# 32nd Seoul Music Awards

The 32nd Seoul Music Awards (Korean: 32nd 서울가요대상; RR: 32nd Seoul Gayo Daesang) is a award ceremony held on January 19, 2023. It was organized by Sports Seoul and broadcast through KBS Joy and U+Idol Live. The ceremony was hosted by Choi Min-ho, Mijoo, and Kim Il-joong.

## Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2022.
| Category | Online voting | Panelist | Music sales | Album sales |
| Main Prize (Bonsang) | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| Rookie Award | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| Popularity Award | 100% (Korea Only) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hallyu Special 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 |
| Special Jury Award | N/A | 100% | N/A | N/A |

## Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners will be listed first and emphasized in bold.
The list of nominees were announced on December 6, 2022, through the official website. Voting opened on Seoul Music Awards mobile application on December 6, 2022, and closed on January 15, 2023.

### Main awards

| Grand Award (Daesang) | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| NCT Dream (G)I-dle Aespa Blackpink BTS Got the Beat Ive Kang Daniel Kim Ho-joong Lim Young-woong Psy Red Velvet Seventeen Stray Kids Taeyeon Zico | (G)I-dle Aespa Blackpink BTS Got the Beat Ive Kang Daniel Kim Ho-joong Lim Young-woong NCT Dream Psy Red Velvet Seventeen Stray Kids Taeyeon Zico List of nominated artists 10cm Astro Ateez Big Bang Bol4 BtoB Choi Ye-na Cravity Crush DKZ Enhypen Fromis 9 Girls' Generation Got7 Itzy J-Hope Jay Park Jin Kihyun Monsta X Nayeon NCT 127 Oneus P1Harmony Seulgi STAYC Suho Super Junior The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure Twice WEi Winner |
| Best Song Award | Best Album Award |
| Ive – "Love Dive" | BTS – Proof |
| Rookie Award | Best Performance |
| Le Sserafim NewJeans TNX ATBO Billlie Classy CSR H1-Key Kep1er Lapillus Nine.i Nmixx TAN Tempest Trendz Viviz Younite | (G)I-dle |
| Popularity Award | Hallyu Special Award |
| Lim Young-woong List of nominated artists (G)I-dle 10cm Aespa Astro ATBO Ateez Big Bang Billlie Blackpink Bol4 BtoB BTS Choi Ye-na Classy Cravity Crush CSR DKZ Enhypen Fromis 9 Girls' Generation Got the Beat Got7 H1-Key Itzy Ive J-Hope Jay Park Jin Kang Daniel Kep1er Kihyun Kim Ho-joong Lapillus Le Sserafim Monsta X Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NewJeans Nine.i Nmixx Oneus P1Harmony Psy Red Velvet Seulgi Seventeen STAYC Stray Kids Suho Super Junior Taeyeon TAN Tempest The Boyz TNX Tomorrow X Together Treasure Trendz Twice Viviz WEi Winner Younite Zico | Suho List of nominated artists (G)I-dle 10cm Aespa Astro ATBO Ateez Big Bang Billlie Blackpink Bol4 BtoB BTS Choi Ye-na Classy Cravity Crush CSR DKZ Enhypen Fromis 9 Girls' Generation Got the Beat Got7 H1-Key Itzy Ive J-Hope Jay Park Jin Kang Daniel Kep1er Kihyun Kim Ho-joong Lapillus Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Monsta X Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NewJeans Nine.i Nmixx Oneus P1Harmony Psy Red Velvet Seulgi Seventeen STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Taeyeon TAN Tempest The Boyz TNX Tomorrow X Together Treasure Trendz Twice Viviz WEi Winner Younite Zico |

### Genre-based awards

| Trot Award | Ballad Award |
| Young Tak Jang Min-ho Jang Yoon-jeong Jeong Dong-won Kim Hee-jae Kim Tae-yeon Lim Young-woong Na Huna Song Ga-in | Younha Ben Davichi Han Dong-geun Juho Kassy KyoungSeo Lim Jae-hyun Kang Min-kyung & Jannabi Monday Kiz Noel Paul Kim Tei Tophyun V.O.S |
| OST Award | R&B Hiphop Award |
| MeloMance 10cm Bibi Davichi Heize Jimin & Ha Sung-woon Lee Seok-hoon Lee Seung-yoon Lee Sun-hee Lim Young-woong Sam Kim Sunwoo Jung-a Taeil Tiger JK Wheein Wonstein | Be'O Big Naughty Coogie Epik High Jessi Joosiq Leellamarz & Toil Punch Woo & Meenoi |

### Other awards

| New Wave Star | World Best Artist |
| Kep1er Lapillus TAN | Psy |
| Discovery of the Year | Band Award |
| Lee Seung-yoon | Jannabi |
| K-pop Special Award | Legend Artist |
| Kara | BoA |
| idol+ New Star Award | idol+ Best Star Award |
| Tempest | BTS |

### Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
| Awards | Artist(s) |
| 3 | BTS |

## Presenters

The list of presenters was announced on January 9, 2023.
Order of the presentation, name of the artist(s), and award(s) they presented :
| Order | Artist(s) | Presented |
| 1 | Bae Da-bin and Yoo Seon-ho | New Wave Star + Trot Award |
| 2 | Moon Sang-min and Jung Eun-hye | OST Award |
| 3 | Park Yong-taik | World Best Artist Award |
| 4 | Kim Ji-min and Park Byung-eun | Discovery of the Year + Ballad Award |
| 5 | Hwang In-youp | Band Award |
| 6 | Chae Jong-hyeop and Park Se-wan | Rookie of the Year |
| 7 | Roh Jeong-eui and Byun Woo-seok | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 8 | Aiki | R&B Hiphop Award |
| 9 | Kim Jae-young and Kim So-won | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 10 | Kim Ye-won and Seo In-guk | K-pop Special Award |
| 11 | Gong Seung-yeon and Kim Bum | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 12 | Rihey | idol+ New Star Award + idol+ Best Star Award |
| 13 | Im Soo-hyang and High1 Resort's CEO Lee Sam-geol | Best Performance + Popularity Award + Hallyu Special Award |
| 14 | Hwang Bo-ra and Sung Joon | Main Award (Bonsang) |
| 15 | Lee Sun-bin and Busan World Expo 2030 Secretary General's Yoon Sang-jik | Legend Artist |
| 15 | Ahn Bo-hyun | Best Song Award + Best Album Award |
| 16 | Choi Ji-woo and Seoul Music Awards' Chairman 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 | CocaNButter | "I Know" + "The Angel Who Lost Wings" + "Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah" + "No. 1" + "10 Minutes" + "Growl" + "Boy with Luv" |
| 1 | TNX | "Mr. Simple" + "Gangnam Style" |
| 2 | Young Tak | "Why are you coming out from there" + "Jjiniya" + "Mmm" |
| 3 | MeloMance | "Invitation" + "Love, Maybe" |
| 4 | Younha | "Event Horizon" |
| 5 | TNX | "Move" |
| 6 | Psy | "That That" |
| 7 | Jannabi | "Grippin'TheGreen" + "For Lovers Who Hesitate" |
| 8 | Lee Seung-yoon | "Open Your Textbook" |
| 9 | Big Naughty (with Team NY, Roh Yoon-ha, Khan, Next G, and Holy Bang) | "New Era (Prod. BMTJ)" |
| 10 | Be'O | "Love Me" |
| 11 | Kim Ho-joong | "Phantasmagoria" + "Il mare calmo della sera" |
| 12 | (G)I-dle | "My Bag" + "Tomboy" |
| 13 | Zico | "Freak" + "New Thing (Feat. Homies)" |
| 14 | Kara | "Lupin" + "Step" + "Pandora" + "Damaged Lady" + "Mamma Mia!" + "Mister" + "When I Move" |
| 15 | Kang Daniel | "Upside Down" + "Nirvana" |
| 16 | Ive | "Love Dive" + "After Like" |
| 17 | NCT Dream | "Candy" + "Beatbox" + "Glitch Mode" |
| 18 | Got the Beat | "Stamp on It" |

## Broadcast

| Region | Network/Platform | Ref. |
| South Korea | KBS JoyU+Idol Live | |
| Various | ParaviMahcastYippiU+Idol Live | |