Welcome all to the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards. Today, I will be presenting the winners of the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards. Since mid-November 2021 to the end of December 2021, you have been busy voting in the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards, selecting all the winners for each of the categories you will b seeing in this voting (aside from Best Side Track, the BLOG RELATED categories and Best Song of 2021, with the latter determined by 50% fan votes and 50% my Weekly KPOP Charts). And vote you all did! Many votes (much more than what I expected) were casted over this period, and I have over the last month been counting votes and preparing this Winners Announcement post.

As mentioned in the previous posts about the awards, the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Award is part of the 2021 Critics Award Circuit. Many of the other blogs who also participated have announced their winners for their own awards quite a while ago, so check the link above to see their winners!

Due to the number of categories, I have elected to split this post into four pages.

• To view the ARTIST-RELATED categories (including Best Male and Female Soloists, and Best Male and Female Group, collectively the Artists of the Year categories), stay on this page and keep on scrolling.
• To view the CHOREOGRAPHIES, VISUALS, PERFORMANCE and BLOG RELATED categories, click here or click the second page link at the bottom of this page.
• To view the SONG-RELATED categories, click here or click the third page link at the bottom of this page.
• To see who took out the BEST SONG OF 2021 category and the END OF YEAR CHARTS, click here or click the fourth page link at bottom of this page.

The post is very image-heavy, so if you prefer, a bandwidth-friendly version on Google Sheets is included in the link directly below this paragraph. It includes all of the nominees, winners, KPOPREVIEWED Choices, Honourable Mentions for the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards on the first sheet and an extended version of the 2021 End of Year Charts on the second sheet (Top 200).

CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF NOMINATIONS, WINNERS and KPOPREVIEWED Choice

So without further ado, I present to you the winners for the 2021 KPOPREVIEWED Awards.

Best New Artists Award Categories

Best New Female Group of 2021

Nominees:
| HOT ISSUE | LIGHTSUM | MAJORS | PIXY | PURPLE KISS | TRI.BE |

Winner: LIGHTSUM
Honourable Mention: PURPLE KISS
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: PURPLE KISS

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Best New Male Group of 2021

Nominees:
| Ciipher | ENHYPEN | EPEX | JUST B | KINGDOM | MIRAE |

Winner: ENHYPEN
Honourable Mention: MIRAE
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: EHYPEN

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Best New Female Soloist of 2021

Nominees:
| Joy (Red Velvet) | Kwon Eun Bi | Lisa (BLACKPINK) |
| Rosé (BLACKPINK) | Wendy (Red Velvet) | Yuqi ((G)I-DLE) |

Winner: Yuqi ((G)I-DLE)
Honourable Mention: Wendy (Red Velvet)
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: Rosé (BLACKPINK)

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Best New Male Soloist of 2021

Nominees:
| D.O (EXO) | HOSHI (SEVENTEEN) | Kai (EXO) |
| Kim Woojin | Youngjae (GOT7) | YOUNG K (DAY6) |

Winner: Kai (EXO)
Honourable Mention: D.O (EXO)
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: Kai (EXO)

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Best Delivery Award Categories

Best Vocals of 2021

Nominees:
| BTOB for Show & Prove | Baekhyun (EXO) for Hurt | IU for My Sea |
| Jongho (for Kingdom Legendary War Performances) | Mamamoo for Where Are We At |
| Pentagon for Lovesick Boys (Lovesick Girls Cover) |

Winner: Baekhyun (EXO) for Hurt
Honourable Mention: IU for My Sea
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: Pentagon for Lovesick Boys (Lovesick Girls Cover)

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Best Rapper of 2021

Nominees:
| Bobby (iKON) for U MAD | Changbin (Stray Kids) for DDU-DU DDU-DU cover |
| CL for Spicy | Do Hanse (VICTON) for Take Over |
| I.M (MONSTA X) for God Damn | JESSI for What Type of X |

Winner: JESSI for What Type of X
Honourable Mention: CL for Spicy
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: Changbin (Stray Kids) for DDU-DU DDU-DU Cover

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Best Specialty Award Categories

Best Band of 2021

Nominees:
| DAY6 | IZ | LUCY | N.Flying | ONEWE | W24 |

Winner: DAY6
Honourable Mention: N.Flying
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: ONEWE

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Best CO-ED Group of 2021

Nominees:
| 777 | AKMU | CHECKMATE | HyunA & DAWN | K-TIGERS ZERO |

Winner: AKMU
Honourable Mention: HyunA & DAWN
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: AKMU

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Best Subunit / Unit of 2021

Nominees:
| BDC | Even of Day | NCT 127 | NCT DREAM | WayV | WJSN The Black |

Winner: NCT 127
Honourable Mention: NCT Dream
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: NCT Dream

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Rising Star and Most Underrated Artist Categories

Rising Star of 2021

Nominees:
| aespa | Brave Girls | ENHYPEN | ONF | STAYC | WOODZ |

Winner: aespa
Honourable Mention: WOODZ
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: Brave Girls

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Most Underrated Artist of 2021

Nominees:
| A.C.E | BDC | Dream Catcher | fromis_9 | Kim Sejeong | ONEUS |

Winner: Dream Catcher
Honourable Mention: ONEUS
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: ONEUS

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Best Artists of the Year Categories

Best Female Soloist of 2021

Nominees for Best Female Soloist of 2021
| CHUNG HA | HyunA | IU | Jeon Somi | JESSI | Kim Sejeong | Sunmi |

Winner: IU
Honourable Mention: CHUNG HA
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: IU

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Best Male Soloist of 2021

Nominees:
| Baekhyun (EXO) | Ha Sung Woon | Kang Daniel | Kim Jae Hwan |
| Taemin (SHINee) | Wonho | WOODZ |

Winner: Baekhyun (EXO)
Honourable Mention: WOODZ
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: Kang Daniel

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Best Female Group of 2021

Nominees:
| aespa | Brave Girls | Dream Catcher | (G)I-DLE | ITZY | OH MY GIRL | STAYC |

Winner: (G)I-DLE
Honourable Mention: aespa
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: Brave Girls

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Best Male Group of 2021

Nominees:
| Golden Child | ONEUS | ONF | SEVENTEEN | Stray Kids | THE BOYZ | TXT |

Winner: SEVENTEEN
Honourable Mention: Stray Kids
KPOPREVIEWED Choice: ONF

Page 1 – Artist Related Categories
Page 2 – Choreographies, Visuals, Performances & Blog Related Categories
Page 3 – Song Related Categories
Page 4 – Best Song of 2021 + End of Year Charts