2010 7th Korean Music Awards, February 10, 2010

[asteri5k.livejournal.com]

About KMA, from an article last year: "The nominees are selected in a collective evaluative process by a committee of 52 judges with a variety of perspectives." The representative added, "No other aspect besides music is considered when selecting nominees. Musical value and the final product are the main concerns during evaluation."

The Korean Music Awards seeks to treat music as more than a mere form of amusement but as an art, and musicians as artists instead of entertainers. With such a basis, more attention is paid to albums and songs rather than singers, and musical achievement represents the standard rather than sales figures. The ultimate goal of the Korean Music Awards is to move beyond the mainstream vs. independent debate and to create a foundation upon which Korean music can progress in a balanced, positive manner.
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Album of the Year
The Black Skirts - 201
Broccoli, You Too - Universal Song
Seoul Electric Band - Life is Strange
Swallow - IT
Lee Sora - 7th Album

Song of the Year
3rd Line Butterfly - A Heavy Night Fog
The Black Skirts - 좋아해줘
Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra
Broccoli, You Too - Universal Song
Girls' Generation - Gee
Lee Sora - Track 8


Musician of the Year
Drunken Tiger
Seoul Electric Band
Yoon Sang
Lee Sora
Jang Ki Ha & Faces

Rookie of the Year
2NE1
The Black Skirts
Guckkasten
Park Joo Won
Apollo 18

Best Rock (Album)
49 Morphines - Partial Eclipse
Method - Spiritual Reinforcement
The Moonshiners - 모험광백서 (冒險狂白書)
Seoul Electric Band - Life Is Strange
Apollo 18 - The Blue Album
한음파 - 독감 (獨感)

Best Rock (Song)
3rd Line Butterfly - A Heavy Night Fog
The Black Skirts - 좋아해줘
Broccoli, You Too - Universal Song
Swallow - 두 사람
Lee Jang Hyuk - Auschwitz Orchestra
Plastic People - 흑백사진

Best Pop (Album)
No Reply - Road
Park Ji Yoon - Flower, Again the First Time
Summer of Thoughts - Summer of Thoughts
Oh So Young - Tempo
Yoon Jong Shin - 동네 한 바퀴
Lee Sora - 7th Album

Best Pop (Song)
Bobby Kim - That Thing Called Love
Park Ji Yoon - Faded Memory
Baek Ji Young - Like Being Hit By A Bullet
SHINee - Ring Ding Dong
Girls' Generation - Tell me your wish (Genie)
Lee Sora - Track 8
Kara - Mister

Best Dance & Electronic (Album)
Motet - Mo: Tet
Brown Eyed Girls - Sound-G
Epitone Project - 긴여행의 시작
Epik High & Planet Shiver - Remixing The Human Soul
Yoon Sang - Things I Didn't Know Then
House Rulez - Star House City

Best Dance & Electronic (Song)
Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra
Girls' Generation - Gee
House Rulez - High School Disco (Day)
Baek Ji Young - My Ear Candy
Kara - Honey
Yoon Sang - Let's go

Best Rap & Hip Hop (Album)
Drunken Tiger - Feel Ghood Muzik: The 8th Wonder
Verbal Jint - The Good Die Young
Unspoken - Rainbow 7
Pento - Pentoxic
P - Type - The Vintage

Best Rap & Hip Hop (Song)
Dynamic Duo - 잔돈은 됐어요 (Keep The Change)
Drunken Tiger - Monster (English ver.)
Rhyme Attack - K-bonics
Verbal Jint - Infernal Affairs (無間道)
Overclass - San E - Rap Genius

Best R&B & Soul (Album)
Kim Shin Il - Soul Soul Soul
Deez - Envy Me
Ra.D - Realcollabo
All That - Touch Me
Jung Yup - Thinking Back On Me

Best R&B & Soul (Song)
2NE1 - I Don't care
Deez - Devil's Candy
All That - Missing U
Jung Gi Go - Byebyebye
Jung Yup - You Are My Lady

Best Jazz & Crossover (Song)
Check Kim/Jaeil Jung - The Methodologies
Malo - This Moment
Jangeun Bae Trio - Go
Youngjoo Song Trio - Love Never Fails
Jo Yun Seong - Bach Renovation

Best Jazz & Crossover (Album)
꽃별 (Ccotbyel) - Yellow Butterfly
Park Joo Won - 집시의 시간
Sim Seong Rak - Listen To The Music Of The Wind
Yang Bang Ean -Timeless Story
Pudditorium - Episode: 이별

Best Jazz & Crossover (Performance)
Check Kim/Jaeil Jung - The Methodologies
Park Joo Won - 집시의 시간
Jangeun Bae Trio - Go
Youngjoo Song Trio - Love Never Fails
Sim Seong Rak - Listen To The Music Of The Wind
Jo Yun Seong - Bach Renovation

Best Film and TV Music (Album)
National Athlete
Noodle Road
Mother
Thirst
Haeundae/Tidal Wave

Musician of the Year Netizen Vote


Source: kmusicawards
credit: elavip @ ygsecret21.com

Comments

[nezumi-kenka.livejournal.com]

FINALLY

A real awards show, with real nominees.

[shonen-key.livejournal.com]

lol ia

[lilmissniza.livejournal.com]

i want BEG & Drunken Tiger to win wtv they're nominated for :)) & of course my bias 2ne1 ~ so happy they're nominated ... bt IDC's not exactly R&B...

[inchywermy.livejournal.com]

most of it looks legit, but
Song of the Year
Girls' Generation - Gee
wtf.

catchy, but beyond that, does it really have ANY musical value?


also, I haven't heard of a lot of these groups/people.

sounds like I'm gonna have a lot of new music 8)

[stopthedisco.livejournal.com]

To be honest, you can say that about Abracadabra too.

[vvvanilla.livejournal.com]

sorry he's one of my biases so i have to ask. g-dragon? heartbreaker album?




but yeah, i love KMA bec. i get to discover new (and really GOOD) kpop songs :D

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

I think it didn't make it because plagiarism accusations.

[aprettyeternity.livejournal.com]

I love 201 by The Black Skirts. I hope they win.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

that album is really amazing! i hope they win some awards, they got loads of nominations~

[gdlovesbee.livejournal.com]

go 2NE1 but I had no idea the Black Skirts were rookies! and that K-bonics song annoyed me real fast idek

[asteri5k.livejournal.com]

They debuted late 2008 I think. I can't confirm this though. :\

[raved.livejournal.com]

The Black Skirts, Broccoli You Too, and Guckkasten? I like you, KMAs. ♥♥

[wassereis.livejournal.com]

Best Pop (Album)
No Reply - Road


yay yay yay 8D

Apollo18 already got an award for best rookie, wouldn't wonder if they get this one too

[wassereis.livejournal.com]

thinking about it, Guckkasten won 2008 EBS hello rookie of the year award. lol?

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

musical achievement represents the standard rather than sales figures.

Best Pop (Song)
SHINee - Ring Ding Dong

LMAO I think their standards are pretty elastic.

[asteri5k.livejournal.com]

lol, hdu, i actually like the song. well, the mv and the dance. doesn't want to check english translation of the lyrics

[matsya-q.livejournal.com]

ABRACA-FREAKIN-DABRA <3

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

The Black Skirts. *_* And Broccoli, You Too... Third Line Butterfly. Aaaand more names to check out.

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

I love SNSD and 2ne1 but I feel like I am playing the game 'one of these is not like the others'

Shinee? really?

Yes their songs were huge but based on the standards that they said they use, they just don't fit. I am 100000000% sure there was another r&b artist that could have been nominated instead of 2ne1.

It seems like I have a lot of youtubing ahead of me. I have never heard of most of these people.

[massj.livejournal.com]

there is no super junior..

[the-lazy-one.livejournal.com]

...I thought the same thing.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_saeko/]

Lol. I feel really lame for not knowing a lot of the nominees other than the mainstream artists... I must not know what real music sounds like. :C

[asti2005.livejournal.com]

no Jun Jack, wtf >:[

[asti2005.livejournal.com]

though some other personal favs are missing, this list is really good.. can't wait for the outcome 8D

[shadowfax.livejournal.com]

All That's album was nice.

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

should be 잊지 못해서, translation/googling error on my part >

[filmsession.livejournal.com]

dang, 검정치마? props

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

Including SNSD more than once is making this show losing its credibility tbh.

Where the fuck is K.Will? And Outsider? And MC Sniper? And other 'real musicians'?

[dipropylene]

I was wondering about Outsider, too.

[drivenunder32.livejournal.com]

Go Verbal Jint! <3

[sballet06.livejournal.com]

The Black Skirts and Jang Ki Ha♥

I love the English ver of "Monster"
T kills that track

[na-jin-br.livejournal.com]

How there's no Super Junior O_O

[janri.livejournal.com]

So fucking stoked Verbal Jint is getting some love.

[lilykt7.livejournal.com]

this looks pretty well thought out, the pop group kind of does make sense because its POP. It's gonna most likely be mainstream music no matter what.

2ne1 making it into the R&B group was surprising though.

[meccamputech.livejournal.com]

Best R&B & Soul (Song)
2NE1 - I Don't care

WAT

[earenya-beryl.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry but your icon think kinda look like Minho's female version, though I do know it's Sooyoung.
I keep staring at it O.O ...*please don't kill me*

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

Best Dance & Electronic (Song)
Kara - Honey


huh? I'd understand like wanna/mister, but that a little WTF for me.

[caro1az.livejournal.com]

Definitely. O.o