South Korean music award
The Korean Hip-hop Awards (KHA ; Korean : 한국 힙합 어워즈 ) is an annual South Korean music awards ceremony. It was first held in 2017 and is hosted by the hip hop web magazines Hiphople and Hiphopplaya.[1] The winners are decided by 70% critic vote and 30% netizen vote from 2023[2] (50% critic vote and 50% netizen vote previously).[3]
Winners and nominees
Artist of the Year
New Artist of the Year
Year
Recipient
Nominees
2024
ShyboiiTobii
Ghvstclub
Ksmartboi
Street Baby
Xwally
Tray B
2023
gonggonggoo009
NSW Yoon
Roh Yun-ha
Damini
Polodared
Fleeky Bang
2022
Since
2021
Homies
2020
Ash Island
2019
Haon
2018
DPR Live
2017
Justhis
Hip Hop Album of the Year
Year
Recipient
Work
Nominees
2024
Beenzino
Nowitzki
Lobonabeat - Trapstar Lifestyle
Skyminhyuk - Liberation (해방)
AP Alchemy - AP Alchemy: Side A
E Sens - Piggy Bank (저금통)
Kid Milli - Beige
2023
Lil Moshpit
AAA
009 - UU (ㅠㅠ)
Nucksal & Cadejo - Sincerely Yours (당신께)
C Jamm - Ghenn (걘)
Lee Hyeon-jun - Lost in Translation (번역 중 손실)
Paloalto - Dirt
2022
Changmo
Underground Rockstar
Los - Skandalouz
Unofficialboyy & Haifhaif - Net, Trap, Launcher, Capture (그물,덫,발사대기,포획)
ChoiLB - Independent Music (독립음악)
Kid Milli & Dress - Cliche
Fana - Fanatiic
2021
Bill Stax
Detox
2020
C Jamm
Keung (킁)
E Sens - The Stranger (이방인)
Changmo - Boyhood
XXX - Second Language
O'Domar - Field (밭)
Futuristic Swaver - BFOTY
2019
XXX
Language
2018
Legit Goons
Junk Drunk Love
2017
Nucksal
The God of Small Things (작은 것들의 신)
Beenzino - 12
Hwaji - Zissou
Justhis - 2 Many Homes 4 1 Kid
Takeone - Green Ideology (녹색이념)
B-Free - Free From Seoul
Hip Hop Track of the Year
Year
Recipient(s)
Work
Nominees
2024
E Sens
"What the Hell"
Dynamic Duo , Lee Young-ji - "Smoke"
Lobonabeat - "Young Boy"
Beenzino - "Travel Again" (여행 Again)
Swings, Nochang, Black Nut, Damini - "No One Likes Us"
Kid Milli - "25"
2023
Zico
"New Thing" (새삥)
Lobonabeat - "Birthday" (생일)
Lil Moshpit - "Yooooo"
Lee Hyeon-jun - "White Lighter"
Keith Ape - "Mull"
Paloalto - "Priceless"
2022
Changmo
"Taiji" (태지)
Be'O - "Counting Stars "
Sokodomo - "Merry-Go-Round" (회전목마)
Ash Island - "Melody" (멜로디)
Unofficialboyy & Haifhaif - "Net, Trap, Launcher, Capture" (그물,덫,발사대기,포획)
Changmo - "Hyperstar"
2021
Mirani , Munchman, Khundi Panda , Mushvenom
"VVS "
2020
Changmo
"Meteor"
Yumdda - "Don't Call Me" (돈 Call Me)
Mushvenom - "Why Are You So Noisy" (왜 이리 시끄러운 것이냐)
Bewhy - "Gottasadae" (가라사대)
Changmo, Hash Swan , Ash Island , Kim Hyoeun - "Band"
C Jamm - "Poker Face" (포커페이스)
2019
Justhis , Kid Milli , Noel , Young B
"IndiGO "
Mommy Son - "Mommy Jump" (소년점프)
XXX - "Sujak" (수작)
Giriboy , Kid Milli, Noel, Swings - "Flex"
pH-1 , Kid Milli, Loopy - "Good Day"
Jvcki Wai - "Enchanted Propaganda"
2018
Woo Won-jae
"We Are" (시차)
Jazzyfact - "Harujongil" (하루종일)
Dok2 & Jay Park - "Most Hated" (니가 싫어하는 노래)
Kim Ximya - "Career High"
Chaboom - "Lord of the Flies" (리빠똥)
TFO - "Cone" (원뿔)
2017
Bewhy
"Forever"
Nucksal - "NFS" (팔지 않아)
Nafla - "Mercy"
Owen Ovadoz - "City"
Jay Park & Ugly Duck - "Ain't No Party Like an AOMG Party" (우리가 빠지면 PARTY가 아니지)
Beenzino - "Flexin"
R&B Album of the Year
Year
Recipient
Work
Nominees
2024
Jerd
Bomm
Thama - Wooof
Sumin - Sichimi (시치미)
Youra - A Lot of Tentacles (꽤 많은 수의 촉수 돌기)
Zion T - Zip
Crush - Wonderego
2023
Rad Museum
Rad
2022
Thama
Don't Die Colors
2021
Samuel Seo
Unity II
2020
Crush
From Midnight to Sunrise
2019
Sumin
Your Home
Colde - Wave
Naul - Sound Doctrine
Jclef - Flaw, Flaw
Hippy Was Gipsy - Language (언어)
Horim - Metrocity
2018
Hippy Was Gipsy
Tree (나무)
Rico - White Light Panorama
Off On Off - Boy
Rad Museum - Scene
Xin Seha - 7F, the Void
Vinicius - Sai (사이)
2017
Jay Park
Everything You Wanted
Dean - 130 mood: TRBL
Samuel Seo - Ego Expand
Hoody - On And On
Nahzam Sue - Till The Sun Goes Up
Crush - Interlude
R&B Track of the Year
Year
Recipient
Work
Nominees
2024
Dean
"Die 4 You "
Rad Museum - "Call Me Back"
Sumin - "Closet" (옷장)
Jerd - "Like Rain, Like Music" (비처럼 음악처럼)
Jemini - "Attention"
Crush - "Ego" (미워)
2023
Crush
"Rush Hour"
2022
Lee Hi
"Only"
Thama - "Blessed"
Mind Combined - "Show Me"
Sumin & Slom - "The Gonlan Song" (곤란한 노래)
Youra - "Mimi"
Thama - "I'm Chill" (Chill이란 낱말의 존재이유)
2021
"Holo" (홀로)
Crush - "Ohio"
Chancellor - "Automatic Remix"
DeVita - "Evita!"
Bibi - "Kazino " (사장님 도박은 재미로 하셔야 합니다)
Samuel Seo - "Cycle" (굴레)
2020
Dean
"Howlin' 404"
Samuel Seo - "Playaplayaplaya"
Colde - "Wa-r-r" (와르르♥)
Jclef - "Mama, See"
Dress & Sogumm - "I Wonder" (궁금해)
Sumin - "Shaker"
2019
"Instagram"
Sumin - "Your Home" (너네 집)
George - "Gohaegoback" (하려고해고백)
Jclef - "The Last 1 Hour Before We Fade" (지구 멸망 한 시간 전)
Horim - "Sug4r"
Soma - "Pollen Allergy" (꽃가루)
2018
Off On Off
"Gold"
Jay Park - "Yacht (k)"
Samuel Seo - "Off You"
Hippy Was Gipsy - "Dot" (점)
Peejay - "Na B Ya" (나비야)
Rico - "Paradise"
2017
Dean
"D (half moon)"
Jay Park - "All I Wanna Do"
Crush - "Woo Ah" (우아해)
Jeebanoff - "Sungbook-gu Kids" (삼선동 사거리)
Minje - "Do"
Hoody - "Need U"
Producer of the Year
Year
Recipient
Nominees
2024
Fredi Casso
Nochang
Code Kunst
Hukky Shibaseki
Hecop
Hyeminsong
2023
250
Lil Moshpit
Slom
Jay Kidman
Toil
Fredi Casso
2022
Toil
2021
Code Kunst
GroovyRoom
Giriboy
Toil
Bronze
Goosebumps
2020
Giriboy
Frnk
Jay Kidman
Goosebumps
Dress
GXXD
2019
Code Kunst
Gray
Frnk
GroovyRoom
Woogie
2018
GroovyRoom
Code Kunst
Gray
Peejay
Jflow
Kim Park Chella
2017
Collaboration of the Year
Year
Recipients
Work
Nominees
2024
Oygli (feat. E Sens, Beenzino)
"1 to 8 Remix"
Lobonabeat, Bill Stax, Oygli - "I Need"
Leellamarz, NSW Yoon, Street Baby (feat. Haon, Sik-K) - "Money Dance"
Blase, Black Nut, Jimmy Paige, Dok2, Smugglers - "Grrr"
Swings, Nochang, Black Nut, Damini - "No One Likes Us"
E Sens (feat. Dok2) - "No Boss'
2023
Balming Tiger (feat. RM )
"Sexy Nukim" (섹시느낌)
Nucksal & Cadejo - "Sincerely Yours" (당신께)
Lil Moshpit (feat. Kid Milli, Sokodomo, Polodared) - "Yooooo"
Blase[A] - "Peace Out (Mega Mix)"
Justhis (feat. Kwaii, Don Malik, 009) - "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
Justhis, R.Tee, Don Malik, Huh, Khan, Mckdaddy, Los - "My Way"
2022
Homies (feat. Uneducated Kid, Paul Blanco)
"Siren Remix" (사이렌 Remix)
Jay Park , pH-1 , Woogie, YLN Foreign[B] - "DNA Remix"
Basick [C] - "08Basick Remix" (08베이식 REMIX)
Kitsyojii[D] - "Stand Up Remix" (일어나 Remix)
Toil[E] - "Forever You Remix" (너 포에버 Remix)
Heartcore - "Heartcore"
2021
Jvcki Wai , Coogie , Paloalto , The Quiett , Bassagong
"Fadeaway"
2020
Yumdda , Deepflow , The Quiett, Paloalto, Simon Dominic [I]
"I'mma Do" (아마두)
2019
Justhis , Kid Milli , Noel , Young B
"IndiGO "
Bassagong (feat. JTong) - "Tang-A" (탕아)
Drunken Tiger (feat. MC Meta, Dok2 ) - "A Tiger Named JK" (이름만 대면)
pH-1 , Kid Milli, Loopy (feat. Paloalto) - "Good Day"
Sumin (feat. Xin Seha) - "Your Home" (너네 집)
Giriboy , Kid Milli, Noel, Swings - "Flex"
2018
Samuel Seo & Qim Isle
"Mango"
GroovyRoom [K] - "Xindoshi"
Nucksal, Hanhae, Ryno, Jo Woo-chan - "1/N" (N분의 1)
Chaboom (featuring Paloalto, Swings and Deepflow) - "Equus" (에쿠스)
Somdef[L] - "Ring Ring Ring"
Hippy Was Gipsy (feat. Kim Oki) - "Fall" (지네)
2017
DPR Live , Sik-K, Punchnello , Owen, Flowsik
"Eung Freestyle" (응 프리스타일)
Underrated Album of the Year
Year
Recipient(s)
Work
Nominees
2021
QM
Money Breath (돈숨)
Jay Park & DJ Wegun - Everybody Sucks
JJK - The Angel Wakes Hell's Morning (지옥의 아침은 천사가 깨운다)
Homies - Ghetto Kids
Fisherman - The Dragon Warrior
Samuel Seo - Dial
2020
OLNL
Cyber Lover
O'Domar - Field (밭)
Errday - Sara (살아)
Viann - The Baker
Chaboom - Sweets & Bitters
Lee Hyeon-jun - Main Stream
2019
Odee & Viann
Open Monday
Jaedal - Period
Lee Suho - Entertain
Jjangyou - KOKI7
Mild Beats - Secondhand Smoking
Moldy - Internet Kid
2018
TFO
BB (ㅂㅂ)
Donutman - Rainbow
Cream Villa - Creamtopia
Ku Won-chan & Fisherman - Format
Xin Seha - 7F, the Void
Sleeq & Don Malik - Fommy Hiltiger
2017
Sleeq
Colossus
Yumdda - Breathe (살아숨셔)
Jayho - Lemans (르망)
Jeebanoff - So Fed Up
Sumin - Beat, And Go To Sleep
Legit Goons - Camp
Music Video of the Year
Year
Recipient
Work
Nominees
2024
DPR Ian
"Don't Go Insane"
Lobonabeat, Bill Stax, Oygli - "I Need"
Swings, Nochang, Black Nut, Damini - "No One Likes Us"
Skyminhyuk - "Liberation" (해방)
Sik-K - "See You in Every Party"
Zion T - "Stranger" (모르는 사람)
2023
Balming Tiger
"Sexy Nukim" (섹시느낌)
DPR Ian - Miito Movie (Part 1)
Lobonabeat - "Birthday" (생일)
Blase - "Pop It"
Jvcki Wai - "Go Back"
JTong - "Chosun Savage" (조선 세비지)
2022
Changmo
"Taiji" (태지)
250 - "Bang Bus"
DPR Live - "Summer Tights"
Jay Park , pH-1 , Woogie, YLN Foreign - "DNA Remix"
Sokodomo - "MM"
Jerd - All My Persona Short Film
2021
H1ghr Music
"The Purge"
2020
Balming Tiger
"Armadillo"
2019
Mommy Son
"Mommy Jump" (소년점프)
Bassagong - "Rodeo" (로데오)
Giriboy , Kid Milli , Noel , Swings - "Flex"
Jaedal - "Tree"
Balming Tiger - "I'm Sick"
Sultan of the Disco - "Tong Bei Quan" (통배권)
Label of the Year
Year
Recipient
Nominees
2024
AP Alchemy
KC
Skrr Gang Business
Amoeba Culture
Ambition Musik
At Area
2023
VMC
AOMG
New Wave Records
Daytona Entertainment
Yng & Rich Records
H1ghr Music
2022
Dejavu Group
AOMG
Daytona Entertainment
Ambition Musik
Yng & Rich Records
H1ghr Music
2021
H1ghr Music
2020
Ambition Musik
BANA
AOMG
H1ghr Music
Legit Goons
WYBH
2019
Indigo Music
AOMG
H1ghr Music
Mkitrain Records
Hi-Lite Records
WYBH
Notes
^ feat. Don Mills, Ahn Byeong-woong , San E, Chillin Homie, Oygli, Big Naughty, Oceanfromtheblue, Trade L, Punchnello, A-Chess, Khakii, Polodared, Dive, Kimo L
^ with D.Ark, 365lit, Lil Boi , Lee Young-ji , Ourealgoat, Choo and Osun
^ featuring 365lit, Changmo , Crown J, Don Mills, Fana, Gaeko , Layone, Lil Boi, Myundo, Paul Blanco, San E , Swings , Skinny Brown, Verbal Jint and Yumdda
^ featuring Blase, Chamane, Mckdaddy, Dsel, Layone, Posadic, Kaogaii and Skyminhyuk
^ featuring Yumdda, Changmo, Northfacegawd and Don Mills
^ featuring 365lit, Zene the Zilla, Chamane, Paul Blanco, Damndef, Kim Hyoeun and Northfacegawd
^ with Jay Park, Lee Hi , Bibi , Jamie , Moon, Bumkey , Samuel Seo, Suran , Babylon, Hoody , Sumin, Mrshll , Ann One, Elo, Twlv, Oceanfromtheblue, Jiselle, Sole, Thama, Kvsh, Jinbo, Jerd, Soovi, B.E.D., Xydo, Owell Mood, None
^ featuring Basick, P-Type , Skull , Sikboy, Olltii , Minos , Brown Tigger and Jazzmal
^ featuring Woo Won-jae , Kim Hyoeun, Nucksal and Huckleberry P
^ Jay Park, Simon Dominic, Loco , Ugly Duck , Woo Won-jae, Sik-K , Woodie Gochild, Haon , Gaeko , Bewhy , Paloalto, G2, Reddy , Sway D, Owen, The Quiett, Changmo, Hash Swan, Kim Hyo-eun, Deepflow, Nucksal, Odee, Rocky L, EK, Los, Chaboom, Swings, Giriboy, NO:EL , Jvcki Wai, Justhis, Han Yo-han , Yunhway , Jhnovr, Coogie, Punchnello, Penomeco , Dbo, Hangzoo , Geegooin, Boi B , Ja Mezz , Dayday, Junoflo , Flowsik, Killagramz , Yumdda, Uneducated Kid, Myundo, Takeone, Gray
^ featuring Loopy, Masta Wu, Kim Hyoeun and Sik-K
^ featuring Verbal Jint, Paloalto, DPR Live and Car the Garden
References
^ Kim, Jung-kyoon (February 22, 2017). "Korean hip-hop comes out from the underground : The explosion of the genre comes with its share of growing pains" . Korea JoongAng Daily .
^ Park, Yun-jin (January 28, 2023). "박재범·블라세·지코 포함…'한국힙합어워즈', 올해의 아티스트 후보 발표" [Jay Park, Blase, Zico included... 'Korean Hip-hop Awards', announces Artist of the Year nominees]. Mydaily (in Korean).
^ "더 콰이엇 '한국 힙합 어워즈' 올해의 아티스트, 딘은 올해의 알앤비 트랙" [The Quiett "Korean Hip-hop Awards" Artist of the Year, Dean R&B Track of the Year]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). March 21, 2019. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2021 .
2017 Winners: Park, Jin-hong (February 28, 2017). "한국 힙합 어워즈 2017 수상자 목록" [2017 Korean Hip-hop Awards list of winners]. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean).
2018 Winners: Woo, Bin (February 7, 2018). " '한국힙합어워즈' 경쟁 대신 힙합 축제, 우원재·그루비룸 '핫★' 박재범 2연속 대상" ["Korean Hip-hop Awards" more like hip-hop festival than competition, Woo Won-jae & GroovyRoom "Hot★" Jay Park wins Artist of the Year two consecutive times]. Sports Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2021 .
2019 Winners: "한국 힙합 어워즈 2019 수상자 리스트" [2019 Korea Hip-Hop Awards list of winners]. HiphopLE (in Korean). March 20, 2019.
2020 Winners: Kim, Sugyeong (March 5, 2020). " '2020 한국힙합어워즈', 수상 명단 공개...'올해의 아티스트'는 염따" ["2020 Korea Hip-hop Awards", award list released, "Artist of the Year" is Yumdda]. Ten Asia (in Korean).
2021 Winners: Choi, Yong-hwan (February 27, 2021). " '한국 힙합 어워즈 2021' 수상자 리스트" ["Korean Hip-hop Awards 2021" list of winners]. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean).
2022 Winners: Choi, Yong-hwan (March 10, 2022). " '한국 힙합 어워즈 2022' 수상자 전체 공개" ["Korean Hip-hop Awards 2022" winners all revealed]. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean).
2023 Winners: Shim, Eun-bo (March 10, 2023). " '한국 힙합 어워즈 2023', 올해의 아티스트는 누구?" ['Korean Hip-hop Awards 2023', who is Artist of the Year?]. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean).
2024 Winners: Choi, Hyeon-jeong (2024-02-27). "빈지노, 한국 힙합 어워즈 '올해의 아티스트' 선정" [Beenzino, selected as Korean Hip-hop Awards 'Artist of the Year']. ET News (in Korean).
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