The 2022 Genie Music Awards ceremony, hosted by Korea’s Genie Music, was held on Nov. 8 in Incheon.
Eligible for this year’s awards were digital songs and albums released from Oct. 1, 2021 to Oct. 5, 2022.
K-pop boy band NCT Dream and trot singer Lim Young-woong emerged as the biggest winners by bagging the daesang or grand prizes.
NCT Dream won Singer of the Year and Album of the Year for “Glitch Mode.” Lim Young-woong bagged the Song of the Year for “Our Blues, Our Life.”
The grand prizes were based on digital songs (60 percent) and judges’ scores (40 percent).
BTS won two awards: Best Male Group and IdolPlus Global Popularity Award.
Girl group (G)I-DLE took home two awards: Best Female Group and Best Record.
Here are the winners at the 2022 Genie Music Awards:
DAESANG (GRAND PRIZE)
Singer of the Year - NCT Dream
Album of the Year - NCT Dream, “Glitch Mode”
Song of the Year - Lim Young-woong, “Our Blues, Our Life”
SINGER AWARD
Best Male Group - BTS
Best Female Group - (G)I-DLE
Best Male Solo Artist - Lim Young-woong
Best Female Solo Artist - Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
Best Male Performance - The Boyz
Best Female Performance - Red Velvet
Best Male Rookie - Tempest
Best Female Rookie - IVE
SPECIAL AWARDS
IdolPlus Global Popularity Award - BTS
Genie Music Popularity Award - Lim Young-woong
Best Pop Artist - Peder Elias
Best Hip-hop Artist - Be'O
Best Rock Artist - Jaurim
Best Music Video - Red Velvet, "Feel My Rhythm"
Best Record - (G)I-dle, “Tomboy”
Best Style - Ive
Next Generation – DKZ
Next Generation Global – Psychic Fever
Next Wave Icon - Lightsum, TNX