The 30th Seoul Music Awards (hereafter SMA) has announced nominees!
This year, voting will be available for the Main Award, Rookie Award, Trot Award, Ballad Award, R&B/Hip Hop Award, OST Award, Popularity Award, and K-Wave Award along with the special 30th anniversary categories Legend Grand Prize and Legend Rookie Prize.
The criteria for the final winners are as follows:
Main, Rookie, Trot Ballad, R&B/Hip Hop, and OST Awards – 40% judge panel and SMA organizing committee, 30% album and song sales (according to Hanteo Chart), 30% mobile votes
Popularity Award – 100% Korean votes
K-Wave Popularity Award – 100% votes from outside of Korea