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The Seoul Music Awards (; SMA) is a major South Korean music awards show presented by the newspaper ''Sports Seoul''. The award winners are selected based on a combination of criteria, including music sales, popular votes, and expert judges' opinions. The annual ceremony was first held in 1990, when the Grand Prize was awarded to singer
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. Boy groups Exo and BTS are the most-awarded artists at the Seoul Music Awards, with 23 awards each; they both have also won the most Grand Prizes at the ceremony, with four each.


Ceremonies


Categories

* The Grand Prize (also known as the Daesang) is typically awarded to one musical act, with the exception of the 9th awards ceremony, when the Grand Prize was shared by
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and Sechs Kies, and the 10th awards ceremony, when it was shared by
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and
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. Additionally, at the 29th awards ceremony, two Grand Prizes were awarded: the Album Daesang, which went to BTS, and the Digital Daesang, which went to Taeyeon. *Main Prizes (also known as Bonsang) are given to several musical acts. *The winner of the Popularity Award is determined by domestic viewers' votes, while the winner of the K-Wave Special Award is determined by overseas viewers' votes.


Grand Prize (Daesang)


Main Prize (Bonsang)

The list of winners are listed in alphanumeric order.


New Artist Award


Best Album


Best Song


Genre-specific awards


R&B Hip-Hop Award


Ballad Award


Trot Award


Dance Performance Award


Original Soundtrack Award


Band Award


Popularity Award


K-wave Special Award


Discovery of the Year Award


Special awards


Discontinued awards


Rock Award


Folk Award


Music Video Award


Show & Culture Award


Non-performer awards


Directing Award


Producer Award


Composition Award


Lyricist Award


Arrangement Award


Planning Award


Stylist Award


Most wins

The following artist(s) arranged in alphanumeric order has received five or more awards:


Notes


References

; Seoul Music Awards official website
Complete list of winners
(1990–2020) ; Other references


External links

* {{Seoul Music Awards for New Artist Award Seoul Music Awards South Korean music awards Awards established in 1990 1990 establishments in South Korea Annual events in South Korea