The 32nd Seoul Music Awards have announced their nominees, and voting is now open. Voting for the SMA 2023 is open to K-pop fans worldwide in a number of categories. How to vote for the 32nd Seoul Music Awards 2023 Nominees via Voting App detailed below.
This year, BTS, Blackpink, IVE, NCT 127, NCT Dream, Psy, Red Velvet, Stray Kids, Seventeen, Taeyeon, TXT, The Boyz, and other artists have received nominations for the main award (Bonsang) of SMA 2023. Tempest, Le Sserafim, and New Jeans are among the rookie artists nominated.

When is voting for 32nd Seoul Music Awards 2023?
Voting for the 2023 Seoul Music Awards began on December 6. There will be two rounds of voting in total for SMA 2023.
Phase 1 voting is open from December 6 through December 25, at 11:59 KST/9:59 ET.
Phase 2 voting runs from December 27 at 12 p.m. KST through January 15 at 11 p.m. KST/9 a.m. ET.
How to vote for 32nd Seoul Music Awards 2023 via Voting App
The Main Award (Bonsang), Rookie of the Year, Popularity Award, K-Wave Award, OST Award, Trot Award, Ballad Award, and R&B/Hip Hop Award are among the categories that K-pop fans can vote for in the Seoul Music Awards 2023.
Fans from other countries can vote for the K-Wave Award but not the Popularity Award.
How to vote for 32nd Seoul Music Awards 2023 via Voting App
- Download the Fancast app from Google Play or the App Store to cast your vote for the Seoul Music Awards in 2023.
- Each vote requires 100 votes and fans are allowed up to ten votes per day.
- Fans can watch up to 60 ads to receive free hearts. Every advertisement adds 20 hearts to your account.
- The final free heart of the day will be collected at midnight.
- See here for more information.
50 percent of the nominees’ total vote totals from both voting rounds will be taken into consideration.
32nd Seoul Music Awards 2023 Eligibility Criteria
Winners of the Main Award (Bonsang), Rookie, OST, Trot, Ballad, and R&B/Hip Hop categories of the Seoul Music Awards will be chosen based on 40% of the judges’ ratings, 30% of album and song sales in 2022 (according to data from the Haneo Chart), and 30% of mobile votes.
32nd Seoul Music Awards 2023 Nominations
32nd Seoul Music Awards 2023 nominations list celebrates the best South Korean music released in 2022. Take a look at the main categories of nomination below.
More nominations can be found here.
Best Rookie
- ATBO
- Billlie
- CLASS:y
- CSR
- H1-KEY
- Kep1er
- LAPILLUS
- Le Sserafim
- New Jeans
- NINE.i
- NMIXX
- TAN
- Tempest
- TNX
- TRENDZ
- Viviz
- YOUNITE
K-Wave Popularity Award
- 10cm
- Aespa
- Ateez
- BIGBANG
- BLACKPINK
- BTS
- ENHYPEN
- Girls’ Generation
- (G)I-DLE
- GOT7
- GOT the beat
- Ive
- J-Hope
- Jin
- Monsta X
- Nayeon
- NCT 127
- NCT Dream
- Stray Kids
- TXT
- Twice