More details have been unveiled for this year’s Gaon Chart Music Awards!

The award categories and criteria are as follows:

Artist of the Year (Digital Music) – 11 winners

A winner is chosen for a release from each month of 2018 based entirely on Gaon Chart data for 30 days after the song’s release. As this year’s ceremony is in January, less than 30 days after the end of December, the December winner will be awarded at the following year’s ceremony.

These are the Artist of the Year (Digital Music) nominees for each month, with the November nominees yet to be revealed:

January:

iKON – “Love Scenario”
Kim Dong Ryul – “Reply”
Red Velvet – “Bad Boy”
Bolbbalgan4 – “First Love”
Sunmi – “Heroine”

February:

Kim Heechul, Min Kyung Hoon – “Falling Blossoms”
Roy Kim – “Only Then”
SEVENTEEN – “Thanks”
Jung Seung Hwan – “The Snowman”
Punch – Tonight”

March:

MAMAMOO – “Starry Night”
BIGBANG – “Flower Road”
Yong Junhyung – “Sudden Shower” (Feat. 10cm)
Heize – “Jenga” (Feat. Gaeko)
Heize – “didn’t know me”

April:

EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day”
TWICE – “What is Love?”
WINNER – “EVERYDAY”
MeloMance – “Just Friends”
GFRIEND – “Time for the Moon Night”

May:

AOA – “Bingle Bangle”
BTS – “Fake Love”
BTS – “The Truth Untold” (Feat. Steve Aoki)
Bolbbalgan4 – “Travel”
Crush – “Bittersweet”

June:

BLACKPINK – “Forever Young”
BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
Wanna One – “Light”
BTOB – “Only One for Me”
Shaun – “Way Back Home”

July:

TWICE – “Dance the Night Away”
MAMAMOO – “Egotistic”
MeloMance – “Tale”
Apink – “I’m So Sick”
Zico – “SoulMate” (Feat. IU)

August:

(G)I-DLE – “HANN”
10cm – “Mattress”
iKON – “Killing Me”
Red Velvet – “Power Up”
BTS – “IDOL”

September:

Roy Kim – “The Hardest Part”
VIBE – “Fall in Fall”
Sunmi – “Siren”
Im Chang Jung – “There Has Never Been a Day I Haven’t Loved You”
Punch – “Good Bye”

October:

Loco – “It Takes Time” (Feat. Colde)
IU – “BBIBBI”
Yang Da Il – “sorry”
Zion.T – “Hello Tutorial” (Feat. Seulgi)
Paul Kim – “Me After You”

Artist of the Year (Physical Album) – 4 winners

A winner is chosen for a release from each quarter of 2018 based entirely on Gaon Chart data for six weeks after the album’s release.

These are the Artist of the Year (Physical Album) nominees for each month, with the 4th quarter nominees yet to be revealed:

1st Quarter:

GOT7 – “Eyes On You”
NCT – “NCT 2018 Empathy”
Wanna One – “0+1=1 (I PROMISE YOU)”
SEVENTEEN – “Director’s Cut”
Jonghyun – “Poet | Artist”

2nd Quarter:

EXO-CBX – “Blooming Days”
TWICE – “What is Love?”
Wanna One – “1÷χ=1 (UNDIVIDED)”
NU’EST W – “WHO, YOU”
BTS – “Love Yourself: Tear”

3rd Quarter:

GOT7 – “Present : YOU”
NCT Dream – “We Go Up”
TWICE – “Summer Nights”
BTS – “Love Yourself: Answer”
SEVENTEEN – “You Make My Day”

New Artist of the Year

Male and female artists who debuted in 2018 are chosen based entirely on Gaon Chart data for Digital Music (30 days after the best-performing song’s release) and Physical Album (six weeks after the best-performing album’s release).

These are the New Artist of the Year nominees:

(G)I-DLE
IZ*ONE
Stray Kids
HAON
Yoo Seon Ho
LOONA
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HAEUN

Composer of the Year, Lyricist of the Year

A judge panel of industry professionals will choose winners from composers and lyricists who participated in music released in 2018.

Performer of the Year (Instrumental Accompaniment, Chorus)

The Federation of Korean Music Performers will choose winners from instrumental accompaniment performers and chorus singers who participated in music released in 2018.

Style of the Year (Choreography, Stylist)

A judge panel of industry professionals will choose winners from choreographers and stylists who participated in music released in 2018.

Discovery of the Year

A judge panel of industry professionals will choose a winner who was not awarded an Artist of the Year award but showed noteworthy activity in various genres throughout the year.

Hot Performance of the Year

A judge panel of industry professionals will choose an artist that showed exceptional performances in 2018.

World Hallyu Star Award

A judge panel of industry professionals will choose an artist that impressed the most with overseas activities.

World Rookie of the Year

A judge panel of industry professionals will choose a new artist that received lots of love overseas.

International Song of the Year

The artist from outside of Korea who has the highest Gaon Chart score for 2018 will be awarded.

Long-Run Song of the Year 

The artist with the 2018 song that charted in the top 50 of the weekly digital chart for the longest time period will be awarded.

Popular Singer of the Year

The artist with the song that charted No. 1 on the 2018 karaoke chart will be awarded.

Album Producer Award

An album production label will be awarded based entirely on Gaon Chart data.

Hosted by Kim Jong Kook and MOMOLAND’s Nancy, the 8th Gaon Chart Music Awards will be held on January 23, 2019 at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium.

Stay tuned for the lineup and more details!

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BIGBANG’s Seungri brought the laughs once again on JTBC’s “Idol Room”!

On the December 25 episode, the variety show aired a Christmas “Thank You Awards” special featuring Seungri, Wanna One, and (G)I-DLE.

Jung Hyung Don and Defconn visited YG Entertainment headquarters, where Seungri was the first person to receive an award.

Defconn said, “Seungri is a major contributor to first place in viewership ratings.” Jung Hyung Don added, “He appeared without a group, but this happened because Seungri himself will soon be a brand. He’s surpassed G-Dragon. He’s the man of viewership ratings.”

Seungri said, “I light-heartedly appeared on ‘Idol Room.’ I’m sorry to my colleagues, but it’s not good to appear on shows as a big group. It’s good to have an impact when appearing.”

He continued, “After my appearance on ‘Idol Room,’ my DJ friends are doing well. They’re doing well at clubs. I saw that [WINNER’s] Song Mino recently appeared on the show. He got a lip piercing. Can he talk with a lip piercing?” When BLACKPINK was brought up, Seungri said, “I don’t think BLACKPINK has any problems. Why did I get No. 1 in viewership ratings? BLACKPINK should’ve gotten No. 1.”

Defconn then asked, “I’ll ask while I’m here. Why did you unfollow ‘Idol Room’ on social media? You unfollowed after filming.” Surprised, Seungri said that he had never unfollowed the show. After checking and seeing that he had unfollowed the account, he followed it again.

It was then revealed that viewership ratings hit a peak when Seungri chose Taeyang as his choice of idol. Jung Hyung Don asked about Taeyang, who’s currently serving in the military, and Seungri explained, “I recently sent him a text message, and he said the place where he is currently stationed is colder than Russia. He’s never been to Russia, but said that it’s colder than Russia.”

Seungri continued, “I saw G-Dragon at the salon when he came out during his break. He said his hair grew so he had to cut it short again. There’s something I feel sorry to G-Dragon about. He waited to see me for an hour. Before, he would’ve said, ‘Why do I need to see you?’ but this time he waited for an hour to see me. I think he might’ve realized in the military who the most successful person is. The first thing I heard when I saw him was, ‘Seungri. I’m a soldier and you’re a celebrity, but I think I’m cooler.'”

In a video message to Taeyang, Seungri said, “Thanks to Taeyang, I was able to maintain the No. 1 viewership ratings spot on ‘Idol Room’ this year. Although top idols came out, I got No. 1 in the name of BIGBANG. Although it’s really cold, please do well in the military, and I’ll see you soon. Good luck with your military service.”

Seungri then said that iKON’s B.I always answers him while sleeping whenever Seungri calls him. He then called B.I, who indeed answered while sleeping. Seungri said, “It’s me,” and B.I replied, “I’m sorry, but who?” He explained, “The person who’s close with Jung Hyung Don,” but B.I replied, “That’s a difficult clue.”

When Seungri asked if he appeared as an unfamiliar number on his phone, B.I answered, “That’s correct. He contacts me via text message or messenger.” Defconn added, “Seungri said he has a complaint. He said he doesn’t know why you’re always sleeping when he calls.”

B.I made everyone laugh when he responded, “It may have all been for this moment.” Seungri then said, “Although you didn’t save my number, you gave me laughter. You should sleep now.” B.I replied, “I think I definitely know your number now,” and Seungri said, “This is the number I’ve been using for three years. Why do you know it now?”

The BIGBANG member then tried to call Song Mino, but he didn’t answer. Seungri then said, “B.I sent me a photo and he saved my number as ‘Let’s really not forget Seungri. Love. Happiness,'” and showed his phone to the camera as proof.

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