This is a list of awards and nominations received by Lim Young-woong, a South Korean trot, ballad and pop singer, entertainer and YouTuber, since his debut in 2016. __TOC__
Awards and nominations
+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result APAN Music Awards 2020 APAN Top 10 (Bonsang) Lim Young-woong Best Solo – Male (Global) KT Seezn Star Award – Singer APAN Star Awards 2022 Best Original Soundtrack "Love Always Runs Away" 2025 "More Beautiful than Heaven" Asia Artist Awards 2020 Trot of the Year (Daesang) Lim Young-woong Popularity Award (Trot) AAA Hot Issue Award (Music) 2021 Male Solo Singer Popularity Award U+Idol Live Popularity Award – Singer Trot of the Year (Daesang) Best OST Award "Love Always Runs Away" 2022 Stage of the Year (Daesang) Lim Young-woong Hot Trend Award Fabulous Award DCM Popularity Award – Singer Popularity Award – Singer 2023 Fandom of the Year (Daesang) Hero Generation Fabulous Award Lim Young-woong Hot Trend Award Best Choice Award Popularity Award - Singer 2026 Popularity Award – Solo (Male) Asia Star Entertainer Awards 2024 The Best Solo Fan Choice Artist Brand of the Year Awards 2020 Advertising Model (Male) Trot Singer (Male) 2021 Advertising Model (Male) Trot Singer (Male) 2022 Advertising Model of The Year – Male Circle Chart Music Awards 2021 Song of the Year – November "Hero" Mubeat Global Choice Award (Male) Lim Young-woong 2022 Song of the Year – March "My Starry Love" The Adult Contemporary Music of the Year Mubeat Global Choice Award – Male Lim Young-woong 2023 Solo Artist of the Year – Male Music Steady Seller of the Year "Love Always Runs Away" Idolplus Global Artist Award Lim Young-woong Mubeat Global Choice – Male 2024 Artist of the Year – Digital "Do or Die Mubeat Global Choice Award – Male Lim Young-woong Genie Music Awards 2020 Artist of the Year (Daesang) Best Trot Track "Trust in Me" 2022 Song of the Year (Daesang) "Our Blues, Our Life" Best Male Solo Artist Lim Young-woong Genie Music Popularity Award Album of the Year (Daesang) Im Hero Singer of the Year (Daesang) Lim Young-woong Golden Disc Awards 2021 Best Digital Song (Bonsang) "Trust in Me" Popularity Award Lim Young-woong Best Trot Award 2022 Best Digital Song (Bonsang) "My Starry Love" Best Solo Artist Lim Young-woong Most Popular Artist Award 2023 Best Digital Song (Bonsang) "Our Blues, Our Life" Best Digital Daesang Best Album (Bonsang) Im Hero TikTok Most Popular Artist Award Lim Young-woong 2024 Best Digital Song (Bonsang) "London Boy" Most Popular Artist Award - Male Lim Young-woong Hanteo Music Awards 2021 Special Award – Trot KCA Consumer Day Awards 2020 Best Celebrity from a Variety Show Mr. Trot K-Global Heart Dream Awards 2022 Global Favorite Idol Trot Popularity Award Lim Young-woong 2023 Favorite Idol Fandom Donation Award KOMCA Copyright Awards 2025 Song of the Year Do or Die Korea Broadcasting Awards 2026 Best Male Entertainer Award Little Island, Big Hero Korea First Brand Awards 2021 Best Trot Singer Lim Young-woong 2026 Male Advertising Model Korea Image Awards 2021 Stepping Stone Award Korean Music Awards 2023 Best Pop Album Im Hero MAMA Awards 2022 Artist of the Year Lim Young-woong Best Male Artist Song of the Year "Our Blues, Our Life" Best Vocal Performance – Solo 2023 Artist of the Year Lim Young-woong Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Best Male Artist Song of the Year "London Boy" Best Vocal Performance – Solo Melon Music Awards 2020 Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) Lim Young-woong Artist of the Year (Daesang) Best Trot Award "Trust in Me" Netizen Popularity Award Lim Young-woong Hot Trend Award 2021 Best Male Solo Artist Top 10 Artist Award Artist of the Year (Daesang) 2022 Artist of the Year (Daesang) Best Male Solo Artist Netizen Popularity Award Top 10 Artist Award Album of the Year (Daesang) Im Hero 2023 Top 10 Artist Award Lim Young-woong Artist of the Year (Daesang) Best Male Solo Artist Favorite Star Award 2025 Top 10 Artist Artist of the Year (Daesang) MTN Broadcast Advertising Festival 2020 CF Star Award Mubeat Awards Song of the Year "Trust in Me" Music Video of the Year "Hero" Artist of the Month Grand Finalist Lim Young-woong Best Male Solo 2021 Artist of the Year Best Male Solo Trot Star of the Year Music Video of the Year "My Starry Love" Song of the Year 2022 Artist of the Year Lim Young-woong Best Solo Artist Song of the Year "Rainbow" 2023 Artist of the Year Lim Young-woong Best Solo Artist Song of the Year "Do or Die" SBS Entertainment Awards 2025 ESG Award Island Bachelor Hero Seoul International Drama Awards 2022 Outstanding Korean Drama OST "Love Always Runs" Seoul Music Awards 2021 Best Trot Award Lim Young-woong Popularity Award K-wave Popularity Award 2022 Main Award (Bonsang) Popularity Award K-wave Popularity Award Best Trot Award Best OST Award "Love Always Runs" 2023 Main Award (Bonsang) Lim Young-woong (Note: Tap/click on each category heading to view the nominees.) Popularity Award K-wave Popularity Award 2024 Main Award (Bonsang) Best Trot Award Popularity Award K-wave Popularity Award Soribada Best K-Music Awards2020 Main Prize (Bonsang) Lim Young-woong Trot Popularity Award The Fact Music Awards 2020 Fan N Star Trot Popularity Award Lim Young-woong Fan N Star Best Ads. Award 2021 Fan N Star Most Votes Award Fan N Star Best Ads. Award Fan N Star Trot Popularity Award 2022 Fan N Star Angel N Star Award Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Fan N Star Best Ads. Award Fan N Star Trot Popularity Award Fan N Star Most Votes Award 2026 TMA Popularity Award Trot Awards 2020 Best New Artist (Male) Lim Young-woong K-Trotainer Award Global Star Award Trot Singer Award Voted by Teenagers Digital Star Award Popularity Award (Male)
Other accolades Singing contests + Name of the contest, year presented, and the result of the contest Contest Year Result Gochang Gusipo Singing Contest 2015 Inet TV Youth Trot Singing Contest of the First Half Year Inet TV Youth Trot Singing Contest of the Second Half Year Korea Sings 2016 Mr. Trot 2020 Pocheon Citizen Singing Contest 2015
State honors + Name of country, year given, and name of honor Country Year Honor South Korea 2020 Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Commendation
Listicles + Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement Publisher Year Listicle Placement Forbes 2021 Korea Power Celebrity 40 2022 2023 2024 2025 Gallup Korea 2024 Korea's Favorite Singer Golden Disc Awards 2025 Golden Disc Powerhouse 40
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