2023 Year End Korean Awards Shows We’re Looking Forward to: Blue Dragon Film Awards, MAMA Awards, Asia Artist Awards and More
Sometimes all you need to celebrate the incoming new year fever is to snuggle up in your warm blankets while indulging in a heavy share of music shows; this time, too, we’re looking forward to the 2023 year end Korean awards shows and ceremonies that allow us to spend our chilly evenings while sipping on hot beverages and spending these hours with our favourites from the K-pop and K-drama land. Each year, a set number of Hallyu events break the year’s final hours to welcome the next new beginning in line for us all.
Shows like the MAMA Awards, KBS Song Festival, SBS Gayo Daejun, and many more music festivals or award ceremonies are there with us every year. The cheerful, festive spirit gets elevated owing to some of the greatest names from the K-pop scene taking to the stage and belting out their sky-high notes and mesmerising vocals while also breaking out in stage-breaking performances that light up our eyes. Bidding farewell to the long haul of 2023 may not come easy for everyone, but it will surely be a harmonious and starry memorable event, especially with the extensive lineup of year-end shows coming up all through November 2023 – January 2024.
List of 2023 Year End Korean Awards Shows Coming Ahead
2023 Blue Dragon Film Awards
Date: November 24, 2023
The 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards will honour the best of Korean films made this year at the KBS Hall in Yeouido. Last year’s ceremony was also held at the same venue and featured performances by IVE, NewJeans, Zico and others. Hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Yeon-seok, the 43rd edition of the awards event declared Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave as a big winner of the night.
2023 Pop Golden Awards
Date: November 25, 2023
To be held in Los Angeles, California, Pop Golden Awards 2023 won’t singularly be catering to the Hallyu crowd, rather, the annual event will be acknowledging the biggest hits of pop culture by honouring artists from various entertainment industries. Some Korean nominations and categories for the same are mentioned below.
2023 Pop Golden Awards Nominations (Korean): Golden Pop Group of the Year – TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TWICE, LE SSERAFIM, Stray Kids, (G)I-DLE, NiziU and SEVENTEEN; Golden Korean Artist of the Year – TWICE’s Nayeon, BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, BTS’ Jimin, BTS’ Jungkook, Lim Young-woong, BTS’ V and BIGBANG’s Taeyang; Golden Hip-Hop Song – BLACKPINK’s Shut Down, J-Hope’s Arson; Golden Pop Song of the Year – Jungkook ft Fahad Al Kubaisi’s Dreamers, BLACKPINK’s Pink Venom, FIFTY FIFTY’s Cupid; Golden Korean Drama – The Sound of Magic, Dr Romantic 3, Crash Course in Romance, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, The Glory, Love to Hate You, The Good Bad Mother, Bloodhounds, Call It Love and Snowdrop; and more.
Voting for these categories along with others is open on vote.popgolden.org.
2023 MAMA Awards in Japan
Date: November 28-29, 2023, at 6 PM KST.
MAMA Awards 2023 Lineup: Hosted by CJ ENM and presented by Mnet, this year’s MAMA Awards will be held at the Tokyo Dome in Japan as a two-day event, and it’s undoubtedly one of the biggest 2023 year end Kpop awards show. So far, the lineup has revealed a great number of artists partaking in the show’s entertainment showcases. This list includes TVXQ, INI, JO1, xikers, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ENHYPEN, Kep1er, &TEAM and the cast of Street Woman Fighter 2 for Day 1. On the other hands, Day 2 will feature performances by ATEEZ, NiziU, RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE, SEVENTEEN, (G)I-DLE, LE SSERAFIM, BOYNEXTDOOR and EL7Z UP.
Check out the nominations by clicking here.
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2023 Melon Music Awards in Incheon
Date: December 2, 2023.
MMA 2023 is set to be the 15th edition of the K-pop awards ceremony, and centred around the theme, “K-pop changes the world”, it will take place at the INSPIRE Arena in Incheon’s Yeongjongdo. *More updates are yet to follow.
2023 Asia Artist Awards in Philippines
Date: December 14, 2023.
Asia Artist Awards 2023 Lineup: Taking place at the Philippine Arena, the South Korean celebration of contributions made to television, film and music over the year will be hosted by IVE’s Jang won-young, Kang Daniel and ZEROBASEONE’s Sung Han-bin. The 8th Asia Artist Awards or AAA 2023 will be rolling out the red carpet to actors including Kim Seon-ho, Ahn Hyo-seop, Kim Se-jeong, Moon Ga-young, Lee Jun-ho, Kim Young-dae, Moon Sang-min, Yoo Seon-ho and others.
As for the K-pop attendees, the list is long and it includes NewJeans, LE SSERAFIM, NMIXX, ZEROBASEONE, THE BOYZ, ITZY, Kwon Eunbi, STAYC, Dreamcatcher, KARD, BSS (SEVENTEEN), AKMU, Lim Young-woong, ONEUS and others.
Check out last year’s winners by clicking here.
2024 Seoul Music Awards in Bangkok
Date: January 2, 2024.
The annually held awards ceremony first began in 1990 and is organised by media outlet Sports Seoul. The 33rd Seoul Music Awards will take place at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Seoul Music Awards 2024 Lineup: First lineup for the show was announced on October 26 and it includes BamBam of GOT7, KISS OF LIFE, Kang Daniel and STAYC.
2024 Golden Disk Awards in Jakarta
Date: January 6, 2024, 9 PM KST.
Indonesia here we come! While the nominees of the 38th GDA are yet to be announced, the venue for the new year’s event was revealed to be the Jakarta International Stadium.
2024 Circle Chart Music Awards in Busan
Date: January 10, 2024.
You may recognise this ceremony by the name of Gaon Chart Music Awards, but now the awards show has been rebranded under a new name. The event is set to be held at Busan’s BEXCO. *More details are yet to follow.
2024 Blue Dragon Music Awards in Bangkok
Date: January 20, 2024.
2024 Blue Dragon Music Awards Lineup: The 1st Blue Dragon Music Awards are to take place at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Organised by Sports Chosun and MG CONNEX, this event’s lineup so far includes Girls’ Generation’s YoonA, THE BOYZ, KISS OF LIFE and ATBO. *More details are yet to follow.
*This article will be updated with more details when more official announcements are made.
Which of these year end Kpop ceremonies are you waiting for the most? Let us know your favourite events of the year from the K-pop scene in the comments section below.
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