The High1 Seoul Music Awards this year had some incredible pop artists. A very prestigious award if one manages to receive one. Awarded best overall Grand Prize Daesung was Girls’ Generation. A girl pop formula still works for the past several decades.

Daesung (Grand Award):
• Girls’ Generation

Newcomer award:
• BEAST
• After School
• T-ara

A tough battle ensued in 2009 for a wave of boy bands and girl bands. Who impressed? That would be T-ara, After School and Beast (Editor Link article to my other blog)

More Awards as Follows

Super Junior takes in a big prize for BonSang and the Most popular. No apologies needed for Sorry Sorry! Because it was another phenomena to be enjoyed, while heartthrob Son Dam Bi shows up to any award show event even if it’s not Saturday night. SHINee is enjoying their shiny award at 2PM in Korea, while having a Drunken Tiger singing Mister with Davichi, wooing a few Brown Eyed Girls. Kim TaeWoo trotted along with trot experts Park SangChul and Park HyunBin while Bobby Kim stuck to his RnB roots and Davichi stayed true to K-drama soundtrack styles

BonSang:
• Baek Ji Young
• Super Junior
• KARA
• So Nyeo Shi Dae
• SHINee
• Davichi
• Son Dambi
• Kim TaeWoo
• 2PM
• Brown Eyed Girls

High1 Popularity Award:
• Super Junior
• 2PM
Hip hop award:
• Drunken Tiger
R&B award:
• Bobby Kim
Trot award:
• Park SangChul
• Park HyunBin
Digital music award:
• So Nyeo Shi Dae ‘Gee’
Best Album:
• Drunken Tiger
Special Hallyu award:
• Super Junior

Thanks to sleepysa, nukia, 13infamyss, kbites, newsen, sportskorea