Kcrush America Fourth Annual K-Pop Awards: Voting Now Open!

It’s December, so you know what that means? It’s time to vote for your favorite artists during the Kcrush America K-Pop Awards!

Now in the fourth year, we’re thrilled to let your voices be heard in 20 categories that pit some of the year’s best against each other to be voted as kings and queens of the K-Pop mountain. Who would you like to see crowned champion in each category? Let us know as voting is open between December 2 to the December 20, 2020. Here are your nominees!

Best OST

For this category, we couldn’t pick individual songs to nominate as each show listed had amazing overall soundtracks! Starting this year, you will vote on the best overall OST instead of individual songs.

• Crashing Landing on You
• Do You Like Brahms?
• Forest
• Hospital Playlist
• It’s Okay Not to Be Okay
• Itaewon Class
• Mystic Pop-Up Bar
• Record of Youth
• Tale of the Nine-Tailed

Best New Male Artist

• Moon Jongup
• Wonho
• Kim Woo-Seok
• Han Seung-Woo
• Yook Sung-Jae
• Yoon Du-Jun
• LØREN

Best New Female Artist

• Huh Chanmi
• Jeon Yeol
• Lee Suhyun
• Natty
• Ryu Su-Jeong
• Serri
• Solar
• YooA

Best Female Rookie Group

• AESPA
• BLACKSWAN
• BOTOPASS
• Cignature
• Lunarsolar
• Maka Maka
• STAYC
• Secret Number
• Weeekly
• Woo!Ah!
• XUM

Best Male Rookie Group

• 2Z
• B.O.Y
• Cravity
• DKB
• Drippin’
• E’Last
• Enhypen
• Ghost9
• LUCY
• MCND
• TOO
• Treasure
• UNVS
• WEi

Best Female Solo

• “Alien” – Lee Suhyun
• “Bad” – Ben
• “Bird” – Kim Namjoo (APINK)
• “Bon Voyage” – YooA (Oh My Girl)
• “Holo” – Lee Hi
• “Home” – Yezi
• “Maria” – Hwasa (Mamamoo)
• “Paradise” – Siyeon (Dreamcatcher)
• “Pporappippam” – Sunmi
• “Soul Lady” – Yukika
• “Spit It Out” – Solar (Mamamoo)
• “Stay Tonight” – Chungha
• “Villain” – AleXa
• “What You Waiting For” – Somi

Best Male Solo

• “7942” – 20 Years of Age
• “Any Song” – Zico
• “Candy” – Baehyun
• “Criminal” – Taemin
• “Hangover” – Paul Kim
• “Here” – Ji Jin Seok
• “Let’s Love” – Suho
• “Linger On” – Roy Kim
• “Mi Amor” – Zelo
• “Mmmh” – Kai
• “Open Mind” – Wonho
• “Paradise” – Eric Nam
• “Pit a Pat” – Xia
• “Who U Are” – Kang Daniel

Best Rock or Band

• 2Z
• DAY6
• Dreamcatcher
• High Tension
• LUCY
• Lacuna
• LØREN
• N.Flying
• Onewe
• Purple Rain
• South Club

Best Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B, and Urban

• “+H₩A+” – CL
• “Blessed” – MiSo
• “Daechwita” – Agust D
• “Evita” – DeVita
• “Hymn” – BewhY x Son Simba
• “Kazino” – BIBI
• “Lonely” – Truedy ft. Aril
• “Mong” – Lim Kim
• “Nunu Nana” – Jessi
• “Smoky” – Joohoney
• “Swoosh Flow” – Changmo
• “Tip Toe” – Crush ft. Lee Hi

Best Vocal Performance

• “Dark Cloud” – Younha
• “Happening” – AKMU
• “Milky Way” – GB9
• “Moon Halo” – So Hee Song
• “Still Around You” – Noel
• “Thank You” – RabidAnce
• “Thank You Anyway” – Keembo
• “Villain” – Stella Jang
• “When We Were in Love” – Ailee
• “X-Girlfriend” – Gavy NJ
• “You Were Really Not Good” – Hedy

Best Collaboration

• “Apollo 11” – Jamie ft. Jay Park
• “Dessert” – Hyo ft. Loopy, Soyeon
• “Eight” – IU ft. Suga
• “Love” – X Lovers ft. Young K
• “Play” – Chungha ft. Changmo
• “Summer Hate” – Zico ft. Rain
• “When We Disco” – JYP (duet with Sunmi)
• “Winter Flower” – Younha ft. RM

Best Crossover Song

For this category, you’re voting for an English song either by or featuring a K-Pop artist.

• “100 Ways” – Jackson Wang
• “All About You” – DeVita
• “Alone in This World” – Young K (duet with Song Heejin)
• “Alright” – James Lee x Amber Liu
• “Bad Boy” – Chungha, Christopher
• “Blueberry Eyes” – Max ft. Suga
• “Dream of You” – Chungha with R3HAB
• “Dynamite” – BTS
• “Ice Cream” – BLACKPINK & Selena Gomez
• “Life Sucks” – Ha:tfelt
• “One (Monster & Infinity” – SuperM
• “Physical” – Dua Lipa ft. Hwasa
• “Sour Candy” – Lady Gaga, BLACKPINK
• “Watch Me Glow” – Kyla Massie
• “Zombie (English version) – DAY6

Best Solo Dance Performance

• “Alien”  – Lee Suhyun
• “Any Song” – Zico
• “Criminal” – Taemin
• “Gotta Go” – Soyou
• “I Don’t Care” – BiPa
• “Mmmh” – Kai
• “My Body” – Nada
• “Nunu Nana” – Jessi
• “Stay Tonight” – Chungha
• “Who U Are” – Kang Daniel

Best Dance – Female Group

• “Cool” – Weki Meki
• “Ddalala” – XUM
• “DumDi DumDi” – (G)I-dle
• “Dumhdrum” – APINK
• “Girls” – Nature
• “How You Like That” – BLACKPINK
• “I Can’t Stop Me” – TWICE
• “Jungle” – BVNDIT
• “La Di Da” – Everglow
• “Lie” – FAVORITE
• “Mago” – GFRIEND
• “Make You Happy” (Korean Version) – NiziU
• “Nonstop” – Oh My Girl
• “On Air” – 3YE
• “Shadow Play” – Pink Fantasy Shadow

Best Dance – Male Group

• “Daisy” – Pentagon
• “Dynamite” – BTS
• “Give You Up” – UNVS
• “God’s Menu” – Stray Kids
• “Home;run” – SEVENTEEN
• “I’m In Trouble” – Nu’est
• “I’m Not But” – N.O.M
• “Inception” – ATEEZ
• “Light” – UP10TION
• “Love Killa” – Monsta X
• “Not By the Moon” – GOT7
• “Pump It Up” – Golden Child
• “Salute” – AB6IX
• “The Stealer” – The Boyz
• “To Be or Not to Be” – ONEUS

Female Group of the Year

• (G)I-dle
• APINK
• BLACKPINK
• BVNDIT
• Dreamcatcher
• Everglow
• GFRIEND
• GWSN
• ITZY
• IZ*ONE
• LOONA
• Mamamoo
• Momoland
• Nature
• Oh My Girl
• Red Velvet
• Refund Sisters
• TWICE
• Weki Meki

Male Group of the Year

• ASTRO
• ATEEZ
• B1A4
• BTS
• BtoB 4U
• DAY6
• EXO-SC
• GOT7
• NCT
• Pentagon
• Seventeen
• Stray Kids
• Super Junior
• SuperM

Album of the Year

• # – LOONA
• 1 Billion Views – EXO-SC
• BE – BTS
• BLOOM*IZ – IZ*ONE
• Bon Voyage – YooA
• Cyan – Kang Daniel
• Delight  – Baekhyun
• Dye – GOT7
• Dystopia: The Tree of Language – Dreamcatcher
• Fantasia X – Monsta X
• Go Live – Stray Kids
• Heng:garae – Seventeen
• It’z Me – ITZY
• Labyrinth – GFRIEND
• Light Up – UP10TION
• Map the Soul 7 – BTS
• Monster – Irene & Seulgi
• More & More – TWICE
• NEOZONE – NCT-127
• Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 – Taemin
• Nonstop – Oh My Girl
• Oneiric Diary – IZ*ONE
• Origine – B1A4
• Reload – NCT-Dream
• Self-Portrait – Suho
• Super One – SuperM
• The Album – BLACKPINK
• The Dream Chapter: Eternity – TXT
• The Nocturne – NU’EST
• Timeless – Super Junior
• Unstable Mindset – Younha
• Zero: Fever Part 1 – ATEEZ

Song of the Year

• “100” – SuperM
• “Any Song” – Zico
• “Black Swan” – BTS
• “Boca” – Dreamcatcher
• “Bon Voyage” – YooA
• “Criminal” – Taemin
• “Don’t Touch Me” – Refund Sisters
• “DumDi DumDi” – (G)I-dle
• “Dynamite” – BTS
• “Eight” – IU ft. Suga
• “Feel Good” – Fromis_9
• “God’s Menu” – Stray Kids
• “Holo” – Lee Hi
• “I Can’t Stop Me” – TWICE
• “La Di Da” – Everglow
• “Life Goes On” – BTS
• “Lovesick Girls” – BLACKPINK
• “Mago” – GFRIEND
• “Maria” – Hwasa
• “Monster” – Irene & Seulgi
• “Not by the Moon” – GOT7
• “Pporappippam” – Sunmi
• “Scream” – Dreamcatcher
• “Stay Tonight” – Chungha
• “When We Disco” – J.Y. Park (duet with Sunmi)
• “Why Not?” – LOONA
• “Winter Flower” – Younha ft. RM

MV of the Year

• “Alien” – Lee Suhyun
• “Any Song” – Zico
• “Black Swan” – BTS
• “Bon Voyage” – YooA
• “Eight” – IU ft. Suga
• “Girls” – Nature
• “Happening” – AKMU
• “Holo” – Lee Hi
• “I Can’t Stop Me” – TWICE
• “Like a Movie” – B1A4
• “Mago” – GFRIEND
• “Mong” – Lim Kim
• “Monster” – Irene & Seulgi
• “Play” – Chungha ft. Changmo
• “Thank You” – RapidAnce
• “Villain” – Stella Jang
• “When We Disco” – J.Y. Park (duet with Sunmi)
• “Winter Flower” – Younha ft. RM
• “Zombie” – DAY6

Please vote as often as you wish! And don’t forget to share and spread the word on Facebook and Twitter! Voting’s open until December 20, 2020.

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