Here are all the nominees of the 21st Korean Music Awards

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NewJeans, BTS’ Jungkook, H1-KEY and more.Today (January 26), the annual Korean awards ceremony unveiled its full list of nominees on its official website.

The ceremony honours mainstream and underground musicians across a variety of genres, and distributes awards based on the recommendations of its panel.The 21st Korean Music Awards ceremony will take place on February 29 at 8pm KST, and will be streamed live on the PRIZM app.K-pop girl group NewJeans, rapper Beenzino and indie rock band Silica Gel received five nominations each, including Musician of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year, as well as Best Song and Best Album nominations in their respective genre categories.NewJeans notably won both Best K-pop Song and Best K-pop Album at last year’s ceremony, as well as Rookie of the Year.

Meanwhile, Silica Gel won last year’s Best Modern Rock Song with their single ‘NO PAIN’.Elsewhere among the nominees, BTS’ Jungkook is up for awards in four categories, including Musician of the Year and Song of the Year, while girl group H1-KEY is nominated for Song of the Year and Rookie of the year, as well as Best K-pop song with their single ‘Rose Blossom’.Musician of the Year NewJeans Beenzino Jungkook Silica Gel Carina Nebula wave to earthSong of the Year ‘Tik Tak Tok’ ft.

So!YoON! – Silica Gel ‘Rose Blossom’ – H1-KEY ‘Ditto’ – NewJeans ‘Travel Again’ ft. Cautious Clay – Beenzino ‘Seven’ ft. Latto – JungkookAlbum of the Year ‘COMEDY’ – Yeoyu and Seolbin ‘Get Up’ – NewJeans ‘Heart of the City’ – Lee Jin-ah ‘Machine Boy’ – Silica Gel ‘NOWITZKI’ – BeenzinoRookie of the Year dongyi HANEL H1-KEY KISS OF LIFE Moon Mi-hyang NO.LINKBest Pop Song ‘In My Garden’ – Yoon Ji-young ‘Love Lee’ – AKMU ‘DIE 4 YOU’ – DEAN ‘Cocktail.