The final winners of 7 categories are going to be determined.
The final Fan’s Choice vote for the “KMA 2026” begins.
While the “KMA (KM CHART AWARDS) 2026” will be held on July 25th at the Hwajeong Gymnasium of Korea University in Seoul, the last Fan’s Choice vote for the final will take place from today at 10:00 a.m. until July 6th at 11:59 p.m. KST. Previously, the Fan’s Choice votes for 7 categories took place during the first and second rounds of the qualifications, and 10 teams per category were finalized.
For the Best popular song award “BEST POPULAR SONG AWARD”, the 10 songs are ““One more day a day”” by TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ““Swim”” by BTS, ““Knife”” by ENHYPEN, ““신선놀음”” and ““Ceremony”” by STRAY KIDS, ““Crown”” by EXO, ““순간을 영원처럼”” by LIM YOUNG WOONG, ““Born savage”” by PLAVE, ““Fly up”” by RIIZE, and ““Juicy go”” by YOUNG TAK.
The candidates for the Best popular trot award “BEST POPULAR TROT AWARD” are YOUNG TAK, KIM YONG BIN, JEON YU JIN, LIM YOUNG WOONG, LEE CHAN WON, JANG MIN HO, JEONG DONG WON, SON TAE JIN, MY JIN, and PARK JI HYEON. The 10 teams for the Global rising star award “GLOBAL RISING STAR AWARD” are ALPHADRIVE1, LNGSHOT, CORTIS, AHOF, YUHZ, MODYSSEY, KICKFLIP, HTRZ.WAV, KEYVITUP, and NEWBEAT.
For the Best popular solo male award “BEST POPULAR SOLO MALE AWARD”, we find YEONJUN, CHOI LIP WOO, D.O., KANGMIN, YOOK SUNG JAE, JIN, HAN, KANG DANIEL, BAEKHYUN, and BEOMGYU. For the Best popular solo female award “BEST POPULAR SOLO FEMALE AWARD”, there are a total of 10 people: MINNIE, YUQI, WINTER, YUNA, IU, JENNIE, JISOO, MIYEON, SUNMI, and IRENE.
The competition is fierce for the Best popular male group award “BEST POPULAR MALE GROUP AWARD”. These are TOMORROW X TOGETHER, PLAVE, BTS, ENHYPEN, STRAY KIDS, ASTRO, VERIVERY, EXO, CORTIS, and TWS. For the Best popular female group award “BEST POPULAR FEMALE GROUP AWARD”, UNIS, HADES, UAU, HEARTS TO HEARTS, NIZIU, KIIIRAS, BABYMONSTER, KEP1ER, ISEGYE IDOL, and XIN compete for the final.
Organized by KM CHART and KM CHART WORLD, and managed by the organizing committee of the KMA and UPICK, the “KMA 2026” are an award ceremony and a music festival dedicated to the artists who made the music industry shine for a year, as well as to the fans who supported them. The event will be held on July 25th at the Hwajeong Gymnasium of Korea University in the Seongbuk district of Seoul, and the awards for the 7 final categories of the Fan’s Choice will be presented during the main ceremony on that day.
Journalist: Shawn
Translator: Shawn
Source: SNS KMA
