# 32nd Hanteo Music Awards

The 32nd Hanteo Music Awards (Korean: 32주년 한터뮤직어워즈 2024; RR: 32junyeon Hanteo myujig eo-wojeu; lit. 32nd Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2024) presented by Hanteo Global is an award show held at Jangchung Arena in Seoul from February 15 to 16, 2025. It recognized the best artists and recordings, primarily based on Hanteo Chart data gathered from January 1 to December 31, 2024.

## Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2024.
| Category | Hanteo Global score | Global voting score | Judging score |
| Grand Prize | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| Categories by Artist | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| Special Genre Award | 30% | 40% | 30% |
| Global Artist Award | 50% | 50% | — |
| WhosFandom Award | — | 100% | — |

## Performers

The first line-up of performers were announced on January 23. The second and final line-up were announced on February 4.

### Day 1 (February 15)

Performances for Day 1 :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) Performed |
| Artms | "Virtual Angel" |
| Nowadays | "OoWee" "Let's Get It" |
| Say My Name | "WaveWay" "Goldilocks Water" |
| TripleS | "Girls Never Die" |
| Lee Mu-jin | "Ordinary Confession" "Coming of Age Ceremony" |
| Yeonjun | "Ggum" |
| Epex | "Sunshower" "Universe" |
| Minnie | "Her" "Cherry Sky" |
| Kim Jae-joong | "Devotion" "Glorious Day" |
| Nowadays Epex Artms TripleS Say My Name | Dance Cover Tribute Medley "Please Look at Me" "T.O.P. (Twinkling of Paradise)" "So Hot" "Boss" "Mister" (with Nicole) |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Deja Vu" "Over the Moon" |
| Insooni | "Goose's Dream" (with Oh Ji-yul and Kim Jae-joong) "Happy" |

### Day 2 (February 16)

Performances for Day 2 :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) Performed |
| Young Posse 8Turn Lightsum | Dance Cover Tribute Medley "Boy with Luv" "Just Right" "Into the New World" |
| Evnne | "Badder Love" "Hot Mess" |
| 8Turn | "Like A Friend" |
| Young Posse | "XXL" |
| HYB | "Plot Twist" "Love 119" "Fate" "T.B.H" "Promise" |
| Lightsum | "Honey or Spice" "Pose!" |
| Riize | "Hug" |
| NCT Wish | "Wish" "Steady" |
| Lee Seung-yoon | "Anthem of Defiance" |
| Yena | "It Was Love" "Nemonemo" |
| Young Tak | "What Did You Say?" "SuperSuper" |
| Riize | "Boom Boom Bass" |

## Presenters

The line-up of presenters was announced on February 6.

### Day 1 (February 15)

* Hwanhee – presented Artist of the Year (Bonsang) and Post Generation Award
* Jeong Sunah and Johan Kim – presented Special Award – Ballad and Global Generation Icon
* Kahi and Nicole – presented Emerging Artist, Blooming Star – Male, and Blooming Star – Female
* Brian Joo and Hwanhee – presented Global Artist – Oceania, Global Artist – North America, and Great Male Artist
* Kwon In-ha – presented Great Songwriter and Global Rising Star
* Andy Lee – presented Grand Wave Musician and The Most Prime Solo Artist
* Brian Joo – presented Artist of the Year (Bonsang) and Top Touring Artist
* Yoon Sang – presented Best Artist (Daesang) and Best Performance (Daesang)

### Day 2 (February 16)

* Jang Woo-hyuk – presented Rookie of the Year – Male and Post Generation Award
* Kim Yong-jun and Soyou – presented Artist of the Year (Bonsang) and Blooming Performance Group
* Lee Hee-jin – presented Emerging Artist and Best Trend Leader
* Muzie – presented Special Award – Band and Special Award – Trot
* Kim Ho-young and JeA – presented Great Female Artist, Hanteo-choice K-pop Male Artist, and Hanteo-choice K-pop Female Artist
* Jang Woo-hyuk and Muzie – presented The Most Prime Group and Great Vocal Group
* Hwangbo and JeA – presented Next Worldwide Artist and Artist of the Year (Bonsang)
* Insooni – presented Best Album (Daesang) and Best Song (Daesang)

## Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### Grand Prize

| Best Artist (Daesang) | Best Album (Daesang) |
| Aespa | Seventeen – Spill the Feels |
| Best Song (Daesang) | Best Performance (Daesang) |
| (G)I-dle – "Fate" | Tomorrow X Together |

### Main & Special Awards

The list of main categories and genre nominees was announced on December 11, 2024, through Hanteo Music Awards social media posts. Voting opened on the WhosFan and BIGC app on December 23, 2024, and will run until January 12, 2025.
| Artists of the Year (Bonsang) | Emerging Artist |
| (G)I-dle Aespa Day6 Enhypen IU Ive Le Sserafim NCT Dream NewJeans Plave Riize Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together TWS Young Tak Zerobaseone List of nominated artists Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Cravity Eclipse G-Dragon Hwang Young-woong Illit Itzy Jennie J-Hope Jimin Jin Kep1er Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Young-ji Lim Young-woong NCT 127 NCT Wish Nmixx P1Harmony QWER Red Velvet RM Rosé Taeyeon The Boyz TripleS Twice WayV Yuqi | Artms Evnne 8Turn Fifty Fifty Hui Lun8 Meovv N.SSign Nexz Xikers Young Posse Younite |
| Post Generation Award | Rookie of the Year – Female |
| Epex Yena BAE173 Billlie CIX DKB Drippin Kim Hee-jae Purple Kiss Tempest Weeekly STAYC Xdinary Heroes | Illit Artms Babymonster Badvillain Candy Shop Izna Katseye Madein Meovv Rescene Say My Name Unis |
| Rookie of the Year – Male | Special Award – Ballad |
| NCT Wish All(H)Ours ASC2NT B.D.U Dxmon JD1 Nexz NOMAD Nowadays TIOT TWS Waker | Lee Mu-jin 10cm Bol4 Davichi D.O. Heize Kyuhyun Roy Kim Taeyeon Younha |
| Special Award – Band | Special Award – Hip-hop |
| Lee Seung-yoon CNBLUE Day6 Lucy N.Flying Onewe QWER Xdinary Heroes | RM Crush Dean Jay Park J-Hope Lee Young-ji Zico |
| Special Award – Trot ||
| Young Tak Hwang Young-woong Jang Minho Jeong Dong-won Kim Hee-jae Lee Chan-won Lim Young-woong ||

### Global Artist & Popularity Awards

The list of nominees for Global Artist Award was announced on December 17, 2024, and the voting began on December 23, 2024, until January 12, 2025. The list of nominees for WhosFandom Award was announced through Whosfan official Twitter account on November 28, 2024, and voting for Top 40 started through the platform from December 2 to 5, 2024. while voting for Top 16 to Final commenced on Whosfan app from December 9, 2024, to December 30, 2024. The winner for WhosFandom Award was announced on December 31, 2024.
| Global Artist – Africa | Global Artist – Asia |
| Ateez Chanyeol Doyoung Itzy J-Hope Jimin Jin RM Taeyong Wendy List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle Aespa Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Cha Eun-woo Cravity Day6 Eclipse Enhypen Epex Evnne Fifty Fifty G-Dragon Illit Irene IU Ive Izna Jaehyun Jennie Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Young-ji Lun8 Meovv N.Flying N.SSign Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nexz Nmixx P1Harmony Plave QWER Red Velvet Riize Rosé Seventeen SF9 Stray Kids Super Junior-D&E Taeyeon The Boyz Tomorrow X Together TripleS Twice TWS Tzuyu Vanner Wayv Xikers Yena Yeonjun Yuqi Zerobaseone | Plave Chanyeol G-Dragon Jaehyun Jimin Jin Super Junior-D&E Taeyong Tomorrow X Together Vanner List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle Aespa Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Cha Eun-woo Cravity Day6 Doyoung Eclipse Enhypen Epex Evnne Fifty Fifty Illit Irene Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Young-ji Lun8 Meovv N.Flying N.SSign Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nexz Nmixx P1Harmony QWER Red Velvet Riize RM Rosé Seventeen SF9 Stray Kids Taeyeon The Boyz TripleS Twice TWS Tzuyu Wayv Wendy Xikers Yena Yeonjun Yuqi Zerobaseone |
| Global Artist – Europe | Global Artist – North America |
| Jimin Chanyeol G-Dragon Itzy J-Hope Jin Taeyong Tomorrow X Together Yeonjun Zerobaseone List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle Aespa Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Cha Eun-woo Cravity Day6 Doyoung Eclipse Enhypen Epex Evnne Fifty Fifty Illit Irene IU Ive Izna Jaehyun Jennie Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Young-ji Lun8 Meovv N.Flying N.SSign Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nexz Nmixx P1Harmony Plave QWER Red Velvet Riize RM Rosé Seventeen SF9 Stray Kids Super Junior-D&E Taeyeon The Boyz TripleS Twice TWS Tzuyu Vanner Wayv Wendy Xikers Yena Yuqi | Tomorrow X Together Cha Eun-woo Chanyeol G-Dragon Itzy Jimin Jin SF9 Vanner Yeonjun List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle Aespa Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Cravity Day6 Doyoung Eclipse Enhypen Epex Evnne Fifty Fifty Illit Irene IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jaehyun Jennie Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Young-ji Lun8 Meovv N.Flying N.SSign Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nexz Nmixx P1Harmony Plave QWER Red Velvet Riize RM Rosé Seventeen Stray Kids Super Junior-D&E Taeyeon Taeyong The Boyz TripleS Twice TWS Tzuyu Wayv Wendy Xikers Yena Yuqi Zerobaseone |
| Global Artist – Oceania | Global Artist – South America |
| Yeonjun Chanyeol G-Dragon Jaehyun Jimin Jin Taeyong Tomorrow X Together Twice Wendy List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle Aespa Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Cha Eun-woo Cravity Day6 Doyoung Eclipse Enhypen Epex Evnne Fifty Fifty Illit Irene Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Young-ji Lun8 Meovv N.Flying N.SSign Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nexz Nmixx P1Harmony Plave QWER Red Velvet Riize RM Rosé Seventeen SF9 Stray Kids Super Junior-D&E Taeyeon The Boyz TripleS TWS Tzuyu Vanner Wayv Xikers Yena Yuqi Zerobaseone | Rosé Cha Eun-woo Chanyeol G-Dragon J-Hope Jimin Jin Taeyong Tomorrow X Together Tzuyu List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle Aespa Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Cravity Day6 Doyoung Eclipse Enhypen Epex Evnne Fifty Fifty Illit Irene Itzy IU Ive Izna Jaehyun Jennie Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Young-ji Lun8 Meovv N.Flying N.SSign Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nexz Nmixx P1Harmony Plave QWER Red Velvet Riize RM Seventeen SF9 Stray Kids Super Junior-D&E Taeyeon The Boyz TripleS Twice TWS Vanner Wayv Wendy Xikers Yena Yeonjun Yuqi Zerobaseone |
| WhosFandom Award – Female | WhosFandom Award – Male |
| Oh My Girl – Miracle List of nominees (G)I-dle – Neverland Aespa – My Artms – Ourii Babymonster – Monstiez Bibi – Bibitan Billlie – Belllie've Blackpink – Blink Chuu – Kkoti Dreamcatcher – Insomnia Fifty Fifty – Tweny Fromis 9 – Flover Girls' Generation – Sone Illit – Gllit Itzy – Midzy IU – UAENA Ive – Dive Izna – Naya Kep1er – Kep1ian Kiss of Life – Kissy Le Sserafim – Fearnot Lee Young-ji – Sepo Loossemble – C.Loo Mamamoo – Moomoo Meovv – Meovv's Fan NewJeans – Bunnies Nmixx – Nswer QWER – Bawige Red Velvet – ReVeluv Say My Name – LOVvmE Soojin – Seotang STAYC – Swith Sunmi – Miya-ne TripleS – WAV Twice – Once Unis – EverAfter Viviz – Na.V Yena – Jigumi Young Posse – Teleposse Younha – Y.Holics | Lim Young-woong – Hero Generation List of nominees Astro – Aroha Ateez – Atiny BoyNextDoor – OneDoor BTS – A.R.M.Y Cravity – Luvity Crush – CrushBomb Day6 – My Day Drippin – Dreamin Eclipse – Capella Enhypen – Engene Epex – Zenith Evnne – Ennve Exo – Exo-L Hwang Young-woong – Paradise Jeong Dong-won – UJCDW Lee Chan-won – Chan's Lun8 – LUV8 N.Flying – N.Fia N.SSign – Cosmo NCT – NCTzen Nowadays – Day_And P1Harmony – P1ece Plave – Plli Riize – Briize Seventeen – Carat SF9 – Fantasy Shinee – Shinee World Stray Kids – Stay Super Junior – E.L.F The Boyz – The B Tomorrow X Together – Moa Treasure – Treasure Maker TWS – 42 Vanner – VVS Xdinary Heroes – Villains Xikers – Roady Young Tak – Yong Tak & Blues Zerobaseone – Zerose Zico – Common |

### Other Awards

List of winners for the special awards :
| Best Trend Leader | Blooming Performance Group |
| Riize | Young Posse |
| Blooming Star – Female | Blooming Star – Male |
| Say My Name | Nowadays |
| Global Generation Icon | Global Rising Star |
| (G)I-dle | TripleS |
| Grand Wave Musician | Great Female Artist |
| Kim Jae-joong | Yena |
| Great Male Artist | Great Songwriter |
| Kim Jae-joong | Lee Mu-jin |
| Great Vocal Group | Hanteo-choice K-pop Female Artist |
| HYB | Lightsum |
| Hanteo-choice K-pop Male Artist | Infinite Inspiring Icon |
| 8Turn | Insooni |
| The Most Prime Group | The Most Prime Solo Artist |
| Riize | Minnie |
| Next Worldwide Artist | Top Touring Artist |
| NCT Wish | Tomorrow X Together |

## Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received two or more awards:
| Count | Artist(s) |
| 4 | Tomorrow X Together |
| 3 | (G)I-dle |
| 3 | Riize |
| 2 | Aespa |
| 2 | Ateez |
| 2 | Kim Jae-joong |
| 2 | Lee Mu-jin |
| 2 | NCT Wish |
| 2 | Plave |
| 2 | Seventeen |
| 2 | Yena |
| 2 | Young Tak |