The 2025 Korea Grand Music Awards () is an awards ceremony held on November 14–15, 2025, at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. It honours the best in South Korean music released between October 2024 and September 2025. The event was hosted by Nam Ji-hyun, Irene, and Natty. The ceremony was broadcast domestically by ENA and live streamed in Japan via Hulu and internationally via TikTok.
Criteria The criteria for the awards were announced on the official website of the awards show. + Category Jury Score Record sales IS Media Points Online voting Grand Prize 40% 60% Grand Honor's Choice 100% colspan="3" Main Categories 65% 35% Best Selling Album & Most Streamed Music 100% colspan="2" Best Producer 100% colspan="3" Popularity Awards colspan="3" 100% Special Awards colspan="2" 100%
Performers The lineup was revealed gradually from September to October, with the final announcement made on October 10. Artist Day (November 14) + Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Irene "Strawberry Silhouette" SMTR25 "Wolf" KiiiKiii "I Do Me" INI "Dominance" Xikers "Breathe""Superpower (Peak)" Xdinary Heroes "ICU" Cravity "Swish""Lemonade Fever" Meovv "Body""Burning Up""Hands Up" Park Seo-jin "Very Good Tip" Fifty Fifty "Pookie""Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" Lee Chan-won "I Told You""Maybe Today" Woodz "Drowning""I'll Never Love Again" AllDay Project "Famous""Wicked" BoyNextDoor "If I Say, I Love You""I Feel Good""Hollywood Action" The Boyz "Stylish""You and I" Ateez Intro: "Hala Hala" / "Wonderland" / "The Real" / "Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)" / "Phantom" "In Your Fantasy"
Music Day (November 15) + Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Natty "10 Minutes" Idid "Chan-Ran" Close Your Eyes "X""SOB" Unis "Swicy" KickFlip "Band-Aid""My First Love Song" P1Harmony "Duh!" AHOF "We Ready""Pinocchio" Lucy "Where's Your Love""Flowering" Nexz "I'm Him""Beat-Boxer" Hearts2Hearts "Focus" Dayoung "Body" Jang Min-ho "Lonely Love""Play the Music!" IdidAHOFClose Your EyesKickFlip "Happiness""Bang Bang Bang""Boy In Luv""Maniac" Kiss of Life "K Bye""Lucky" Fromis 9 "Supersonic""Like You Better" Suho "Light the Fire""Who Are You" BtoB "Wind and Wish""Only One for Me""Missing You""Love Today" Ive "XOXZ""Gotcha (Baddest Eros)""Rebel Heart" Stray Kids "S-Class""In My Head""Ceremony"
Presenters The lineup of presenters was announced on September 19. Additional presenters were announced on November 7. Artist Day (November 14) Kim Yo-han Ahn Hyo-seop Choo Young-woo Bae Hyun-sung Moon Chae-won Gong Seung-yeon Kim Do-hoon Uhm Tae-goo Seo Eun-soo Shin Seung-ho Kwon Yul Yeonwoo Lee Ju-myoung Lee Yul-eum Chae Seo-an Ha Young Seo Ji-hoon Lee Seol Kim Hyeong-seok Music Day (November 15) Lee Se-young Byeon Woo-seok Sooyoung Ong Seong-wu Joo Hyun-young Yoon Ga-i Kim Dan Kim Do-yeon Kim Min-seok Choi Yoon-ji Park Se-wan Jung Joon-won Lee Joo-yeon Kang Tae-oh Tony An
Winners and nominees
Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold. Grand Prize Grand Artist (Daesang) Grand Performer (Daesang) Ateez BoyNextDoor Grand Record (Daesang) Grand Song (Daesang) Stray Kids Ive Grand Honor's Choice (Daesang) AllDay Project The Boyz Stray Kids
Main awards Best Artist 10 Best Music 10 Ateez BoyNextDoor Cravity Fifty Fifty Jennie Lee Chan-won Riize The Boyz Xdinary Heroes Xikers Aespa – Dirty Work Enhypen – Desire: Unleash Fromis 9 – From Our 20's Ive – Ive Secret Kiss of Life – 224 Mark – The Firstfruit P1Harmony – Duh! Seventeen – Spill the Feels Stray Kids – Karma Suho – Who Are You Best Adult Contemporary Best Virtual Artist Jang Min-ho – "Tiki-taka of Love" Lee Chan-won – "세월 베고 길게 누운 구름 한 조각" Plave – "Dash" Best Hip-Hop Best OST J-Hope – "Killin' It Girl" D.O. – "Forever" Best Music Video Best Dance Performance Jin – "Don't Say You Love Me" AHOF – "Rendezvous"
Popularity awards The categories for the popularity awards were announced in September 2025, with main voting starting the same month and running until November 8. The pre-voting process was divided into two phases, weekly and monthly from April to September 2025.The main voting from September 11 to November 8. Voting was conducted through Fancast. Trend of the Year – K-pop Group Trend of the Year – K-pop Solo NewJeans V Trend of the Year – Trot Trend of the Year – Rookie Lee Chan-won Carmen BIGC Global Star Award Best Listener's Pick Suho Unis – "Swicy" Fan Vote Artist – Female Fan Vote Artist – Male Yuqi Jimin Best Popularity – Artist Day Best Popularity – Music Day Lee Chan-won Stray Kids iMbank Smart Supporter Award The Boyz
Special awards Best Band Best Memory Lucy Xdinary Heroes Woodz Best Selling Album Best Streaming Song Stray Kids – Karma Aespa – "Whiplash" Best Trot Performance Best Trot Stage Park Seo-jin Jang Min-ho Best Stage Best Producer Cravity Teddy Park IS Rookie IS Rising Star AHOF Close Your Eyes Meovv AllDay Project Hearts2Hearts Idid KickFlip KiiiKiii K-pop Global Artist Style Icon INI Nexz Unis Best Global K-pop Star Hulu Japanese Popularity Ive Nexz ENA K-pop Artist Best Vocal Performance Ive BtoB Best Solo Artist – Female Best Solo Artist – Male Dayoung Suho
Multiple awards The following artist(s) received two or more awards:
Count Artist(s) 5 Stray Kids 4 Ive Lee Chan-won 3 The Boyz Suho 2 Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez BoyNextDoor Cravity Jang Min-ho Nexz Unis Xdinary Heroes
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