So shocked to find out that YB was NOT nominated for any of the three main awards - Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Musician of the Year!!! How could this be???
Well, (as always) I overreacted a bit as a fan should do (I am not saying that you are not a fan if you don't overreact - just trying to rationalize my irrational behavior haha). Having recovered (slightly) from the initial shock, I quickly went to vote. Sadly, you can vote only once, so, YB, you have my one vote!
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Source: KMA
List of nominees: Best Song - R&B/Soul
Crush: Hug Me
Zion.T: YangHwa DaeGyeo
Jay Park: Olata
Alshain: Start in You
Taeyang: Eyes, Nose, Lips
Complete list of nominees: Netizens' Choice: Musician of the Year - Male Artists (in Korean alphabetical order)
Well, (as always) I overreacted a bit as a fan should do (I am not saying that you are not a fan if you don't overreact - just trying to rationalize my irrational behavior haha). Having recovered (slightly) from the initial shock, I quickly went to vote. Sadly, you can vote only once, so, YB, you have my one vote!
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List of nominees: Best Song - R&B/Soul
Crush: Hug Me
Zion.T: YangHwa DaeGyeo
Jay Park: Olata
Alshain: Start in You
Taeyang: Eyes, Nose, Lips
Complete list of nominees: Netizens' Choice: Musician of the Year - Male Artists (in Korean alphabetical order)
Beenzino
B-Free
Crush
HEO
JUUNO
Kyo
RaD
WYN
Zion.T
KwonTree
Kim Ju-Hwan
Kim Chang-Hyun
VASCO
Park Woo-Jae
Jay Park
Seo Taiji
Alshain
Yoon Sang
Lee Seung-Hwan
Lee Young-Hun
Lee Won-Sul
Lee Jang-Hyuck
Jerry.k
Cha Bum
Taeyang
TaeWan
Finally got on the official website: Songs nominated for R&B SOTY: Crush "Hug", Zion T 양화대교’, Jay Park 올라타’, 알샤인 ‘Start In you’ and YB for ENL.
ReplyDeleteZion T's song is nominated for overall SOTY so its pretty clear who will win for R&B haha. But this is one award where its definitely an honor to be nominated, so I'm pretty satisfied.
idk i'd be really disappointed if they don't give it to YB - since they're being so stingy with nominations for YB, they should make it up to him by giving it to him haha. i know i'm being terribly childish but that's how i feel right now haha.
ReplyDeleteThe candidates for the overall awards (the Daesangs?) are picked from the winners of the genre awards so I can see why he wasn't picked. TBH, most of RISE was a tough call in the R&B category since the other songs were more representative of the genre and were a better pick for that category. RISE doesn't really work as a genre album tbh, and there were stronger albums in the Pop category.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if ENL would have fared better if submitted as a Pop song... just a thought.
oops... I meant "the other [nominated] albums for [R&B] were more representative of the genre"
Deletewell you're right of course - ENL being a tough call in the R&B category. but i don't think the nominees for the overall awards are picked from the winners of the genre awards - i mean, we don't know who the genre award winners are yet, right? i think it's KMA's way of differentiating itself from other popular awards. they're saying, unlike the other glitzy awards, we are more about the quality, and sorry, TY, you're way too popular to be nominated here haha
ReplyDeletePretty sure their Daesang nominees already tells us who will win in the genre awards since they picked from all categories except Hiphop (wonder if they felt that it was a weak year for that genre...) It would be pretty weird to get picked for overall excellence but not for your category so it makes sense. (Though perhaps they should have kept back the Daesang nominees till the actual event to draw out the suspense haha)
ReplyDeleteActually they've given awards to popular artists before too (like IU's 'Good Day' was overall SOTY a few years back. And idol groups like fx and 2ne1 have won category awards too. GD won for Hiphop song last year too. ) I think their selections have been pretty democratic over the past few years so I'm pretty glad they can honestly say they are only looking at quality without a bias either way for popularity. It's such a validation that YB has gotten nominations for each of his 3 solos (and won for HOT and LOAM) when the field gets more crowded each year, and at such a young age. So proud that he's so well regarded within the industry.
yeah, you're so right. i wish i could be as level-headed as you are about this whole thing. i'm happy he's nominated!
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