Daftar Pemenang Korean Music Awards 2012

Ajang penghargaan Korean Music Awards 2012 sukses dihelat Rabu, 29 Februari, di AX Korea, Seoul. Acara ini memberi penghargaan kepada para musisi atas prestasi musik mereka di tahun 2011.

IU menyabet total tiga penghargaan yaitu di kategori Lagu Terbaik Tahun Ini ("Good Day"), Lagu Pop Terbaik ("Good Day") dan Artis Wanita Terfavorit Pilihan Netter. Selain IU, hari itu Infinite juga berhasil membawa pulang gelar Grup Terfavorit Pilihan Netter.

Para pemenang Korean Music Awards ditentukan dari penilaian para juri seperti kritikus musik, Program Director radio musik dan profesional musik lainnya. Walau ajang ini kurang populer di kalangan remaja Korea Selatan karena pemenangnya mencakup penyanyi dari berbagai lintas genre, tapi Korean Music Awards tetap setia dinanti para penggemarnya.

Berikut ini daftar pemenang Korean Music Awards 2012:


General Awards
Album of the Year

• Idiotape – 11111101
• The Black Skirts – Don’t You Worry Baby (I’m Only Swimming)
• Yi Sung-yol – Why We Fail
• Jang Gi-ha and the Faces – Jang Gi-ha and the Faces
• Jung Cha-sik – 황망한 사내 (The Precarious Man)

Song of the Year

• 2NE1 – 내가 제일 잘 나가 (I Am The Best)
• Meta and Wreckx – 무까끼하이 (Mukakihai)
• IU – 좋은 날 (Good Day)
• Yi Sung-yol – 돌아오지 않아 (Won’t Return)
• Jang Gi-ha and the Faces – 그렇고 그런 사이 (Complicated Relationship)
• Cho Duk-hwan – 수만리 먼 길 (Thousands of Leagues Away)

Musician of the Year

• 10cm
• Park Ju-won
• Yi Sung-yol
• Jang Gi-ha and the Faces
• Cho Duk-hwan

New Artist of the Year

• 40
• Bye Bye Badman
• BG Salon
• Neon Bunny
• J.Tong

Genre Awards
Best Rock Album

• The Moonshiners – 푸른밤의 BEAT! (A Blue Night’s BEAT!)
• Yellow Monsters – Riot!
• Jang Gi-ha and the Faces – Jang Gi-ha and the Faces
• Jung Cha-sik – 황망한 사내 (The Precarious Man)
• Cho Duk-hwan – Long Way Home

Best Modern Rock Album

• The Black Skirts – Don’t You Worry Baby (I’m Only Swimming)
• Gunamgwayeoridingstella – 우정모텔 (Friendship Motel)
• Nunddeugo Cobain – Murder’s High
• Yi Sung-yol – Why We Fail
• The Koxx – Access OK
• Huckleberry Finn – 까만 타이거 (Black Tiger)

Best Pop Album

• 10cm – 1.0
• Linus’ Blanket – Show Me Love
• Son Sung-je – 비의 비가 (Elegy of Rain)
• IU – Last Fantasy
• Neon Bunny – Seoulight
• Jung Won-young – Jung Won-young

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• F(x) – Pinocchio
• Idiotape – 11111101
• Trampauline – This Is Why We Are Falling For Each Other
• W & Whale – Circussss
• Kayip – Theory of Everything

Best Rap/Hip-hop Album

• Defconn – The Rage Theater
• Deepflow – Heavy Deep
• Monsoon Nui – Monsoon Nui 3
• Swings – Upgrade II
• Simo & Mood Schula – Simo & Mood Schula

Best R&B/Soul Album

• 40 – Got Faith
• Boni – 1990
• Sung Hoon – Lyrics Within My Story
• Soulstar – Rebirth
• All That – Love Me

Best OST

• 도가니 (Dogani; The Crucible)
• 마당을 나온 암탉 (Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild)
• 만추 (Late Autumn)
• 아저씨 (Ajossi; A Man From Nowhere)
• 혜화, 동 (Hye-hwa, Dong; Re-encounter)

Best Jazz Album

• BG Salon – 생활의 발견 (Discovery of Habit)
• Bae Jang-eun – Last Minutes
• Bae Jang-eun & Oh Jung-soo – Is This All The Love You Have?
• Song Yung-joo – Tale of a City
• Lee Ji-young – Closer To You
• Choi Sun-bae – A Trumpet In The Night Sky

Best Crossover Album

• Gayoung – Tango De Carmen
• Kkotbyul – 숲의 시간 (Time of the Forest)
• Na Hee-kyoung – Heena
• Park Ju-won – 슬픔의 피에스타 (Fiesta of Sorrow)
• Pudditorium – Episode: 재회 (Re-encounter)

Best Instrumental Album

• Park Ju-won – 슬픔의 피에스타 (Fiesta of Sorrow)
• Song Yung-joo – Tale of a City
• Jun Kim Trio – Unconstrained
• Choi Sun-bae – A Trumpet In The Night Sky
• Choi Ji-sun – Up

Best Rock Song

• Downhell – 너만이즘 (Neomanism)
• Lowdown 30 – 아스팔트 (Asphalt)
• Apollo 18 – Sonic Boom
• Yellow Monsters – Riot!
• Jang Gi-ha and the Faces – 그렇고 그런 사이 (Complicated Relationship)
• Cho Duk-hwan – 수만리 먼 길 (Thousands of Leagues Away)

Best Modern Rock Song

• The Black Skirts – Love Shine
• Gunamgwayeoridingstella – 남쪽으로 간다 (Heading South)
• Bye Bye Badman – 노랑불빛 (Yellow Lights)
• Yi Sung-yol – 돌아오지 않아 (Won’t Return)
• The Koxx – 12:00
• Huckleberry Finn – 빗소리 (Sound of Rain)

Best Pop Song

• 10cm – 그게 아니고 (That’s Not It)
• UV – 이태원프리덤 (Itaewon Freedom)
• Son Sung-je – 멀리서 (Afar)
• IU – 좋은 날 (Good Day)
• Neon Bunny – 북극곰 (Polar Bear)
• Urban Zakapa – 그날에 우리 (Us That Day)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• 2NE1 – 내가 제일 잘 나가 (I Am The Best)
• F(x) – Pinocchio
• Trampauline – LITTLE ANIMAL
• Infinite – 내꺼하자 (Be Mine)
• T-ara – Roly-Poly

Best Rap/Hip-hop Song

• GD & Top – 뻑이가요 (Knock Out)
• Deepflow – Welcome To The Club
• Meta & Wreckx – 무까끼하이 (Mukakihai)
• Verbal Jint – 좋아보여 (You Look Good)
• J.Tong – 구구가가 (Gugugaga)

Best R&B/Soul Song

• 40 – Zodiac
• Boni – 기다릴게 (I’ll Wait)
• Sung Hoon – A Song For You
• Soulstar – 하나만 뺴고 (All But One)
• Junggigo – Blind

Netizen Awards
Best Male Musician

• 40
• The Black Skirts
• Defconn
• Deepflow
• Park Ju-won
• Verbal Jint
• Sung Hoon
• Son Sung-je
• Swings
• Yi Sung-yol
• Junggigo
• Jung Won-young
• Jung Cha-sik
• J.Tong
• Cho Duk-hwan
• Choi Sun-bae
• Kayip
• Pudditorium

Best Female Musician

• Gayoung
• Kkotbyul
• Na Hee-kyoung
• Bae Jang-eun
• Boni
• Song Young-joo
• IU
• Neon Bunny
• Lee Ji-young
• Choi Ji-sun

Best Group Musicians

• 10cm
• 2NE1
• F(x)
• GD & Top
• Idiotape
• Trampauline
• UV
• W & Whale
• Gunamgwayeoridingstella
• Nunddeugo Cobain
• Downhell
• The Moonshiners
• Linus’ Blanket
• Lowdown 30
• Meta & Wreckx
• Monsoon Nui
• Bye Bye Badman
• BG Salon
• Bae Jang-eun & Oh Jung-soo
• Soulstar
• Simo & Mood Schula
• Apollo 18
• Urban Zakapa
• Yellow Monsters
• All That
• Infinite
• Jang Gi-ha and the Faces
• Jun Kim Trio
• The Koxx
• T-ara
• Huckleberry Finn

Special Award: Lifetime Achievement Award