Hanteo Music Awards 2024 promises a series of majestic performances that will be held in February 2025. The two-day music extravaganza will hand over trophies to several Korean musicians of different genres. From K-pop to trot, fans can expect to see their favorite rising artists united at the Hanteo stage. So, let’s look at the details of the Hanteo Music Awards 2024, including the airdate and how to vote for nominees.

Global Dates of 32nd Hanteo Music Awards

The 2024 edition of the Hanteo Music Awards will happen on February 15 and 16, 2025, at Seoul’s Jangchung Arena. The music awards ceremony will celebrate the 32nd edition of the festival. The Hanteo Music Awards has been running since 1993 and became South Korea’s first award show based on an exclusive K-Pop chart. Hanteo Music Chart is also the world’s only real-time music chart. The awards are determined based on collective data drawn through the Hanteo Chart.

Nominees of Hanteo Music Awards 2024

Hanteo Music Chart has revealed nominees for several awards categories where fans can vote and make their favorite artists win the trophies. Check out the nominees of the 32nd Hanteo Music Awards below.

Male Rookie Of The Year 

• All(H)Ours
• ASC2NT
• B.D.U
• Dxmon
• JD1
• NCT Wish
• Nexz
• NOMAD
• Nowadays
• TIOT
• TWS
• Waker

Female Rookie Of The Year

• Artms
• Babymonster
• Badvillain
• Candy Shop
• Illit
• Izna
• Katseye
• Madein
• Meovv
• Rescene
• Say My Name
• Unis

Post-Generation Award

• BAE173
• Billlie
• CIX
• DKB
• Drippin
• Epex
• Kim Hee-jae
• Purple Kiss
• Tempest
• Weeekly
• STAYC
• Xdinary Heroes
• Yena

Special Award: Hip-hop

• Crush
• Dean
• Jay Park
• J-Hope
• Lee Young-ji
• RM
• Zico

Special Award: Band

• CNBLUE
• Day6
• Lee Seung-yoon
• Lucy
• N.Flying
• Onewe
• QWER
• Xdinary Heroes

Special Award: Ballad

• Davichi
• Bol4
• 10cm
• D.O.
• Heize
• Kyuhyun
• Lee Mu-jin
• Roy Kim
• Taeyeon
• Younha

Special Award: Trot

• Hwang Young-woong
• Jang Minho
• Jeong Dong-won
• Kim Hee-jae
• Lee Chan-won
• Lim Young-woong
• Young Tak

Emerging Artist of Hanteo Music Awards 2024

The Hanteo Music Awards 2024 nomination list also features a series of K-pop artists whose potential shows true groundbreaking possibilities for the future. This year’s emerging artist nominees are: 8Turn, Artms, Evnne, Fifty Fifty, Hui, Lun8, Meovv, N.SSign, Nexz, Xikers, Young Posse and Younite.

How to Vote for Hanteo Music Awards 2024

Fans can vote for their favorite nominated artists of Hanteo Music Awards 2024 by using the whosfan app. In most categories, the winner will be decided based on fan votes and other metrics. For example, the most prestigious award of Hanteo Music Awards aka Daesang will be decided based on 50% Hanteo global score, 20% fan votes and 30% judges’ score. Additionally, Global Artist Award will be handed out based on 50% Hanteo score and 50% fan votes.