Nominee List For 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards Revealed

Dec 26, 2009

The nominee list for upcoming 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards 2010 has been revealed!

It is said to be one of the most popular Korean music award ceremonies, established by Sports Seoul in the 1990’s. The 19th Seoul Music Awards will celebrate
the best singers of 2009 and will be held on February 3 2010.

Nominated for BonSang:

    * So Nyeo Shi Dae
    * Super Junior
    * GDragon
    * 2PM
    * Baek Ji Young
    * Brown Eyed Girls
    * MC Mong
    * Kim TaeWoo
    * KARA
    * SS501
    * Davichi
    * SHINee
    * Son DamBi
    * LeeSsang
    * Outsider
    * Lee Seung Gi
    * Epik High
    * Park HyoShin
    * SG Wannabe
    * Bobby Kim
    * Lee SeungChul
    * FT Island
    * Ivy
    * WheeSung
    * 8eight
    * K Will
    * Im ChangJung
    * 2AM
    * UKiss
    * Epik High

Nominated for Newcomer award:

    * 4Minute
    * T-ara
    * After School
    * f(x)
    * MBLAQ
    * BEAST
    * TaeGoon
    * Rainbow
    * Secret
    * 2NE1

Nominated for High1 Popularity award:

* Combined list of singers from nominee list of BonSang and Newcomer award
* Background info: Seoul Music Awards joined hands with High1 resort in 2008 to further promote the event when Hallyu wave was growing stronger.

Additional information (Thanks to BeBe):

    * Daesang : One Daesang artist chosen from the 10 Bonsang artists
    * Bonsang : Top 10 artists are chosen. Voting(20%) Digital/Album sales(50%) Research(10%) Judges(20%)
    * Rookie : 3 chosen
    * Mobile Popularity(determined by fan voting) : 1 or 2
    * Plus Digital Music, Best Album, Hallyu Special, Performance, R&B, Hip Hop, Trot Awards-

Voting:

    * Voting will start from 26th December all the way till 1st February 2010
    * Voting method is by using mobile phone and entering voting key
    * High1 Popularity award: Based 100% on mobile votes
    * For Bonsang, Daesang and Newcomer award: Based 20% on mobile votes

DaeSang winner history for the past 9 years:

    * 2009: WonderGirls
    * 2008: Big Bang
    * 2006: Dong Bang Shin Ki
    * 2004: ShinHwa
    * 2003: Lee Hyori
    * 2002: BoA
    * 2001: Kim GunMo
    * 2000: Jo SungMo

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