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| Seoul Music Awards | |
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| Current: 33rd Seoul Music Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in music |
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | Sports Seoul |
| First awarded | 1990 |
| Website | seoulmusicawards |
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The Seoul Music Awards (Korean: 서울가요대상; RR: Seoul Gayo Daesang; SMA[2]) is a major South Korean music awards show presented by the newspaper Sports Seoul.[3] The award winners are selected based on a combination of criteria, including music sales, popular votes, and expert judges' opinions.[4]
The annual ceremony was first held in 1990, when the Grand Prize was awarded to singer Byun Jin-sub.[3] Boy group BTS is the most-awarded artist, having won 26 awards; they are also tied with Exo for the most Grand Prizes won, with four each.
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