Annual South Korean music awards
Soribada Best K-Music Awards |
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Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the music industry |
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Country | South Korea |
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Presented by | Soribada |
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First awarded | 2017 |
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Website | soribada.com |
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Television/radio coverage |
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Network | SBS MTV |
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The Soribada Best K-Music Awards (previously abbreviated as SOKA and currently abbreviated as SOBA) is an awards ceremony presented by the digital music platform Soribada to celebrate the best and brightest of K-pop releases.[1] The first awards ceremony was held in September 2017 and awarded music released between September 2016 and August 2017.
This is the first-ever awards ceremony hosted by Soribada, established in 2000 as Korea's first digital music service.[2]
List of ceremonies
Edition | Date | Venue | City | Ref. |
1st | September 20, 2017 | Jamsil Students' Gymnasium | Seoul, South Korea | [3] |
2nd | August 30, 2018 | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | [4] |
3rd | August 22–23, 2019 | [5] |
4th | August 13, 2020 | Online Ceremony | [6] |
Judging criteria
Winners are determined through Soribada's internal data, online and mobile votes from fans across the world, as well as ratings from professional adjudicators and critics.[7][8]
Grand Prize (Daesang)
Ed. | Year | Winner(s) |
1st | 2017 | EXO[a] | Twice[a] |
2nd | 2018 | BTS[a] |
3rd | 2019 | BTS[b] | Twice[b] | Red Velvet[b] | Mamamoo[b] |
4th | 2020 | BTS |
Main Prize (Bonsang)
Rookie Award
Popularity Award
Genre Awards
Trot Grand Award
Trot Artist Award
Rising Trot Award
Hip Hop Artist Award
Ed. | Year | Winner |
2nd | 2018 | Mino |
R&B Artist Award
Rock Band Award
Ed. | Year | Winner |
3rd | 2019 | YB |
Best OST Award
Music Video Award
Music Producer Awards
Producer Award
Ed. | Year | Winner |
1st | 2017 | Iggy, Yongbae |
2nd | 2018 | Kim Do-hoon |
3rd | 2019 | Rhymer |
4th | 2020 | Kim Do-hoon |
Songwriter Award
Ed. | Year | Winner(s) |
4th | 2020 | Lee Han-gil | Turns Out Comatose |
Best Hip Hop Maker Award
Special Hallyu Awards
Artist of the Year Award[c]
Ed. | Year | Winner |
4th | 2020 | Twice |
Music of the Year Award[c]
Ed. | Year | Winner |
4th | 2020 | Red Velvet |
Stage of the Year Award[c]
Artist Award
Performance Award
Rising Hot Star Award
Icon Award
Voice Award
Music Star Award
Ed. | Year | Winner(s) |
1st | 2017 | Sonamoo | KNK |
2nd | 2018 | Chungha | UNB |
3rd | 2019 | CLC | Nature |
Global Entertainer Award
Social Artist Award
Global Hot Trend Award
Next Artist Award
Other Awards
Edition | Year | Award | Winner(s) |
1st | 2017 | Photogenic Award | DIA |
Global Career Achievement Award | Eru |
2nd | 2018 | Trend Queen Award | Seo In-young |
People's Choice Award | Exo |
3rd | 2019 | New Wave Award | Monsta X | (G)I-dle |
Art-tainer Award | Nam Woo-hyun | Weki Meki |
4th | 2020 | New K-Wave Real Fan Award | Kang Daniel |
Global Artist Award | Astro |
Most Wins
The following artists received five or more awards:
Notes
- ^ a b c Two were given for the Grand Award & Digital Grand Award categories, respectively.
- ^ a b c d Four were given for the Artist of the Year, Music of the Year, Stage of the Year, and Live Performance of the Year categories, respectively.
- ^ a b c Formerly a grand award category, it has been demoted off its grand award category status to a grand award final nominee consolation award category since 2020.
References
- ^ "'소리바다 K뮤직 어워드' 오는 9월20일 개최 확정, 국내 최대 규모 '기대'". TV Daily (in Korean). February 20, 2017. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "소리바다 음악시상식 'SOBA', 9월20일 개최 확정 [공식입장]". Sports Donga (in Korean). July 3, 2017. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "'소리바다' 엑소, 韓최초 5년연속 대상..트와이스는 음원퀸[종합]". Osen (in Korean). September 20, 2017. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "BTS, TWICE Win Big at 2018 Soribada Best K-Music Awards". Billboard. August 30, 2018. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "'2019 SOBA' 시상자 1차 라인업 전격 공개…진정한 ★들의 잔치 [공식입장]". Xports News (in Korean). June 24, 2019. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ "[종합] '2020 소리바다 어워즈' 방탄소년단, 불참에도 대상…트와이스·강다니엘, 3관왕 쾌거". My Daily (in Korean). August 13, 2020. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ^ "'소리바다' 엑소, 韓최초 5년연속 대상..트와이스는 음원퀸[종합]". Osen (in Korean). September 20, 2017. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "[소리바다어워즈]엑소·트와이스 대상·워너원 2관왕…K팝 축제 (종합)". Herald Pop (in Korean). September 20, 2017. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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