The Genie Music Awards has announced this year’s nominees!

After taking a hiatus last year, Genie Music’s annual awards show will return this year in its first offline event since 2019. This year’s event will be held on November 8 in Incheon and will recognize music released between October 1, 2021 and October 5, 2022.

Check out this year’s nominees below!

Artist of the Year

• Kim Ho Joong
• SEVENTEEN
• PSY
• IU
• Lee Chan Won
• Lim Young Woong
• Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
• IVE
• NCT DREAM
• (G)I-DLE

Song of the Year

• BIGBANG – “Still Life”
• Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues, Our Life”
• Big Naughty – “Beyond Love” featuring 10cm
• MeloMance’s Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
• BE’O – “Counting Stars”
• Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
• IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
• IU – “Strawberry Moon”
• PSY – “That That” featuring BTS’ Suga
• (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”

Album of the Year

• PSY – “PSY 9th”
• BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• (G)I-DLE – “I NEVER DIE”
• Kim Young Woong – “Im Hero”
• Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “INVU”
• Kim Ho Joong – “Panorama”
• BTS – “Proof”
• SEVENTEEN – “Face the Sun”
• Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm”

Genie Music Popularity Award

• BE’O
• (G)I-DLE
• IU
• IVE
• Kim Ho Joong
• Lee Chan Won
• Lim Young Woong
• NCT DREAM
• PSY
• SEVENTEEN
• Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

Best Boy Group

• BIGBANG
• BTS
• NCT DREAM
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids

Best Girl Group

• (G)I-DLE
• aespa
• BLACKPINK
• IVE
• Red Velvet

Best Male Solo Artist

• Lim Young Woong
• Kim Ho Joong
• PSY
• BE’O
• Lee Chan Won

Best Female Solo Artist

• IU
• Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
• TWICE’s Nayeon
• Choi Ye Na
• Kassy

Best Male Rookie Award

• ATBO
• TEMPEST
• TNX
• Xdinary Heroes
• YOUNITE

Best Female Rookie Award

• IVE
• LE SSERAFIM
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• Kep1er

Best Male Performance Award

• ENHYPEN
• NCT DREAM
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• THE BOYZ

Best Female Performance Award

• aespa
• BLACKPINK
• (G)I-DLE
• Red Velvet
• TWICE

The 2022 Genie Music Awards will be held on November 8!