2022 Genie Music Awards
# 2022 Genie Music Awards

The 2022 Genie Music Awards was held at the Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea on November 8, 2022. Organized by Genie Music, the event returned after a year of hiatus and was the ceremony's first offline edition since 2019. Artists who released music between October 1, 2021, and October 5, 2022, are eligible to be nominated.

After the stampede incident at Itaewon, the event announced the cancellation of the red carpet and live broadcast. Instead, the show was recorded and rebroadcast on VOD platforms on November 18.

## Judging criteria

| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Singer of the Year | — | 60% | 40% |
| Song of the Year | | 60% | 40% |
| Album of the Year | | 60% | 40% |
| Artist Category Awards* | 20% | 50% | 30% |
| Performance Category Awards** | 20% | 30% | 50% |
| Special Awards*** | 100% | — |
| *Best Male Solo Artist, Best Female Solo Artist, Best Male Group, Best Female Group, Best Male Rookie Award, Best Female Rookie Award **Best Male Performance Award, Best Female Performance Award ***Genie Music Popularity Award, Idol Plus Global Popularity Award ||||

## Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold. The following nomination lists were made available on October 6.

| Song of the Year (Daesang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) |
| - | - |
| Lim Young-woong – "Our Blues, Our Life" Big Bang – "Still Life" Big Naughty – "Beyond Love" (feat. 10cm) Kim Min-seok – "Drunken Confession" Be'O – "Counting Stars" Red Velvet – "Feel My Rhythm" Ive – "Love Dive" IU – "Strawberry Moon" Psy – "That That" (feat. Suga) (G)I-dle – "Tomboy" | NCT Dream – Glitch Mode Psy – Psy 9th Blackpink – Born Pink (G)I-dle – I Never Die Lim Young-woong – Im Hero Taeyeon – INVU Kim Ho-joong – Panorama BTS – Proof Seventeen – Face the Sun Red Velvet – The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm |
| Singer of the Year (Daesang) | Genie Music Popularity Award |
| NCT Dream Kim Ho-joong Seventeen Psy IU Lee Chan-won Lim Young-woong Taeyeon Ive (G)I-dle | Lim Young-woong Be'O (G)I-dle IU Ive Kim Ho-joong Lee Chan-won NCT Dream Psy Seventeen Taeyeon BTS |
| Best Male Group | Best Female Group |
| BTS Big Bang NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids | (G)I-dle Aespa Blackpink Ive Red Velvet |
| Best Male Solo Artist | Best Female Solo Artist |
| Lim Young-woong Kim Ho-joong Psy Be'O Lee Chan-won | Taeyeon IU Nayeon Choi Ye-na Kassy |
| Best Male Rookie Award | Best Female Rookie Award |
| Tempest ATBO TNX Xdinary Heroes Younite | Ive Le Sserafim NewJeans Nmixx Kep1er |
| Best Male Performance Award | Best Female Performance Award |
| The Boyz Enhypen NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids | Red Velvet Aespa Blackpink (G)I-dle Twice |
| Best Hip Hop Artist | Best Rock Artist |
| Be'O | Jaurim |
| Best Pop Artist | Best Music Video |
| Peder Elias | Red Velvet - "Feel My Rhythm" |

### Other awards

* IdolPlus Global Popularity Award – BTS
* Best Record – (G)I-dle – "Tomboy"
* Best Style - Ive
* Next Generation – DKZ
* Next Generation Global – PSYCHIC FEVER
* Next Wave Icon - Lightsum, TNX
