Seoul Music Awards 2023 Winners List: BTS, aespa, NCT Dream and More

Want to take a peak at the Seoul Music Awards 2023 winners list? You’ve come to the right place. The prestigious ceremony i.e. the 32nd edition of the series, has kicked off to celebrate the artistic results of the year on January 19, 2023 at 7 pm KST/ 3.30 pm IST/ 5 am ET. Being held at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, the latest award show is being is being hosted by the trio of SHINee’s Minho, Lovelyz’s Mijoo, and Kim Il-joong. KBS Joy and Idol Plus are streaming the same for the audiences to devour the star-studded parade.

Some presenters for the day include Kim Bum, Yoo Seon-ho, Ahn Bo-hyun, Byeon Woo-seok, Moon Sang-min, Hwang Bo-ra, Hwang In-yeop, and others. Artists attributed to the K-pop fame attending the event include groups like NCT Dream, SM Entertainment’s girl supergroup GOT the beat (Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, BoA, Winter, Karina, Wendy and Seulgi), aespa, IVE, Kep1er, Lapillus and many more. Without any further delay, let’s take a look at the winners of the show.

Seoul Music Awards 2023 winners list
The SMA 2023 ticket.

Seoul Music Awards 2023 Winners List

BONSANG (Main Prize)

aespa

Kim Ho-joong

PSY

Kang Daniel

(G)I-DLE

BLACKPINK

Stray Kids

ZICO

NCT Dream

Red Velvet

SEVENTEEN

GOT the Beat

IVE

Taeyeon

BTS

Lim Young-woong

Special Award

KARA

New Wave Star

Lapillus

TAN

Kep1er

New Artist

TNX

NewJeans

Le Sserafim

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Band Award

JANNABI

Trot Award

Young Tak for MMM

OST Award

MeloMance for Love, Maybe

World Best Artist

PSY

Discovery of the Year

Lee Seung-yoon

Ballad Award

YOUNHA for END THEORY: Final Edition

R&B Hip Hop Award

BIG Naughty for Beyond Love

BEO for Love Me

idolplus New Star Award

TEMPEST

idolplus Best Artist Award

BTS

Best Performance

(G)I-DLE

Popularity Award

Lim Young-woong

Hallyu Daesang (Grand Prize)

EXO’s SUHO

Legend Artist Award

BoA

Best Song Award

IVE for Love Dive

Best Album Award

BTS for Proof

Artist of the Year – DAESANG (Grand Prize)

NCT Dream

Sending massive congratulatory notes and best wishes to all the winners!

Which artist or K-pop group were you rooting for? Did your favourite artist attend the 32nd Seoul Music Awards (SMA 2023)? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

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Ashima Grover
Ashima Grover
Ashima Grover is a Sub-Editor at Leisure Byte with 3 years of writing experience. She holds a post graduate degree in English, and is passionate about looking at the changing trends in Hallyu content with the ever-rising piles of K-pop and K-drama releases.

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  1. My all time favorite group ( BTS) I’m totally proud of you my 7tannies…keep it up????????????????????????@Rkive@Agustd@urmyhope@jungkook.97@jin@thv@jimin????????????I purple you alot .

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