The Soribada Best K-Music Awards (previously abbreviated as SOKA and currently abbreviated as SOBA) is an awards ceremony presented by the digital music platform

Soribada Soribada ( ko, 소리바다) was the first Korean peer-to-peer file-sharing service, launched in 2000 by Sean Yang. The name 'Soribada' means "Ocean of Sound" or "Receiving (downloading) Sound". It was closed in 2002 by court order but continued t ...

to celebrate the best and brightest of

K-pop K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gos ...

releases. The first awards ceremony was held in September 2017 and awarded music released between September 2016 and August 2017. This is the first-ever awards ceremony hosted by Soribada which was established in 2000 as the first digital music service in Korea.

List of ceremonies

Judging criteria

Winners are determined through Soribada's internal data, online and mobile votes from fans across the world, as well as ratings from professional adjudicators and critics.

Grand Prize (Daesang)

Main Prize (Bonsang)

Rookie Award

Popularity Award

Genre Awards

Trot Grand Award

Trot Artist Award

Rising Trot Award

Hip Hop Artist Award

R&B Artist Award

Rock Band Award

Best OST Award

Music Video Award

Music Producer Awards

Producer Award

Songwriter Award

Best Hip Hop Maker Award

Special Hallyu Awards

Artist of the Year Award

Music of the Year Award

Stage of the Year Award

Artist Award

Performance Award

Rising Hot Star Award

Icon Award

Voice Award

Music Star Award

Global Entertainer Award

Social Artist Award

Global Hot Trend Award

Next Artist Award

Other Awards

Most Wins

The following artists received five or more awards:

Notes

References

{{Music industry Awards established in 2017 Recurring events established in 2017 2017 establishments in South Korea Annual events in South Korea South Korean music awards Events in Seoul Music in Seoul