Detailed Breakdown
2026 Nominations for the 23rd Korean Music Awards
Korean Music Awards General-Category Award Nominees
Album of the Year
Kwonnamu, Scent of Life
Effie, pullup to busan 4 more hypEr summEr it’s gonna be a fuckin movie
Woo Hee-jun, The heart pumping is torture
Lee Chanhyuk, EROS
Jennie, Ruby
Chuda Hye-chajis, Minority
Song of the Year
Lee Chanhyuk, “Endangered Love”
Jennie, “Like JENNIE”
Woo Hee-jun, “Spacious house”
NMIXX, “Blue Valentine”
Chuda Hye-chajis, “Huh?”
Musician of the Year
Hanroro
Lee Chanhyuk
Jennie
Effie
NMIXX
Rookie of the Year
Woo Hee-jun
ALLDAY PROJECT
Peach Truck Hijackers
park
RAKUNELAMA
(kpop categories)
Best Pop Album
Lee Chanhyuk, EROS
Lim Hyeon-jeong, Extraordinary
Joo Hye-rin, stereo
Song So-hee, Re:5
Yerin Baek, Flash and Core
Best Pop Song
Hwasa, “Goodbye”
Yerin Baek, “MIRROR”
Lee Chanhyuk, “Endangered Love”
Lim Hyeon-jeong, “The road to me is beautiful.”
Jo-wol, “With Your Love as an Excuse (feat. Haepa)”
Best K-Pop Album
NMIXX, Blue Valentine
NMIXX, Fe3O4: FORWARD
Chaeyoung of TWICE, LIL FANTASY vol.1
MARK, The Firstfruit - The 1st Album
Jennie, Ruby
Best K-Pop Song
LE SSERAFIM, “SPAGHETTI (feat. j-hope of BTS)”
ALLDAY PROJECT, “FAMOUS”
NMIXX, “Blue Valentine”
Jennie, “Like JENNIE”
Hearts2Hearts, “FOCUS”
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbe...-nmixx-jennie--lee-chanhyuk-lead-nominations/
