Nomination lists for the Bonsang and Popularity award categories for the 20th High1 Seoul Music Awards have been revealed! The High1 Seoul Music Awards is said to be one of the most popular music awards ceremonies in Korea. It was established by Sports Seoul in the 90s.

The upcoming Seoul Music Awards will be held on January 20th, 2011 at Kyunghee University Peace Center from 7 - 10pm KST. For the Bonsang award, the top 10 artists are chosen through voting (20%) digital/album sales (50%) research (10%) and judges (20%). One artist is chosen from the Bonsang winners for the Daesang.

Only Korean citizens are able to vote from now until January 17th, 2011.

Past Winners of Daesang include:
2001 - Jo Sungmo
2002 - Kim Gunmo
2003 - Lee Hyori
2004 - Shinhwa
2006 - DBSK
2008 - Big Bang
2009 - Wonder Girls



There is no information as to who won the Daesang for 2005 and 2007. There is the possibility that there was no Daesang recipient in those particular years.

For the upcoming High1 Seoul Music Awards, the nominees are as follows:

Bonsang
Super Junior
Beast
2PM
SNSD
f(x)
SHINee
Lee Seung Gi
GaIn
Kim Jong Kook
Taeyang
2AM
BoA
Seeya
T-ara
Seo In Gook
Gavy NJ
MBLAQ
Wheesung

Popularity Award
Super Junior
SHINee
SNSD
2PM
Beast
f(x)
Taeyang
2AM
BoA
4minute
CNBlue
T-ara
Seo In Gook
Lee Seung Gi
FT Island
Teen Top
2NE1
KARA
Rainbow
Girl's Day
Park Hyo Shin
Seeya
Dae Guk Nam Ah
Gavy NJ
MBLAQ
Infinite
Nine Muses
Brown Eyed Soul
Seo In Young
GaIn
Norazo
Davichi

Source: Koreaboo + SMA
credits: Big Bang updates