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The criteria for the final winners are as follows:

Main, Rookie, Ballad, R&B/Hip Hop, OST, and Dance Performance Awards – 40% judge panel and SMA organizing committee, 30% album and song sales (according to Gaon Chart), 30% mobile votes
Popularity Award – 100% Korean votes
K-Wave Popularity Award – 100% votes from outside of Korea
Band, Performance Culture, Discovery of the Year, and Judge’s Special Awards – 100% judge panel and SMA organizing committee
Here are the nominees for the categories open for voting:

Main Award

AOA – “NEW MOON”
AKMU – “SAILING”
ASTRO – “Blue Flame”
Baekhyun (EXO) – “City Lights”
Baek Yerin – “Our love is great”
Ben – “Thank you for Goodbye”
BLACKPINK – “KILL THIS LOVE”
BOL4 – “Puberty Book Ⅰ Bom”
BTS – “Map of the Soul: Persona”
Chen (EXO) – “April, and a flower”
Chungha – “Gotta Go”
Davichi – “Unspoken Words”
EXO – “OBSESSION”
EXO-SC – “What a life”
GFRIEND – “Time for us”
(G)I-DLE – “I made”
GOT7 – “SPINNING TOP : BETWEEN SECURITY & INSECURITY”
Gummy – “Alone”
Ha Sung Woon – “Don’t Forget”
Heize – “We don’t talk together”
Hwasa (MAMAMOO) – “twit”
IU – “Love poem”
IZ*ONE – “HEART*IZ”
Jang Beom June – “Jang Beom June 3rd”
JANNABI – “Legend”
Kang Daniel – “color on me”
Kassy – “The day was beautiful”
Kim Jae Hwan – “Another”
Maktub – “Red Moon : To You My Light”
MAMAMOO – “White Wind”
M.C the MAX – “Circular”
MONSTA X – “WE ARE HERE”
NCT 127 – “WE ARE SUPERHUMAN”
NCT Dream – “We Boom”
N.Flying – “Fly High Project #2 – Rooftop”
NU’EST – “Happily Ever After”
Oh My Girl – “THE FIFTH SEASON”
Paul Kim – “Traffic Light”
Park Bom – “Spring”
Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival – Day 1”
SEVENTEEN – “An Ode”
Song Ha Ye – “Your Regards”
Stray Kids – “Clé 1 : MIROH”
Super Junior – “Time_Slip”
SuperM – “SuperM – The 1st Mini Album”
Taemin (SHINee) – “WANT”
Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “Four Seasons”
The Boyz – “Bloom Bloom”
TWICE – “FANCY YOU”
WINNER – “WE”
Woody – “Fire Up”
Yunho (TVXQ) – “True Colors”

Rookie Award

1THE9 – “XIX”
AB6IX – “B:COMPLETE”
ATEEZ – “TREASURE EP.2 : Zero To One”
Cherry Bullet – “Let’s Play Cherry Bullet”
EVERGLOW – “HUSH”
HYNN – “The Lonely Bloom Stands Alone”
ITZY – “IT’s Different”
ONEUS – “FLY WITH US”
Rocket Punch – “PINK PUNCH”
TXT – “The Dream Chapter : STAR”
VERIVERY – “VERI-US”
X1 – “QUANTUM LEAP”

Ballad Award

Baek Yerin – “Our love is great”
Ben – “Thank you for Goodbye”
BOL4 – “Two Five”
Davichi – “Unspoken Words”
Gummy – “Alone”
Hwang Chi Yeol – “The Four Seasons”
Lee Hi – “24°C”
Kassy – “Rewind”
Kim Jae Hwan – “Another”
MeloMance – “You&I”
Paul Kim – “Traffic Light”
Song Ha Ye – “Your Regards”

R&B/Hip Hop Award

Crush – “NAPPA”
Epik High – “sleepless in __________”
Giriboy – “100 Years College Course”
Heize – “Late Autumn”
Maktub – “Red Moon : To You My Light”
MC Mong – “CHANNEL 8”
OVAN – “Missed Call”
Park Bom – “Spring”
Punch – “Sometimes”
Shaun – “Annyeong”
Urban Zakapa – “Seoul Night”
Woody – “Fire Up”

OST Award

10cm – “Lean on Me” (“Hotel Del Luna”)
Gummy – “Remember Me” (“Hotel Del Luna”)
Ha Jin – “We All Lie” (“SKY Castle”)
Heize – “Can You See My Heart” (“Hotel Del Luna”)
Jang Beom June – “Your Shampoo Scent in the Flowers” (“Melo Is My Nature”)
JANNABI – “Take My Hand” (“Romance Is A Bonus Book”)
Kim Na Young – “I get a little bit lonely” (“Search: WWW”)
Lim Han Byul – “You Are As Pretty As A Flower” (“When the Camellia Blooms”)
Paul Kim – “So Long” (“Hotel Del Luna”)
Punch – “Like a heroine in the movie” (“When the Camellia Blooms”)
Taeyeon – “All About You” (“Hotel Del Luna”)
Yang Da Il – “I’m Here” (“Memories of the Alhambra”)

Dance Performance Award

Chungha – “Gotta Go”
Ha Sung Woon – “BLUE”
Hwasa (MAMAMOO) – “twit”
Jeon Somi – “BIRTHDAY”
Kang Daniel – “TOUCHIN'”
Kim Jin Woo (WINNER) – “Call Anytime” (Feat. Song Mino)
Park Ji Hoon – “L.O.V.E”
Sunmi – “LALALAY”
Taemin (SHINee) – “WANT”
Yunho (TVXQ) – “Follow”

Popularity Award (Korea Only) and K-Wave Award (Outside of Korea Only)
(The nominees are the same for the Popularity Award and K-Wave Award.)

1THE9 – “XIX”
AOA – “NEW MOON”
AB6IX – “B:COMPLETE”
AKMU – “SAILING”
Apink – “PERCENT”
ASTRO – “Blue Flame”
ATEEZ – “TREASURE EP.2 : Zero To One”
Baekhyun (EXO) – “City Lights”
Baek Yerin – “Our love is great”
Ben – “Thank you for Goodbye”
BLACKPINK – “KILL THIS LOVE”
BOL4 – “Puberty Book Ⅰ Bom”
BTS – “Map of the Soul: Persona”
Chen (EXO) – “April, and a flower”
Cherry Bullet – “Let’s Play Cherry Bullet”
Chungha – “Gotta Go”
CIX – “HELLO Chapter 1. Hello, Stranger”
Davichi – “Unspoken Words”
DAY6 – “The Book of Us : Gravity”
EVERGLOW – “HUSH”
EXO – “OBSESSION”
EXO-SC – “What a life”
fromis_9 – “FUN FACTORY”
GFRIEND – “Time for us”
(G)I-DLE – “I made”
GOT7 – “SPINNING TOP : BETWEEN SECURITY & INSECURITY”
Gummy – “Alone”
Ha Sung Woon – “Don’t Forget”
Heize – “We don’t talk together”
Hwasa (MAMAMOO) – “twit”
HYNN – “The Lonely Bloom Stands Alone”
iKON – “THE NEW KIDS”
ITZY – “IT’z Different”
IU – “Love poem”
IZ*ONE – “HEART*IZ”
Jang Beom June – “Jang Beom June 3rd”
JANNABI – “Legend”
Kang Daniel – “color on me”
Kassy – “The day was beautiful”
Kim Jae Hwan – “Another”
Lovelyz – “Once upon a time”
Maktub – “Red Moon : To You My Light”
MAMAMOO – “White Wind”
M.C the MAX – “Circular”
MONSTA X – “WE ARE HERE”
NCT 127 – “WE ARE SUPERHUMAN”
NCT Dream – “We Boom”
N.Flying – “Fly High Project #2 – Rooftop”
NU’EST – “Happily Ever After”
Oh My Girl – “THE FIFTH SEASON”
ONEUS – “FLY WITH US”
Paul Kim – “Traffic Light”
Park Bom – “Spring”
Park Ji Hoon – “O’CLOCK”
PENTAGON – “Genie:us”
Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival – Day 1”
Rocket Punch – “PINK PUNCH”
SEVENTEEN – “An Ode”
Song Ha Ye – “Your Regards”
Stray Kids – “Clé 1 : MIROH”
Sunmi – “LALALAY”
Super Junior – “Time_Slip”
SuperM – “SuperM – The 1st Mini Album”
Taemin (SHINee) – “WANT”
Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “Four Seasons”
The Boyz – “Bloom Bloom”
TWICE – “FANCY YOU”
TXT – “The Dream Chapter : STAR”
VERIVERY – “VERI-US”
WINNER – “WE”
WJSN – “For the Summer”
Woody – “Fire Up”
X1 – “QUANTUM LEAP”
Yunho (TVXQ) – “True Colors”

The 29th SMA will be held on January 30th, 2020 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul and will be broadcast live via KBS Drama, KBS Joy, and KBS W.