCT 127 Oh My Girl Seventeen The Boyz List of nominated artists (G)I-dle AB6IX AKMU Astro Baekhyun Big Mama Cravity D.O Davichi Epik High Exo Golden Child Itzy Jang Beom-june Jeon Keon-ho & GyeongseoYeji Jeon Somi Joy Jung Dong-ha Lee Mu-jin Lisa MeloMance Monsta X MSG Wannabe NCT Dream NU'EST ONF Red Velvet Rosé Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Taeyeon Tomorrow X Together Treasure Twice |
| Best Song Award | Best Album Award |
| IU – "Lilac" | NCT Dream – Hot Sauce |
| Rookie of the Year | Best Performance |
| Epex Lee Mu-jin Omega X Ive Jo Yu-ri Kwon Eun-bi Lightsum Mirae Purple Kiss T1419 Tri.be | Enhypen STAYC |
| Popularity Award | K-wave Popularity Award |
| Lim Young-woong List of nominated artists (G)I-dle AB6IX AKMU Aespa Astro Ateez Baekhyun Big Mama Brave Girls BTS Cravity D.O Davichi Enhypen Epex Epik High Exo Golden Child Heize Itzy IU Ive Jang Beom-june Jeon Keon-ho & GyeongseoYeji Jeon Somi Jo Yu-ri Joy Jung Dong-ha Kang Daniel Kassy Kwon Eun-bi Lee Mu-jin Lightsum Lisa MeloMance Mirae Monsta X MSG Wannabe NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Oh My Girl Omega X ONF Purple Kiss Red Velvet Rosé Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior T1419 Taeyeon The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure Tri.be Twice | Exo List of nominated artists (G)I-dle AB6IX AKMU Aespa Astro Ateez Baekhyun Big Mama Brave Girls BTS Cravity D.O Davichi Enhypen Epex Epik High Golden Child Heize Itzy IU Ive Jang Beom-june Jeon Keon-ho & GyeongseoYeji Jeon Somi Jo Yu-ri Joy Jung Dong-ha Kang Daniel Kassy Kwon Eun-bi Lee Mu-jin Lightsum Lim Young-woong Lisa MeloMance Mirae Monsta X MSG Wannabe NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Oh My Girl Omega X ONF Purple Kiss Red Velvet Rosé Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior T1419 Taeyeon The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure Tri.be Twice |

### Genre-based awards

| Trot Award | Ballad Award |
| Lim Young-woong Jang Min-ho Jeong Dong-wan Jin Hae-sung Kang Hye-yeon Kim Hee-jae Lee Chan-won MJ Second Aunt Kim Da-vi Yang Ji-eun Young Tak | Wendy 2AM Baek Ye-rin Car the Garden Heize Hwang Chi-yeul Jeon Keon-ho & GyeongseoYeji Jung Dong-ha Lee So-jung MeloMance Paul Kim Sin Ye-young |
| OST Award | R&B Hiphop Award |
| Lim Young-woong – "Love Always Run Away" 10cm – "Borrow Your Night" Heize – "On Rainy Days" Huh Gak – "Confession" Jang Beom-june – "I Like You" K.Will – "Back in Time" Lee Hae-ri – "Love is Always Thirsty" Lee Hi – "That One Word" Lee Mu-jin – "Rain and You" Sandeul – "The Image of You (Remains in My Memory)" Yang Yo-seob & Jung Eun-ji – "Love Day" Younha – "Thirty Nights" | Hyuna Ash Island BE'O Bewhy Epik High Giriboy Homies Jessi Jossiq Mommy Son Ovan |

### Other awards

| World Best Artist Award | Special Judge Award |
| BTS | Jung Dong-ha |
| Discovery of the Year | U+Idol Live Best Artist Award |
| Lang Lee | BTS List of nominated artists AB6IX Aespa Apink April Astro Ateez Brave Girls Btob CL Cravity Day6 Dreamcatcher Enhypen Exo Golden Child Got7 Ha Sung-woon Itzy IU Jeong Se-woon Kang Daniel Kim Hee-jae Kim Jae-hwan Kwon Eun-bi Lim Young-woong Loona Lovelyz Mamamoo Monsta X NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Oh My Girl Oneus ONF Park Ji-hoon Red Velvet Seventeen SF9 STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Taeyeon Treasure The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Twice Victon Weki Meki WJSN |

### Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
| Awards | Artist(s) |
| 4 | Lim Young-woong |
| 3 | BTS |

## Presenters

The list of presenters was announced on January 18, 2022.
Order of the presentation, name of the artist(s), and award(s) they presented :
| Order | Artist(s) | Presented |
| 1 | Kang Hoon, and Han Ji-hyun | Rookie of the Year |
| 2 | Lim Hyung-guk, and Park Seon-joo | Trot Award + Ballad Award + OST Award |
| 3 | Park Ji-hyun | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 4 | Kim Ho-young, and Moon Ye-won | Discovery of the Year + Best Performance |
| 5 | Chae Jong-hyeop | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 6 | Rozy AI | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 7 | Danny Ahn | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 8 | Kang Baek-ho, Kang A-rang, and Kim Hye-seong | Popularity Award + K-wave Popularity Award + U+Idol Live Best Artist Award |
| 9 | Rozy AI | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 10 | High1 Resort's Lee Sam-kul, and Won Jin-ah | Best Song Award + Best Album Award + World Best Artist Award |
| 11 | Sports CEO's Lee Jang-hyuk, and Seoul Music Awards chairman's Kim Soo-chul | Grand Award (Daesang) |

## Performers

Order of the performance, name of the artist(s), and song(s) they performed :
| Order | Artist(s) | Song performed |
| 1 | Omega X | "What's goin' on" |
| 2 | Lee Mu-jin | "The Assignment Song" + "Traffic Light" |
| 3 | Lang Lee | "There is A Wolf" |
| 4 | STAYC | "So Bad" (Tak Remix) + "ASAP" |
| 5 | Jung Dong-ha | "I Still Love You" |
| 6 | Enhypen | "Blessed-Cursed" + "Tamed-Dashed" |
| 7 | Hyuna | "I'm Not Cool" |
| 8 | Brave Girls | "Fever" (Remix) + "Chi Mat Ba Ram" |
| 9 | Kang Daniel | "Antidote" (Acoustic) + "Paranoia" |
| 10 | Wendy | "Like Water" |
| 11 | Hyuna & Dawn | "Ping Pong" |
| 12 | The Boyz | "Russian Roulette" + "Maverick" |
| 13 | Oh My Girl's Seunghee and Jiho | "Dear You" |
| 14 | Oh My Girl's Mimi, YooA, and Arin | "The Fifth Season" |
| 15 | Oh My Girl's Yubin and Hyojung | "Bungee" |
| 16 | Oh My Girl | "Dun Dun Dance" |
| 17 | Lim Young-woong | "Love Always Run Away" |
| 18 | NCT Dream | "Hello Future" + "Hot Sauce" |
| 19 | NCT 127 | "Favorite (Vampire)" + "Lemonade" + "Sticker" |

## Broadcast

| Region | Network/Platform | Ref. |
| South Korea | KBS JoyU+Idol LiveU+ Mobile TV | |
| Various | Hello Live | |