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% Rookie of the Year Popularity Award 100% (Korea Only) rowspan="2" colspan="3" K-wave Popularity Award 100% (Overseas Only) Trot Award 30% 40% 30% Ballad Award OST Award R&B Hiphop Award Best Performance rowspan="3" 100% rowspan="3" colspan="2" Band Award Discovery of the Year
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 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 BTS 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 Name(s) Presented 1 Yoo Yeon-seok Main Award (Bonsang) 2 Kim Dong-wan (Shinhwa) 3 Yoon Eun-hye Best Song Award Best Album Award 4 Son Dam-bi Main Award (Bonsang)
Performers + Name of the performer and the song(s) they performed 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" "Nunu Nana" 5 The Boyz "The Stealer" 6 Itzy "Wannabe" "Not Shy" 7 Aespa "Black Mamba" 8 Enhypen "Given-Taken" 9 Treasure "Slow Motion" "I Love You (Mellow Mood)" "My Treasure" 10 Kang Daniel "2U" "Who U Are" 11 Iz*One "Really Like You" "Sequence" "Panorama" "Slow Journey" 12 (G)I-dle "Hwaa" 13 Ateez "Utopia" "Inception" 14 Tomorrow X Together "We Lost The Summer" "Blue Hour" 15 Oh My Girl "Secret Garden" "Remember Me" "Dolphin" "Nonstop" 16 Lim Young-woong "Trust in Me" 17 NU'EST "I'm in Trouble" "Moon Dance" "Drive" 18 Monsta X "Last Carnival" "Night View" "Gasoline" "Love Killa" 19 Twice "More & More" "I Can't Stop Me" 20 Seventeen "Fallin' Flower" "All My Love" "Home;Run"
References
External links (in English & Korean)