Surprisingly high amount of idol shit at KMA this year
Musician of the Year: 방탄소년단 BTS
Best Pop Song: 레드벨벳 Red Velvet ‘빨간 맛 (Red Flavor)’
Best Pop Album: 아이유 IU [Palette]
Best Rap/Hip-hop Song: 우원재 Woo Won-jae ‘시차(We Are) (Feat. 로꼬 & Gray)’
Best Rap/Hip-hop Album: 비앙 X 쿤디판다 Viann X Khundi Panda [재건축]
Best Jazz Album: 이지연 컨템포러리 재즈 오케스트라 Lee Ji-yeun Contemporary Jazz Ensemble [Feather, Dream Drop]
Best Crossover Album: 한승석 & 정재일 Han Seung Seok & Jung Jaeil [And There, The Sea At Last]
Best Jazz/Crossover Performance: 황호규 쿼텟 Hogyu “Stiger” Hwang Quartet [Straight, No Chaser]
Best Modern Rock Song: 혁오 Hyukoh ‘TOMBOY’
Best Modern Rock Album: 혁오 Hyukoh [23]
Best Dance/Electronic Song: 씨피카(CIFIKA) ‘My Ego’
Best Dance/Electronic Album: 이디오테잎 Idiotape [Dystopian]
Best Metal/Hardcore Album: 어비스 Abyss [Recrowned]
Achievement Award: 이장희 (Lee Jang-hee)
Best Folk Song: 강태구 Kang Tae-gu ‘그랑블루 (bleu)’
Best Folk Album: 강태구 Kang Tae-gu [bleu]
Best Rock Song: 새소년 Se So Neon ‘파도 (The Wave)’
Best Rock Album: 로다운 30 Lowdown 30 [B]
Best R&B/Soul Song: 리코 (Rico) ‘Paradise’
Best R&B/Soul Album: 히피는 집시였다 Hippy was Gipsy [나무 (Tree)]
Rookie of the Year: 새소년 Se So Neon
Song of the Year: 혁오 Hyukoh ‘TOMBOY’
