The "31st High1 Seoul Music Awards," which concluded last year's music scene, will feature beloved musicians gathering to compete fiercely for the Grand Prize, Rookie Award, and various category awards.

In the Seoul Music Awards Popularity Award category for Korean fans, as of 11 AM on the 2nd, Lim Young-woong is overwhelmingly in first place with 510,486 votes (62.12%). Kang Daniel is in second place with 58,000 votes (7.05%), and SHINee is in third place with 54,861 votes (6.67%).

In the Hallyu Special Award category, selected through voting by international fans excluding those in Korea, BTS and EXO are in a close competition. BTS is in first place with 4,504,919 votes (48.38%), followed by EXO in second place with 4,494,093 votes (48.26%), with the rankings fluctuating. Stray Kids and ASTRO are following behind.

In addition, the competition for the Rookie Award category is also intense. OMEGA X is leading with 67,955 votes (17.72%), followed by IVE in second place with 65,070 votes (16.97%), and Choi Yu-ri in third place with 63,269 votes (16.50%). Kwon Eun-bi is in 4th to 6th place with 48,415 votes (12.62%), EPEX with 44,138 votes (11.51%), and Future Boys with 44,036 votes (11.48%). The vote difference between the top 6 places is very narrow.

In the Main Award category, Lim Young-woong took first place with 2,653,230 votes (18.29%). Stray Kids followed with 1,314,555 votes (9.06%), TOMORROW X TOGETHER with 1,222,516 votes (8.43%), and Kang Daniel with 1,019,929 votes (7.03%).

Meanwhile, official mobile voting for the Seoul Music Awards will be held through the official voting app until 12 AM on the 16th.



Meanwhile, the "31st Seoul Music Awards," which will conclude the 2021 music scene, will be held on Sunday, January 23rd, at the Gocheok Sky Dome, hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Boom, and Seolhyun, and will be broadcast live on KBS Joy and U+ Idol Live. The red carpet will be exclusively broadcast live online in Korea only through U+ Idol Live.

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.