Music Bank (TV program)

Korean television program

Music Bank

Logo used since September 1, 2023

Genre| Music
Presented by|

* Hong Eun-chae
* Moon Sang-min

Country of origin| South Korea
Original language| Korean
No. of seasons| 16
No. of episodes| 1,214 (as of July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12))
Production
Running time| 90 minutes
Production company| KBS Entertainment Production Department
Original release
Network| KBS2
Release| June 16, 1998 (1998-06-16) –
present

Music Bank (Korean: 뮤직뱅크; RR: Myujikbaengkeu) is a South Korean music program which airs every Friday at 17:15 KST on KBS2. As of 2015,[update] the show is also broadcast in more than a hundred countries through KBS World. Episodes are filmed at the KBS New Wing Open Hall in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu.[1] The show also organizes the global live concert Music Bank World Tour.[2]

## History[edit]

Prior to Music Bank, Top 10 Songs (가요톱10) debuted in 1981 airing live at 6:30 (KST) on Fridays and aired until 1998. For the first few months of 1998, Bravo New Generation took its place, but due to low ratings, it was quickly replaced by Music Bank on June 18, 1998. The chart format that was used since Top 10 Songs was abandoned in late 2001 due to controversy and was changed into a request format.

In 2005, the show was moved to Sunday afternoons at 12:45 (KST) and became a recorded broadcast. Due to sinking ratings, in September 2007, the show returned to its original time slot of Fridays evenings at 6:30 (KST) and returned to a live format. The charts were revived as category-based charts.

In January 2008, the category-based charts were combined into the K-Chart which is the familiar countdown chart and the only program to do so. In June 2008, the show extended to 70 minutes, airing from 6:30 (KST) to 7:40 (KST) making it the longest music program on air. In November 2008, as part of the Autumn format changes, the show began airing from 6:40 (KST) to 8:00 (KST) for 80 minutes. In May 2010, as part of the Spring format changes, the show began airing from 5:50 (KST) to 7:10 (KST) for 80 minutes.

On August 27, 2010, Music Bank began airing live to 54 countries around the world through KBS World, and included new interactive features for international viewers through Twitter.

On November 11, 2011, as part of the autumn format changes, the show began airing for 105 minutes from 6:10 (KST) to 7:55 (KST), following KBS News 6.

In August 2012, Asian American cable network Myx TV began airing the first English dubbed version of Music Bank.

Since October 25, 2013, the show began airing for 80 minutes from 6:30 (KST) to 7:50 (KST), following KBS Global 24, which was transferred from KBS1 with effect from October 21, 2013.

Since May 31, 2024, it is hosted by Le Sserafim's Hong Eun-chae and actor Moon Sang-min. Past hosts include Song Hye-kyo, Rain, Ji Sung, Song Joong-ki, Park Seo-joon, Yoon Bora, Irene, Park Bo-gum, Choi Bo-min, Shin Ye-eun, Choi Soo-bin, Arin, Park Sung-hoon, Jang Won-young and Lee Chae-min among others.[3][4]

## K-Chart[edit]

K-Chart is the countdown charts of Music Bank. The charts are calculated by combining the Digital Music Charts (60%), Album Sales (5%), Number of times broadcast on KBS (20%), K-POP Fan Voting Charts (Mubeat App) (10%), and social media charts (5%).[5] This charts tracking from Monday to Sunday, and the Top 50 songs of the week are featured on the show, where the Top 50–21 songs are shown via marquee and the Top 20–3 songs are featured by the hosts. The hosts showcase the Top Two songs in beginning of show and announce who will be the winner of the week. The Number 1 song on the chart is the winner of that week's chart and receives an award.

During the last week of June, the most popular song of the first half of the year is awarded the Music Bank First Half 1st Place award. During the last week of December, the Music Bank 1st Place award (or Music Bank MVP in 2008) is awarded to the most popular song of the entire year.

Prior to the combined K-Charts, category-based charts were used. From September to December 2007, every week a different category (Digital Music Charts, Karaoke Charts, Viewers Choice Charts, Album Sales Charts) was featured. Technically, each category would only be featured once a month. It was similar to K-Chart except the results each week could only be based on a specific chart, and not all the charts combined. From January 2008 to April 2009, two charts were used. Every week, the Digital Music Charts and Album Sales Charts were used, and at the end of the month were the combined charts (Album Sales Charts (20%) + Digital Music Charts (50%) + Viewers Choice Charts (30%)). In May 2009, this was abandoned for the combined charts featured every week. Note that the Music Bank ranking system is different from other previous and current televised K-Pop music shows, in that an artist can win an unlimited number of times for the same song (other shows generally remove it from the charts after three wins, for Music Core it's after five wins or two months since release). While other music chart shows have a full score of 10,000 or 11,000, Music Bank's full score is 200,000, meaning Digital Music Charts category have 120,000 score as full score, 40,000 for Broadcast, 20,000 for K-POP Fan Voting Charts (Mubeat App) 10,000 for Album Sales, and finally 10,000 from Social Media. The new criteria for Music Bank took effect in the January 6, 2023 episode, where the Digital Music Chart percentage decreased from 65% to 60%, the Album Sales are will now be acquired from Gaon instead of the previous Hanteo chart, the KBS Broadcast Plays now added its digital channel in the aggregation scoring alongside its TV and radio channels, and the Social Media Charts will be sourced from the YouTube and TikTok data gathered from the Gaon charts.

### Winners[edit]

* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

## Hosts[edit]

Date  | Hosts

|

1998  | Ryu Si-won, Kim Ji-ho
1999  | Ryu Si-won, Hwang Yu-sun
Kim Seung-hyun, Hwang Yu-sun
Joo Young-hoon, Hwang Yu-sun
2000  | Joo Young-hoon, Kim Gyu-ri
Lee Hwi-jae, Song Hye-kyo
Lee Hwi-jae, Lee Na-young
2001  | Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Bo-kyung
November 8, 2001 – April 18, 2002  | Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Gyu-ri
April 25 – October 24, 2002  | Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Min-jung
October 31, 2002 – January 30, 2003  | Rain, Shoo
February 6 – June 19, 2003  | Jun Jin, Shoo
June 26, 2003 – June 11, 2004  | Choi Jung-won, Park Jung-ah
June 18 – November 5, 2004  | Ji Sung, Park Eun-hye
November 12, 2004 – April 29, 2005  | Namkoong Min, So Yi-hyun
May 8 – October 30, 2005  | Ji Hyun-woo, Kim Bo-min
November 6, 2005 – March 12, 2006  | Kang Kyung-joon, Park Kyung-lim
March 26 – November 19, 2006  | Kang Kyung-joon, Jang Hee-jin
November 26, 2006 – April 1, 2007  | Haha, Lee So-yeon
April 8, 2007 – February 1, 2008  | Haha, Lee Hyun-ji
February 15 – May 16, 2008  | Tablo, Kim Sung-eun
May 23 – August 8, 2008  | Tablo, Min Seo-hyun
August 29, 2008 – January 9, 2009  | Yoo Se-yoon, Seo In-young
January 16 – July 31, 2009  | Yoo Se-yoon, Park Eun-young
August 7, 2009 – November 19, 2010  | Song Joong-ki, Seo Hyo-rim
December 3, 2010 – October 21, 2011  | Hyun Woo, Kim Min-ji
October 28, 2011 – November 11, 2011  | Hyun Woo, Uee
November 18, 2011  | Tim, Sohee, Sunye
November 25, 2011  | Shindong, Sohee, Sunye
December 2, 2011  | Minho, Sohee, Yubin
December 9, 2011  | Minho, Sohee, Sunye
December 16, 2011  | Shindong, Sohee, Yubin
December 23, 2011  | Jung Yong-hwa, Choi Siwon, Yoon Doo-joon, Jun Hyun-moo
January 6, 2012 – March 29, 2013  | Lee Jang-woo, Uee
April 5, 2013  | Lee Jang-woo, Kang Min-kyung
April 12, 2013 – October 4, 2013[6] | Jeong Jinwoon, Park Se-young
September 6, 2013  | Jo Kwon, Park Se-young
October 11, 2013  | Seulong, Park Se-young
October 18, 2013  | Jo Kwon
October 25, 2013 – April 24, 2015  | Park Seo-joon, Yoon Bora
May 1, 2015 – June 24, 2016  | Park Bo-gum, Irene
December 4, 2015  | Park Bo-gum, V, Him-chan
July 1, 2016 – November 4, 2016  | Kang Min-hyuk, Solbin
July 15, 2016  | Kang Min-hyuk, Solbin, Son Dong-woon
November 11, 2016 – May 11, 2018[7] | Lee Seo-won, Solbin
May 18, 2018  | Solbin, N
May 25, 2018  | Solbin, Son Dong-woon
June 1, 2018  | Solbin, Taemin
June 8, 2018  | Solbin, Jin
June 15, 2018 – June 28, 2019  | Kei, Choi Won-myeong
July 5, 2019 – July 17, 2020  | Shin Ye-eun, Choi Bo-min
July 24, 2020 – October 1, 2021  | Arin, Choi Soo-bin
October 8, 2021 – September 2, 2022[8] | Jang Won-young, Park Sung-hoon
November 19, 2021  | Jang Won-young, Park Sung-hoon and Huening Kai
February 4, 2022  | Jang Won-young and Yang Jung-won
August 5, 2022[9] | Park Ji-hu and Park Sung-hoon
September 16, 2022  | Jang Won-young and Lee Ju-yeon
September 23, 2022  | Jang Won-young and Lee Young-ji
September 30, 2022 – January 13, 2023  | Jang Won-young and Lee Chae-min
October 14, 2022  | Kang Seul-gi and Lee Chae-min
December 2, 2022  | Shin Yu-na and Lee Chae-min
January 6, 2023  | Haewon and Lee Chae-min
January 20, 2023 – January 27, 2023  | Minji and Lee Chae-min
February 3, 2023  | Mimi and Lee Chae-min
February 10, 2023 – May 3, 2024  | Hong Eun-chae and Lee Chae-min
March 24, 2023  | Dahyun and Lee Chae-min
August 25, 2023  | Hanni and Lee Chae-min
September 1, 2023  | Arin and Lee Chae-min
September 8, 2023  | Kim Se-jeong and Lee Chae-min
October 27, 2023  | Choi Soo-bin and Lee Chae-min
November 3, 2023  | Umji and Lee Chae-min
January 5, 2024  | Kwon Eun-bi and Lee Chae-min
January 19, 2024  | Hyein and Lee Chae-min
February 2, 2024  | Huh Yun-jin and Lee Chae-min
April 5, 2024  | Yunah and Lee Chae-min
April 12, 2024  | Minju and Lee Chae-min
May 10, 2024  | Hong Eun-chae and Hyunjae
May 17, 2024  | Hong Eun-chae and Kim Tae-rae
May 24, 2024  | Hong Eun-chae, Jo and Zhang Hao
May 31, 2024 – present  | Hong Eun-chae and Moon Sang-min
June 28, 2024  | Hong Eun-chae, Shinyu and Youngjae

## Achievements by artists[edit]

List of most No. 1 winners

Most No. 1 winners  Rank  | Artist  | Count

|
|

1st  | BTS | 49
2nd  | Girls' Generation | 42
3rd  | Exo | 36
4th  | Twice | 29
5th  | IU | 27
6th  | Big Bang | 22
7th  | Seventeen | 21
8th  | Super Junior | 20
9th  | Psy | 18
Shinee
Beast/Highlight

List of longest consecutive No. 1 songs

Longest consecutive No. 1 songs  Rank  | Artist  | Song  | Count  | Year

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|
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1st  | Psy | "Gangnam Style"  | 10  | 2012
2nd  | Girls' Generation | "Gee"  | 9  | 2009
3rd  | Girls' Generation | "The Boys"  | 6  | 2011
IU | "You & I"  | 2011–2012
BTS | "Dynamite"  | 2020
6th  | G-Dragon | "Heartbreaker"  | 5  | 2009
2NE1 | "I Don't Care"  | 2009
Girls' Generation | "Oh!"  | 2010
"Hoot"
Super Junior | "Mr. Simple"  | 2011
Twice | "TT"  | 2016

List of most awarded songs

Songs with most awards  Rank  | Artist  | Song  | Count  | Year

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|
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1st  | Psy | "Gangnam Style"  | 17  | 2012–2013
2nd  | BTS | "Dynamite"  | 16  | 2020-2021
3rd  | Girls' Generation | "Gee"  | 11  | 2009
4th  | Girls' Generation | "Oh!"  | 7  | 2010
BTS | "Boy with Luv"  | 2019
6th  | Girls' Generation | "The Boys"  | 6  | 2011
IU | "You & I"  | 2011–2012
Twice | "TT"  | 2016–2017
9th  | Super Junior | "Sorry, Sorry"  | 5  | 2009
2NE1 | "I Don't Care"
G-Dragon | "Heartbreaker"
Girls' Generation | "Hoot"  | 2010
Super Junior | "Mr. Simple"  | 2011
Soyou & Junggigo | "Some"  | 2014
Twice | "Cheer Up"  | 2016

List of top 10 highest scores (20th system)

Top 10 highest scores (20th system) February 25, 2022 – December 30, 2022

Scoring system: digital music charts (60%), number of times broadcast on KBS (20%), viewers choice charts (10%), album sales (5%) and social media charts (5%)

Rank  | Artist  | Song  | Score  | Date

|
|
|
|

1st  | Seventeen | "Hot"  | 13,816  | 2022/06/04
2nd  | TXT | "Good Boy Gone Bad"  | 12,610  | 2022/05/20
3rd  | (G)I-dle | "Nxde"  | 12,541  | 2022/10/28
4th  | Ive | "After Like"  | 12,174  | 2022/09/02
5th  | "Love Dive"  | 12,095  | 2022/04/15
6th  | "After Like"  | 11,406  | 2022/09/09
7th  | Stray Kids | "Case 143"  | 11,168  | 2022/10/14
8th  | NewJeans | "Attention"  | 11,150  | 2022/08/19
9th  | The Boyz | "Whisper"  | 11,097  | 2022/08/26
10th  | NCT Dream | "Beatbox"  | 11,069  | 2022/06/10

List of top 10 highest scores (current system)

Top 10 highest scores (current system) January 6, 2023 – present

Scoring system: digital music charts (60%), number of times broadcast on KBS (20%), K-pop fan vote (10%), album sales (5%) and social media charts (5%)

Rank  | Artist  | Song  | Score  | Date

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1st  | Seventeen | "God of Music"  | 16,281  | 2023/11/03
2nd  | Ive | "I Am"  | 14,690  | 2023/04/21
3rd  | Le Sserafim | "Unforgiven"  | 13,498  | 2023/05/12
4th  | Stray Kids | "S-Class"  | 13,481  | 2023/06/09
5th  | TXT | "Sugar Rush Ride"  | 13,245  | 2023/02/03
6th  | Zerobaseone | "Feel the Pop"  | 13,101  | 2024/05/24
7th  | Seventeen  | "Super"  | 13,059  | 2023/05/05
8th  | Enhypen | "Bite Me"  | 12,595  | 2023/06/02
9th  | Twice | "Set Me Free"  | 12,587  | 2023/03/17
10th  | Nmixx | "Dash"  | 11,952  | 2024/01/26

List of top 10 highest scores (January 2013 - present)

Top 10 highest scores (all time) January 2013 – present

Rank  | Artist  | Song  | Score  | Date

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|
|

1st  | Sistar19 | "Gone Not Around Any Longer"  | 19,651  | 2013/02/15
2nd  | Girls' Generation | "I Got a Boy"  | 18,778  | 2013/01/18
3rd  | f(x) | "Rum Pum Pum Pum"  | 16,888  | 2013/08/09
4th  | Infinite | "Man In Love"  | 16,387  | 2013/04/05
5th  | Sistar | "Give It To Me"  | 16,347  | 2013/06/28
6th  | Cho Yong-pil | "Bounce"  | 16,309  | 2013/05/03
7th  | Seventeen | "God of Music"  | 16,281  | 2023/11/03
8th  | Ailee | "U&I"  | 16,069  | 2013/07/26
9th  | Girl's Generation  | "I Got A Boy"  | 15,955  | 2013/01/11
10th  | Psy | "Gentleman"  | 15,768  | 2013/04/26

## Tours[edit]

Main article: Music Bank World Tour

Since July 2011, the Music Bank World Tour has been held in multiple cities across Asia, Europe and Latin America with an estimated global live audience of 200,000.[10]

## Similar programs[edit]

* SBS Inkigayo
* MBC Show! Music Core
* Mnet M Countdown
* Arirang TV Pops in Seoul
* Arirang TV Simply K-Pop (formerly called The M-Wave and Wave K)
* JTBC Music on Top
* JTBC Music Universe K-909
* MBC M Show Champion
* SBS M The Show

## See also[edit]

* KBS Song Festival
* Music programs of South Korea
* Kpop

## References[edit]

General

* "List of winners since 2013" (in Korean). Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

Specific

1. ^ "How to apply for K-Pop Music Shows". Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
2. ^ "Park Bo-gum, Irene to emcee Singapore tour of 'Music Bank'". The Korea Herald. 28 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
3. ^ Shim Yeon-hee (June 16, 2016). [문화광장] 뮤직뱅크. KBS News (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
4. ^ "[리폿@이슈] "송중기♥서효림→박보검♥아이린"...'뮤뱅' 역대 커플 MC" (in Korean). Naver. June 16, 2016. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
5. ^ "1월 1주 순위" [Music Bank ranking for the first week of January]. KBS Music Bank (in Korean). January 6, 2022. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
6. ^ "Jung Jin-woon & Park Se-young, the New Hosts of Music Bank". KBS World. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
7. ^ "이서원, '뮤직뱅크' 새 MC 확정...박보검 뒤 잇는 스타될까" [Lee Seo Won Appointed as New Music Bank Host]. thestar.chosun.com. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
8. ^ Hwang Chae-hyun (September 27, 2021). "장원영·엔하이픈 성훈 '뮤직뱅크' MC 발탁 [공식]" [Jang Won-Young and Sunghoon of Enhypen Selected as MCs for 'Music Bank' [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Archived from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2021 - via Naver.
9. ^ Kim, Ji-young (August 3, 2022). "[단독] '지우학' 박지후, '뮤직뱅크' 스페셜 MC 낙점". JoyNews 24 (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
10. ^ "Park Bo-gum, Irene to emcee Singapore tour of 'Music Bank'". Yonhap News.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Korean)
* Music Bank at KBS World

* v
* t
* e

List of Music Bank Chart winners

2000s|

* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

* v
* t
* e

KBS entertainment shows

Airing|

* 2 Days & 1 Night
* The Return of Superman
* Music Bank
* Immortal Songs
* My Neighbor, Charles
* Problem Child in House
* Boss in the Mirror
* Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant
* LeeMujin Service
* Battle Trip
* Beat Coin
* The Seasons

Ended|

* Brave Family
* Invincible Youth
* Saturday Freedom
* Sponge 0
* Hello Baby
* KBS Gayo Daechukje
* Star Golden Bell
* I Am a Man
* Singing Battle
* Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2
* Vitamin
* Pot Stand
* The Human Condition
* A Style For You
* Sister's Slam Dunk
* Bragging Room Guest
* Dragon's Club: Overgrown Bromance
* 1 Percent of Friendship
* Where on Earth??
* Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong
* Six-Party Talks
* Matching Survival 1+1
* Trio's Childcare Challenge
* The Hit
* Sponge 2.0
* Hello Counselor
* Gag Concert
* Happy Together
* The Dreamer
* Top 10 Student
* Idol on Quiz
* Fly Shoot Dori — New Beginning
* You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

Special|

* KBS Drama Awards
* KBS Entertainment Awards
* KBS Song Festival
* 2017
* 2018
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

* v
* t
* e

K-pop

* Korean Wave
* Korean ballad
* Korean hip hop
* Korean rock
* Trot

Terminology|

* Cultural technology
* Fan rice
* Sasaeng fan
* Idols
* Slave contract
* Sexualization and sexual exploitation
* Virtual concert

Artists|

* Individual artists
* Idol groups
* Girl groups
* Boy groups

Events|

* Dream Concert
* KCON
* K-pop Cover Dance Festival
* K-Pop World Festival

Websites|

* Allkpop
* Billboard K-Town
* Timeline
* 2020s
* Eatyourkimchi
* Soompi

Music shows|

* Inkigayo (SBS)
* M Countdown (Mnet)
* Music Bank (KBS2)
* Music Universe K-909 (JTBC)
* Music on Top (JTBC)
* Pops in Seoul (Arirang TV)
* Show Champion (MBC M)
* Show! Music Core (MBC)
* The Show (SBS M)
* Simply K-Pop (Arirang TV)

Music charts|

* List of K-pop on the Billboard charts
* Albums
* Songs
* World Digital Song Sales
* Year-end
* Circle Chart
* albums
* singles
* Billboard K-pop Hot 100
* South Korea Songs
* RIAK/MIAK

Notable labels
and publishers|

| Agencies|

* Antenna
* 8D Creative
* Attrakt
* B2M Entertainment
* BPM Entertainment
* Brand New Music
* Brave Entertainment
* C9 Entertainment
* CJ ENM
* Amoeba Culture
* AOMG
* H1ghr Music
* Wake One Entertainment
* Coridel Entertainment
* Cube Entertainment
* DR Music
* Fantagio
* FNC Entertainment
* Hybe Corporation
* Big Hit Music
* Pledis Entertainment
* Source Music
* Imagine Asia
* Dreamcatcher Company
* Jellyfish Entertainment
* JYP Entertainment
* Kakao Entertainment
* IST Entertainment
* Konnect Entertainment
* Maroo Entertainment
* MLD Entertainment
* MNH Entertainment
* Oui Entertainment
* P Nation
* RBW
* DSP Media
* WM Entertainment
* SM Entertainment
* Label SJ
* Mystic Story
* Woollim Entertainment
* Starship Entertainment
* Star Empire Entertainment
* TOP Media
* YG Entertainment
* The Black Label
* Yuehua Entertainment

|

Publishers|

* Genie Music
* iMBC
* Interpark Music
* Kakao Entertainment
* Music&New
* NHN Bugs
* Pony Canyon Korea
* SBS Contents Hub
* SK Group
* Dreamus
* SK Communications
* Sony Music Korea
* Soribada
* Stone Music Entertainment
* Universal Music Korea
* Warner Music Korea
* YG Plus

Music award shows

Major|

* APAN Music Awards
* Asia Artist Awards
* Asia Song Festival
* Circle Chart Music Awards
* Genie Music Awards
* Golden Disc Awards
* KBS Gayo Daechukje
* Korean Music Awards
* Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards
* MAMA Awards
* MBC Gayo Daejejeon
* Mnet 20's Choice Awards
* SBS Gayo Daejeon
* Seoul Music Awards
* Soribada Best K-Music Awards
* The Fact Music Awards

Digital music|

* Cyworld Digital Music Awards
* Melon Music Awards

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