1. Kriteria dan Sistem Pemungutan Suara

Seoul Music Awards ke-32 (Credit: Soompi.com)

Sistem pemungutan suara dilakukan dalam dua fase, masing-masing 20 hari. Fase 1 akan berlangsung dari 6 Desember hingga 25 Desember, sementara Fase 2 akan dimulai pada 27 Desember siang waktu Korea Selatan dan berakhir pada 15 Januari pukul 23:59. Setiap fase akan dihitung untuk 50 persen dari total skor voting nominasi.

Untuk Popularity Award akan diberikan sepenuhnya berdasarkan suara yang ditempatkan di Korea, sedangkan K-Wave Award akan didasarkan pada suara dari luar Korea. Semua nominasi untuk the Main Award (Bonsang) dan Rookie of the Year secara otomatis dinominasikan untuk Popularity dan K-Wave Awards.

Kriteria yang sesuai agar memenuhi syarat untuk dapat masuk nominasi tahun ini yaitu lagu dan album harus yang sudah dirilis dari Januari hingga Desember 2022. Untuk The Main Award (Bonsang), Rookie, OST, Trot, Ballad, dan R&B/Hip Hop akan ditentukan berdasarkan 40% evaluasi penilaian juri + 30 % penjualan album dan lagu pada tahun 2022 (menurut data Hanteo Chart) + 30% voting pada suara seluler.

2. Nominasi Seoul Music Awards ke-32

Main Award (Bonsang)

10cm – “5.3”
aespa – “Girls”
ASTRO – “Drive to the Starry Road”
ATEEZ – “THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT”
BIGBANG – “Still Life”
BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
BOL4 – “Seoul”
THE BOYZ – “BE AWARE”
BTOB – “Be Together”
BTS – “Proof”
Choi Ye Na – “SMiLEY”
CRAVITY – “NEW WAVE”
Crush – “Rush Hour”
DKZ – “CHASE EPISODE 2. MAUM”
ENHYPEN – “MANIFESTO : DAY 1”
fromis_9 – “from our Memento Box”
(G)I-DLE – “I NEVER DIE”
Girls’ Generation – “FOREVER 1”
GOT the beat – “Step Back”
GOT7 – “GOT7”
ITZY – “CHECKMATE”
IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
Jay Park – “GANADARA”
J-Hope (BTS) – “Jack In The Box”
Jin (BTS) – “The Astronaut”
Kang Daniel – “The Story”
Kihyun (MONSTA X) – “VOYAGER”
Kim Ho Joong – “PANORAMA”
Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO”
MONSTA X – “SHAPE of LOVE”
Nayeon (TWICE) – “IM NAYEON”
NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
ONEUS – “MALUS”
P1Harmony – “HARMONY : ZERO IN”
PSY – “PSY 9th”
Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm”
Seulgi (Red Velvet) – “28 Reasons”
SEVENTEEN – “Face The Sun”
STAYC – “YOUNG-LUV.COM”
Stray Kids – “MAXIDENT”
Suho (EXO) – “Grey Suit”
Super Junior – “The Road : Winter for Spring”
Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “INVU”
TREASURE – “THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER ONE”
TWICE – “BETWEEN 1&2”
TXT – “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child”
WEi – “Love Pt.2 : Passion”
WINNER – “HOLIDAY”
Zico (Block B) – “New thing”

Rookie Of The Year

ATBO – “The Beginning : ??”
Billlie – “the Billage of perception: chapter two”
CLASS:y – “CLASS IS OVER”
CSR – “Sequence : 7272”
H1-KEY – “Athletic Girl”
Kep1er – “FIRST IMPACT”
Lapillus – “HIT YA!”
LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
NewJeans – “New Jeans”
NINE.i – “NEW WORLD”
NMIXX – “AD MARE”
TAN – “1TAN”
TEMPEST – “It’s ME, It’s WE”
TNX – “WAY UP”
TRENDZ – “BLUE SET Chapter 1. TRACKS”
VIVIZ – “Beam Of Prism”
YOUNITE – “YOUNI-BIRTH”

OST Award

10cm – “Spring to Love” (“Our Blues”)
BIBI – “Very, Slowly” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One”)
Davichi – “Remember me” (“Our Blues”)
Heize – “The Last” (“Our Blues”)
Jimin (BTS) and Ha Sung Woon – “With you” (“Our Blues”)
Lee Seok Hoon – “Dear. My Fool” (“Discovery of Love”)
Lee Seung Yoon – “The Giving Tree” (“Our Beloved Summer”)
Lee Sun Hee – “I’ll Leave You” (“The Red Sleeve“)
Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues” (“Our Blues”)
MeloMance – “Love, Maybe” (“A Business Proposal”)
Sam Kim – “Summer Rain” (“Our Beloved Summer”)
Sunwoojunga – “Beyond My Dreams” (“Extraordinary Attorney Woo”)
Taeil (NCT) – “Starlight” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One”)
Tiger JK – “WADADADA” (“One Dollar Lawyer”)
Wheein (MAMAMOO) – “You, You” (“Nth Romance”)
Wonstein – “Your Existence” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One”)

Trot Award

Jang Min Ho – “Essay ep.1”
Jang Yoon Jung – “estrena”
Jeong Dong Won – “Handwritten Letter”
Kim Hee Jae – “Heejae”
Kim Tae Yeon – “Cheer up!”
Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO”
Na Hoon-a – “Seven-Colored Scent”
Song Ga In – “THE SONG OF LOVE”
Young Tak – “MMM”

Ballad Award

BEN – “Spring Days”
Davichi – “Season Note”
Han Dong Geun – “It’s love”
JuHo – “without me”
Kang Min Kyung (Davichi) and Jannabi – “Because we loved”
Kassy – “Always love you”
KyoungSeo – “Dear my X”
Lim Jae Hyun – “Drunken confession at night”
Monday Kiz – “It has to be you”
Noel – “How Can I Forget You”
Paul Kim – “Like Yesterday”
Tei – “Monologue”
Tophyun – “Horang Suwolga”
Younha – “END THEORY : Final Edition”
V.O.S – “talks about pain”

R&B/Hip Hop

BE’O – “LOVE me”
BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love”
Coogie – “RE:UP”
Epik High – “Epik High Is Here”
Jessi – “ZOOM”
Joosiq – “Baby I Need You”
Leellamarz and TOIL – “TOYSTORY3”
Punch – “The Love”
Woo (Woo Won Jae) and meenoi – “Ghosting”