31st Seoul Music Awards

{{Short description|2022 award ceremony}}

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| date = {{start date|2022|01|23}}

| venue = Gocheok Sky Dome

| country = South Korea

| hosts = {{ubl|Kim Sung-joo|Boom|Kim Seol-hyun}}

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| previous = 30th

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The 31st Seoul Music Awards ({{Korean|hangul=31st 서울가요대상|rr=31st Seoul Gayo Daesang}}) is a award ceremony held on January 23, 2022.{{cite web|title=The 31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – 제 31회 하이원 서울가요대상 소개|trans-title=The 31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – Introduction of the 31st High1 Seoul Music Awards|url=https://seoulmusicawards.com/sma31st_about|website=Seoul Music Awards|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204061847/https://seoulmusicawards.com/sma31st_about|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title='서울가요대상' 6일 투표 개시...인기상·한류특별상 주인공 누가 될까|trans-title=Voting for 'Seoul Music Awards' begins on the 6th...Who will be the main character of the Popularity Award and Hallyu Special Award?|url=http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1081979|website=Sports Seoul|language=ko|last=Jeong|first=Ha-eun|date=December 6, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206054324/http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1081979|url-status=live}} It was organized by Sports Seoul and broadcast through KBS Joy, U+Idol Live, U+Mobile TV, and Hello Live. The ceremony was hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Boom, and Kim Seol-hyun.{{Cite web|title=[하이원서울가요대상 D-6]MC 김성주X붐X설현, 특급 시너지 예고|trans-title=[High1 Seoul Music Awards D-6] MC Kim Seong-joo X Boom X Seolhyun, special synergy notice|url=http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1091563|website=Sports Seoul|language=ko|date=January 17, 2022|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-date=March 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313084456/http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1091563|url-status=live}}

Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from January to December 2021.{{cite web|title=The 31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – 심사 기준|trans-title=The 31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – Judging Criteria|url=https://seoulmusicawards.com/sma31st_standard|website=Seoul Music Awards|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202034825/https://seoulmusicawards.com/sma31st_standard|url-status=live}}

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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Category

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Online voting

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Panelist

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Music sales

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Album sales

scope="col" | Main Prize (Bonsang)

| rowspan="2" | 30%

| rowspan="2" | 40%

| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 30%

scope="col" | Rookie of the Year
scope="col" | Popularity Award

| 100% (Korea Only)

| rowspan="2" colspan="3" {{N/A}}

scope="col" | K-wave Popularity Award

| 100% (Overseas Only)

scope="col" | Trot Award

| rowspan="4" | 30%

| rowspan="4" | 40%

| rowspan="4" colspan="2" | 30%

scope="col" | Ballad Award
scope="col" | OST Award
scope="col" | R&B Hiphop Award
scope="col" | Best Performance

| rowspan="4" {{N/A}}

| rowspan="4" | 100%

| rowspan="4" colspan="2" {{N/A}}

scope="col" | Band Award
scope="col" | Discovery of the Year
scope="col" | Special Judge Award

Winners and nominees

File:Lim Young-woong in an ad for 구전녹용 (June 2020) (cropped).jpg won four awards, including the Main Award (Bonsang), Popularity Award, Trot Award, and OST Award.]]

File:BTS for Dispatch White Day Special, 27 February 2019 01.jpg won three awards, including the Main Award (Bonsang), World Best Artist Award, and U+Idol Live Best Artist Award.]]

File:181012 NCT127 KBS '뮤직뱅크' 리허설 출근길 직캠 영상 03 (derived).jpg won two awards, including the Grand Prize Award (Daesang), and the Main Award (Bonsang).]]

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners will be listed first and emphasized in bold.{{Cite web|title=[제31회 서울가요대상]NCT 127, 첫 대상 "오래 꿈꿔 왔다"..임영웅 '4관왕'→트롯 대세 증명(종합)|trans-title=[31st Seoul Music Awards] NCT 127, first grand prize "I've been dreaming for a long time"..Lim Young-woong '4 crowns' → Trot trend proof (comprehensive)|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=112&aid=0003524109|via=Naver|publisher=Herald POP|language=ko|last=Choi|first=Eun-mi|date=January 23, 2022|access-date=January 23, 2022|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123131304/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=112&aid=0003524109|url-status=live}}

The list of nominees for:

  • U+Idol Live Best Artist Award were announced on December 6, 2021, through the Idol Live TV website.{{Cite web|title=U+아이돌Live 베스트아티스트상 1차 투표|trans-title=1st vote for U+Idol Live Best Artist Award|url=https://global.idollive.tv/vote/MjY0YTcwOD|website=Idol Live TV|language=ko|access-date=December 7, 2021|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206214046/https://global.idollive.tv/vote/MjY0YTcwOD|url-status=live}}
  • remaining categories were announced on December 4, 2021, through the official website.{{Cite web|title=31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – 모바일 투표 현황|trans-title=31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – Mobile Voting Status|url=https://seoulmusicawards.com/vote|website=Seoul Music Awards|language=ko|access-date=December 4, 2021|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203220321/https://seoulmusicawards.com/vote|url-status=dead}}

The voting for:

  • U+ Live Best Artist Award opened on Idol Live TV website on December 6, 2021, and closed on December 26, 2021.
  • remaining categories opened on Seoul Music Awards mobile application on December 6, 2021, and closed on January 16, 2022.

=Main awards=

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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:30%" | Grand Award
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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Song Award

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Album Award

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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Rookie of the Year

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Best Performance

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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Popularity Award

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | K-wave Popularity Award

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=Genre-based awards=

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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:30%" | Trot Award

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:30%" | Ballad Award

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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | OST Award

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | R&B Hiphop Award

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=Other awards=

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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:30%" | World Best Artist Award

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:30%" | Special Judge Award

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scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Discovery of the Year

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | U+Idol Live Best Artist Award

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  • Lang Lee

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=Multiple awards=

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

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! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Awards

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Artist(s)

scope="col" | 4

| Lim Young-woong

scope="col" | 3

| BTS

Presenters

The list of presenters was announced on January 18, 2022.{{Cite web|title=[하이원서울가요대상 D-5]박선주·원진아·강백호까지, 각 분야 ★ 시상자 뜬다|trans-title=[High1 Seoul Music Awards D-5] Park Seon-joo, Won Jin-ah, Kang Baek-ho, in each field|url=http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1092042|website=Sports Seoul|language=ko|last=Kim|first=Seon-woo|date=January 18, 2022|access-date=January 23, 2022|archive-date=January 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119080014/http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1092042|url-status=live}}

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|+ Order of the presentation, name of the artist(s), and award(s) they presented

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:2% | Order

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Artist(s)

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Presented

scope="row" | 1

| Kang Hoon, and Han Ji-hyun

| Rookie of the Year

scope="row" | 2

| Lim Hyung-guk, and Park Seon-joo

| Trot Award + Ballad Award + OST Award

scope="row" | 3

| Park Ji-hyun

| Main Award (Bonsang)

scope="row" | 4

| Kim Ho-young, and Moon Ye-won

| Discovery of the Year + Best Performance

scope="row" | 5

| Chae Jong-hyeop

| rowspan="3" | Main Award (Bonsang)

scope="row" | 6

| Rozy AI

scope="row" | 7

| Danny Ahn

scope="row" | 8

| Kang Baek-ho, Kang A-rang, and Kim Hye-seong

| Popularity Award + K-wave Popularity Award + U+Idol Live Best Artist Award

scope="row" | 9

| Rozy AI

| Main Award (Bonsang)

scope="row" | 10

| High1 Resort's Lee Sam-kul, and Won Jin-ah

| Best Song Award + Best Album Award + World Best Artist Award

scope="row" | 11

| Sports CEO's Lee Jang-hyuk, and Seoul Music Awards chairman's Kim Soo-chul

| Grand Award (Daesang)

Performers

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|+ Order of the performance, name of the artist(s), and song(s) they performed

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:2%" | Order

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Artist(s)

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Song performed

! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" | 1

| Omega X

| "What's goin' on"

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scope="row" | 2

| Lee Mu-jin

| "The Assignment Song" + "Traffic Light"

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scope="row" | 3

| Lang Lee

| "There is A Wolf"

|

scope="row" | 4

| STAYC

| "So Bad" (Tak Remix) + "ASAP"

|

scope="row" | 5

| Jung Dong-ha

| "I Still Love You"

|

scope="row" | 6

| Enhypen

| "Blessed-Cursed" + "Tamed-Dashed"

|

scope="row" | 7

| Hyuna

| "I'm Not Cool"

|

scope="row" | 8

| Brave Girls

| "Fever" (Remix) + "Chi Mat Ba Ram"

|

scope="row" | 9

| Kang Daniel

| "Antidote" (Acoustic) + "Paranoia"

|

scope="row" | 10

| Wendy

| "Like Water"

|

scope="row" | 11

| Hyuna & Dawn

| "Ping Pong"

|

scope="row" | 12

| The Boyz

| "Russian Roulette" + "Maverick"

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scope="row" | 13

| Oh My Girl's Seunghee and Jiho

| "Dear You"

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scope="row" | 14

| Oh My Girl's Mimi, YooA, and Arin

| "The Fifth Season"

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scope="row" | 15

| Oh My Girl's Yubin and Hyojung

| "Bungee"

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scope="row" | 16

| Oh My Girl

| "Dun Dun Dance"

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scope="row" | 17

| Lim Young-woong

| "Love Always Run Away"

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scope="row" | 18

| NCT Dream

| "Hello Future" + "Hot Sauce"

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scope="row" | 19

| NCT 127

| "Favorite (Vampire)" + "Lemonade" + "Sticker"

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Broadcast

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scope="row" | South Korea

| {{hlist|KBS Joy|U+Idol Live|U+ Mobile TV}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite web|title=[하이원서울가요대상 D-2]스타 향한 등용문, 신인상의 주인공은?|trans-title=[High1 Seoul Music Awards D-2] Rookie of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year for a Star?|url=http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1092483|website=Sports Seoul|language=ko|last=Jeong|first=Ha-eun|date=January 21, 2022|access-date=January 23, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121081018/http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1092483|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Various

| Hello Live

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite web|title=31st Seoul Music Awards [global exclusive]|url=https://www.hellolive.tv/event/382/1081|website=Hello Live|access-date=January 23, 2022|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122090947/https://www.hellolive.tv/event/382/1081|url-status=live}}

References

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