Korea Music Awards 2026 Nominee List: Jennie to NMIXX

Jennie BLACKPINK (Instagram @jennierubyjane)

JAKARTA - The Korea Music Awards 2026 Committee revealed the list of nominees for singers and albums. Considered as the Grammy of Korea, this award is one of the most prestigious.

Singer Effie leads the nominations with her latest album, E and pullup to busan 4 morE hypEr summEr it's gonna be a fuckin moviE which received six nominations. Jennie and Lee Chanhyuk also received five nominations for their solo albums.

In the best album category, NMIXX received two nominations for two different albums, showing their consistent quality.

Check out the list of 2026 Korea Music Awards nominations below:

Album of the Year: Kwonnamu - Scent of Life Effie - pullup to busan 4 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 or the Year: Hanroro Lee Chanhyuk Jennie Effie NMIXX

Rookie of the Year: Woo Hee Jun ALLDAY PROJECT Peach Truck Hijackers park RA KUNELAMA

Best Pop Album: Lee Chanhyuk - EROSLim Hyeon Jeong - ExtraordinaryJoo Hye Rin - StereoSong So Hee - Re:5Yerin 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 TWICE - LIL FANTASY vol.1 MARK - The Firstfruit - The 1st Album Jennie - Ruby

Best K-Pop SongLE SSERAFIM - "SPAGHETTI (feat. j-hope of BTS)"ALLDAY PROJECT - FAMOUSNMIXX - Blue ValentineJennie - Like JENNIEHearts2Hearts - FOCUS

Best Electronic Album KIRARA - KIRARAYetsuby - 4EVANECTA - Seoul BizarreBojvck - UnderNationWideEffie, E

Best Electronic SongNaojusung - Eternal Light (feat. Kim Tteutdol)NECTA - Lady LoveMELKI - BODY BREAKEffie - open your eyesKIRARA - Music (With Sunwoo Jung-a)

Best Alternative Rock Album Woo Hee-jun - The heart pumping is torture Hanroro - Grapefruit Apricot Club New human race - Shining Strike Archaeology (Gogohawk) - VOL.07 Say Sue Me - Time is Not Yours

Best Alternative Rock - SongPlaybook - TruthbusterNew human race - Head-on attackWoo Hee-jun - Spacious houseJeongwoo - Life of IronHanroro - Running Through Time

Best Rock Album Wah Wah Wah & a play book - UBUBUPeach Truck Hijackers - Peach Truck HijackersGreen Flame Boys - GREENROOFYB (Yoon Do-hyun Band) - Odyssey

Best Rock SongGreen Flame Boys - “sincerity”Bae Cheol-soo - “Eoeodo (Blue Island)”Wah Wah Wah & a play book - “Uncertainty”Simian - “Apocalypse”Lee Seung-yoon - “PunKanon”

Best Metal & Hardcore AlbumBaan - neumannLoss of infection - 罰錢Chain Reaction - A LOVE SUPREMEMETHKAMEL - CircleDULOM - AXIOM ZERO

Best Rap & Hip-Hop Album Sik-K & Lil Moshpit - K-FLIP+Effie - pullup to busan 4 more hypEr summEr it’s gonna be a fuckin movie B-Free - Free The Mane 3 "Free The Mane VS B-Free" Salt - Living Alive 4 Viceversa - ANIMAL FKRY

Best Rap & Hip-Hop Song B-Free - "Nergal" Sik-K & Lil Moshpit - "LOV3 (feat. Bryan Chase, Okasian)" C JAMM - "Layered" Effie, "CAN I SIP Cigarettes" Salt - "IE Runny"

Best R&B & Soul AlbumJeebanoff - MiseryShinjihang - NONGBIBI - EVE: ROMANCEYoon Da-hye - King of AntsChuda Hye-chajis - Minority

Best R&B & Soul SongRAKUNELAMA - "B"A.TRAIN - "POVIDONE (feat. Danpyunseon)"Yoon Da-hye - "She's a finger goldfish"Joo Hye-rin - "Busy Boy"Chuda Hye-chajis - "Huh?

Best Folk Album Kwonnamu - Scent of Life Distracted gaze - Distracted Gaze 2 Jeong Tae-chun & Park Eun-ok - Between heavy rains Kim Hwal-seong - The Remaining Forest Lucid Fall - Another place

Best Folk Song Kim Chang-wan - "day" Kim Hwal-seong - "The Remaining Forest" Distracted Gaze - "Heart of a Dog" Kwonnamu - "Like that, without me knowing" Jeong Tae-chun & Park Eun-ok - "Between heavy rains

Best Jazz Vocal AlbumIn words - MALO LIVE AT MUDDYMaria Kim - Love LettersKang Yun-mi & John Stowell - A Timeless PlaceOldie but goodie - Oldie but goodieHa Kyung - BREATHING IN

Best Jazz Performance Album Mijung Lim - Impromptu Sumin Jung - wreck Yonglee & the DOLTANG - Invisible Worker Shin Aram - Bium Project II: After BIUM Hong Seon-mi - Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest

Best Global Contemporary Album Gray by Silver - Time of Tree Park Jiha - All Living Things Jeong Eun-hye, Cadejo & Kim Ye-chan - NAMDO CALLING Jeong Ji-su & Baroque in Blue - Baroque in Blue Jeon Jin-hee - After the rain uuhu