Hanteo Music Awards 2023 winners are being revealed through a live broadcast at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul on Friday, February 10. The artists who have performed well in various categories, such as physical album division, digital music, global authentication, social platforms, media, fandom, and portals, are eligible to win awards in different sections.
Some award-winning categories for this year are Initial Chodong Record Award, Artist Award, Rookie Award, Special Award, and WhosFandom Award. The winners of the Initial Chodong Record Award are selected based on album sales, the Artist Award winner is chosen considering the yearly performance of the artist, and Rookie Award is selected based on various achievements in the music industry by newly debuted artists.
Special Award is given to those artists who have promoted special music genres and works with physical albums, digital music, and social media. Lastly, the WhosFandom Award winner is selected only based on fan votes.
S.E.S. member Eugene, CIX member Hyunsuk, and EPEX member Baekseung will host the first day of the event. The lineup for the first day of the event includes Billllie, BLANK2Y, BLITZERS, Everglow, Jeong Dong Won, Just B, Kang Daniel, Kim Ho Joong, Lucy, STAYC, TAN, TRI.BE, VERIVERY, We Dem Boyz, Wei, Younha, and Yuju.
People from various parts of the world, including the US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, India, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Peru, Denmark, Europe, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the UK, can enjoy the annual award ceremony live online from the comfort of their homes.
The winners of the Hanteo Music Awards 2023 are being announced by a star-studded lineup of celebrities on Friday.
Hanteo Music Awards 2023 Winners Day 1
Male Rookie Of The Year
- Nine.I
- Black Level
- BLANK2Y
- SUPERKIND
- XEED
- AIMERS
- ATBO
- Younite
- Jwiiver
- Tempest
- Trendz
- TAN
- TNX
Female Rookie Of The Year
- New Jeans
- Limelight
- Lapillus
- Le Sserafim
- Mimiirose
- Viviz
- Irris
- ILY:1
- Artbeat
- Nmixx
Emerging Artist Award
- Drippin
- Mirae
- BE'O
- Billlie
- E'LAST
- Omega X
- Wei
- Weeekly
- Epex
- Jo Yuri
- Kingdom
- Purple Kiss
- P1Harmony
Post Generation Award
- Kang Daniel
- The Boyz
- DKZ
- Verivery
- Big Naughty
- CIX
- Everglow - WINNER
- AB6IX
- ONEUS
- Jeon Sumi
- Jeong Dong Won - WINNER
- Kard
- Cravity
- T01
- Fromis_9
Blooming Star
- TRI_BE - WINNER
- BLANK2Y - WINNER
- BLITZERS - WINNER
Emerging Artist
- WEi - WINNER
- Billlie - WINNER
New Korean Wave Star
- TAN - WINNER
Trend Award
- Blooming Band Performer: LUCY - WINNER
- Focus Star: Verivery - WINNER
- Generation Icon: Red Velvet - WINNER
- Top Trending Artist: Yuju - WINNER
Special Award
- Ballad: Lee Seok Hoon and YOUNHA - WINNER
- Trot: Kim Ho Joong - WINNER
Artist Of The Year
- (G)-IDLE
- GOT7
- Kang Daniel - WINNER
- Kihyun
- Kim Ho Joong - WINNER
- Nayeon
- New Jeans
- The Boyz
- Dreamcatcher
- Red Velvet
- Le Sserafim
- Mamamoo
- Monsta X
- BTS
- BamBam
- Verivery
- Blackpink - WINNER
- BTOB
- Billllie
- Seventeen
- Girls' Generation
- Super Junior
- STAYC - WINNER
- Stray Kids - WINNER
- Psy
- CIX
- Astro
- IVE
- iKON
- RM
- SF9
- Aespa - WINNER
- Ateez
- Nmixx
- NCT Dream
- NCT 127 - WINNER
- Enhypen
- Youngtak
- WJSN
- Wonho
- Winner
- Younha
- Epex
- Lim Young Woong
- Itzy
