2022 Genie Music Awards Nominations

Genie Music’s annual awards show will return this year in its first offline event since 2019. This year’s event will be held on November 8 in Incheon and will recognize music released between October 1, 2021, and October 5, 2022.

Artist of the Year

•   Kim Ho Joong
•   SEVENTEEN
•   PSY
•   IU
•   Lee Chan Won
•   Lim Young Woong
•   Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
•   IVE
•   NCT DREAM
•   (G)I-DLE

Song of the Year

•   BIGBANG – “Still Life”
•   Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues, Our Life”
•   Big Naughty – “Beyond Love” featuring 10cm
•   MeloMance’s Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
•   BE’O – “Counting Stars”
•   Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
•   IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
•   IU – “Strawberry Moon”
•   PSY – “That That” featuring BTS’ Suga
•   (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”

Album of the Year

•   PSY – “PSY 9th”
•   BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
•   NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
•   (G)I-DLE – “I NEVER DIE”
•   Kim Young Woong – “Im Hero”
•   Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “INVU”
•   Kim Ho Joong – “Panorama”
•   BTS – “Proof”
•   SEVENTEEN – “Face the Sun”
•   Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm”

Genie Music Popularity Award

•   BE’O
•   (G)I-DLE
•   IU
•   IVE
•   Kim Ho Joong
•   Lee Chan Won
•   Lim Young Woong
•   NCT DREAM
•   PSY
•   SEVENTEEN
•   Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

Best Boy Group

•   BIGBANG
•   BTS
•   NCT DREAM
•   SEVENTEEN
•   Stray Kids

Best Girl Group

•   (G)I-DLE
•   aespa
•   BLACKPINK
•   IVE
•   Red Velvet

Best Male Solo Artist

•   Lim Young Woong
•   Kim Ho Joong
•   PSY
•   BE’O
•   Lee Chan Won

Best Female Solo Artist

•   IU
•   Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
•   TWICE’s Nayeon
•   Choi Ye Na
•   Kassy

Best Male Rookie Award

•   ATBO
•   TEMPEST
•   TNX
•   Xdinary Heroes
•   YOUNITE

Best Female Rookie Award

•   IVE
•   LE SSERAFIM
•   NewJeans
•   NMIXX
•   Kep1er