[서울가요대상 D-20]Bookshelf, which celebrates its 30th anniversary, can see the 2020 music industry at a glance

[스포츠서울 정하은기자]If you look at the’High1 Seoul Music Awards’, which celebrated its 30th anniversary, the 2020 music industry can be seen at a glance.

The’Seoul Music Awards’, a feast of stars, which decorated the music industry brilliantly last year, is now approaching on the 20th. The ’30th High1 Seoul Music Awards’ awards ceremony (sponsored by Sports Seoul, hosted by the Seoul Music Awards Organizing Committee) will be held on the 31st.

Boasting tradition and authority, the’Seoul Music Awards’ is the best music festival in Korea that was born in 1990 and has served as a stepping stone for the development of K-pop culture for 30 years. Through the Seoul Music Awards this year, musicians who have been loved by fans throughout the year will gather in one place to compete for the awards of each category, such as the Grand Prize for the highest honor, the Main Prize, the Rookie Prize, and the special prize for each genre.

The grand prize, the flower of the awards ceremony and the highest honor, is given the honor of the award only to one team. In addition, great interest is gathered in the main characters of the 12 main awards awarded to artists representing the music industry. The selection of the winners of the Seoul Music Awards is based on digital music and album sales (40%), mobile voting results (30%), and judges’ evaluation (30%). The’Rookie Award’ is also determined by the same selection criteria.

If you look at the Seoul Music Awards, you can grasp the trends and trends of the 2020 music industry at a glance. The competition between the idol group leading K-pop and the rookie boy group that has enriched the music industry by sweeping the music chart this year stands out. It is interesting to know which team will receive the award, but it is fun to look at the side of the winning team and see the trends of the music industry in 2020.

The most interesting part of this year is whether or not BTS will be awarded the grand prize for 4 consecutive years. The activities of BTS, which have won the domestic and foreign K-pop market, continued in 2020. In February of last year, he was the first Korean singer with his 4th album’MAP OF THE SOUL: 7′, and was the first Korean singer to take the 4th place on the Billboard 200 chart, and in August of last year he became a Korean singer with’Dynamite’. Was the first to rise to the top of the Billboard main single chart’Hot 100′.

In addition, the title song’Life Goes On’, the title song of the album’BE (Deluxe Edition)’ released in November, reached the top of the’Hot 100′. It is the first time in the history of the chart in 62 that a song composed of Korean lyrics in the history of Billboard rose to number one on the’Hot 100′ chart. BTS also reported the rumors of being nominated for the’Best Pop Duo/Group Performance’ category at the 63rd Grammy Awards.

Especially in 2020, the rookie boy group’s strength was noticeable. After their debut in August last year, TREASURE, which released 3 singles under the theme of’THE FIRST STEP’ and recorded total sales of more than 700,000 copies, was released in July of’Zero: Fever Part 1 (ZERO)’ : FEVER Part.1)’ ATEEZ, which broke its own record by exceeding about 380,000 copies including the initial 230,000 copies, winning the Mnet’Road to Kingdom’ and winning the mini album’CHASE’ The album sold 300,000 copies, and even THE BOYZ stood at the rising star position. In addition, BTS junior groups, Tomorrow by Together (TXT) and ENHYPEN, are also proving their hot popularity at home and abroad based on their strong fandom.

The trough craze in the active idol music market cannot be left out. In particular, Song Ga-in, Lim Young-woong, and Kim Ho-jung from TV Chosun’s’Mistrot’ and’Mr. Trot’ rose to stardom by crossing from various entertainment shows to dramas and advertisement markets with overwhelming support from middle-aged and older people in the center of the trough craze last year. In addition, Na Hoon-ah, who visited the home room after 15 years, recorded the top spot on the music chart with the new song’Tess Hyung’ without any music activities.

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