Winners from the 20th High1 Seoul Music Awards

The 20th High1 Seoul Music Awards were held on January 20th at the Hall of Peace in Kyunghee University, and many top K-pop artists were in attendance.

The awards show first begun in 1990 and is presented annually by Sports Seoul for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea. It is one of the big 4 music award ceremonies in Korea, alongside Mnet Asian Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, and Melon Music Awards.

The hosts for the evening were Shin Dong Yup, SNSD’s Yuri and Tak Jae Hoon.

Below is the list of winners from this year’s show!

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The Bonsang award winners are chosen through voting (20%), digital/album sales (50%), research (10%), and panel judgement (20%). One artist is then chosen from the Bonsang winners for the Daesang.

▲ Daesang

- SNSD (first girl group to win consecutive Daesangs)

▲ Bonsang

miss A | Son Dambi | SHINee | SECRET | IU | 2AM | 4minute | F.T. Island | B2ST | SNSD

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Judging for the other categories are based on mobile poll (20%), Sports Seoul popularity level (10%), album and music sales (50%), and panel judgement (20%).

▲ Rookie

- The Boss | SISTAR | CNBLUE

▲ Popularity

- SHINee | SNSD

▲ Performance Culture Award

- Bobby Kim

▲ Best Album

- PSY (PSY Five)

▲ Digital Music Award

- IU

▲ Hallyu Special Award

- SNSD

▲ R&B Ballad Award

- 2AM

▲ Hip Hop Award

- Supreme Team

▲ Trot Award

- Jang Yoon Jung

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Congratulations to all of the winners!

So what did you think of the results of the Seoul Music Awards this year?

Credits: allkpop