The 2018 Korea Popular Music Awards has announced the nominees for this year’s major awards!

The upcoming awards show, which will take place on December 20 at the Ilsan KINTEX, is jointly organized by the Korea Singers Association, the Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association, the Recording Industry Association of Korea, the Federation of Korean Music Performers, and the Korea Music Copyright Association. This year’s awards will be determined using both online voting and a panel of expert judges.

On November 19, the 2018 Korea Popular Music Awards (hereafter KPMA) revealed its nominees for the Best Artist Award, Best Album Award, and Best New Artist Award. The list of artists nominated for this year’s genre-specific awards will be revealed on November 20, when online voting officially begins on the 2018 KPMA website.

Check out the list of nominees (in alphabetical order) below!

Best Artist

BLACKPINK

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Chungha

EXO

MAMAMOO

NU’EST W

Red Velvet

Roy Kim

SHINee

TWICE

Wanna One

WINNER

Best Album

BTS

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Red Velvet

TWICE

Wanna One

Best New Artist

The Boyz

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Jang Deok Cheol

Stray Kids

Online voting will run from November 20 to December 16, with the exception of the Popularity Award (for which voting will end on December 20 at 5 p.m. KST).

Which artists are you rooting for this year? Share your thoughts below!

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