Welcome to the Nomination Announcement post for the 2023 KPOPREVIEWED Awards! Today, you will find out whom I have nominated under each category of the 2023 KPOPREVIEWED Awards.
In total, 36 categories and the nominations associated with the categories, are announced today. As there is a fair bit of categories to get through, I have split them over three pages under this post. You can find weblinks to the pages at the top or bottom of each page, or you can navigate to via the numbers at the bottom of each page.
On 10 November 2023, I will be posting the KPOPREVIEWED (i.e., my) Choice of winners for the 2023 KPOPREVIEWED Awards. And voting will officially begin on 15 November 2023 at 12AM AEDT.
But until then, I present to you the nominees for the 2023 KPOPREVIEWED Awards.
Best Male Dance Performance (Group) of 2023 Nominees: BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPER) – ATEEZ, MOVE – T5, ROAR – THE BOYZ, S-Class – Stray Kids, Super – SEVENTEEN, Sugar Rush Ride – TXT. Best Female Dance Performance (Group) of 2023: CAKE – ITZY, Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s Wife – LE SSERAFIM, I AM – IVE, Like Me Like That – NMIXX, Queencard – (G)I-DLE, Super Shy – NewJeansBest Female Dance Performance Solo of 2023 Nominees: Flower – JISOO (BLACKPINK), Fast Forward – Jeon Somi, Killin’ Me Good – JIHYO (TWICE), Knock – LEE CHAE YEON, STRANGER – SUNMI, The Flash – Kwon Eun BiBest Male Dance Performance (Solo) of 2023 Nominees: Gulity – TAEMIN (SHINee), Nirvana – KANG DANIEL, PSYCHO – JUN (SEVENTEEN), ROVER – KAI (EXO), Set Me Free Pt. 2 – JIMIN (BTS), VIBE – TAEYANG (BIGBANG) ft. JIMIN (BTS)
Best Special Performance Award
Best Special Performance of 2023 Nominees: 2023 VMA “S-Class” Performance – Stray Kids, BAD (Orig.: CHRISTOPHER) – Peak Time (Alliance C), CRIMINAL LOVE – ENHYPEN SPECIAL STAGE AT MCOUTNDOWN, KARA Song Medley at MAMA Awards 2022 – KARA, Rewrite The Stars (Orig.: Zac Efron & Zendaya) – D.O (EXO) & Lee Suhyun (AKMU), Warrior (by Imagine Dragon) Dance Performance – San (ATEEZ)
Best Stage Presence Award
Best Stage Presence of 2023 Nominees: (G)I-DLE, ATEEZ, LE SSERAFIM, SEVENTEEN, STRAY KIDS, TXT
Best ‘Return To Stage’ Comeback Award
Best ‘Return to Stage’ Comeback of 2023 Nominees: EXO, INFINITE, KARA, TAEYANG (BIGBANG), TEEN TOP, UKISS
Best Outfits Award
Best Outfits of 2023 Nominees: (G)I-DLE (in Queencard), KAI (EXO) (in ROVER), Jeon Somi (in Fast Forward), MISAMO (TWICE) (in Do Not Touch), NCT DOJAEJUNG (for Perfume), T5 (TREASURE) (in Move)
Best Music Video & Concept Awards
Best Music Video of 2023 Nominees: ERASE ME – ONEUS, Roar – THE BOYZ, S-Class – Stray Kids, Sugar Rush Ride – TXT, Super – SEVENTEEN, Super Shy – NewJeansBest Concept of 2023 Nominees: ‘Always Arguing’ Concept in Seven – Jung Kook (BTS). ‘Angel of Death’ Concept in SOS – Kang Daniel, ‘Missing Frankenstein’ Concept in STRANGER – Sunmi, ‘Outlaw’ Concept in BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPER) – ATEEZ, ‘Psychopath’ Concept in PSYCHO – JUN (SEVENTEEN) , ‘Toxic Love’ Concept in Guilty – TAEMIN (SHINee)
While NMIXX undoubtedly had strong album sales this year, I considered more than just album sales when nominating a group under that ‘Most Underrated Artist’ category, such as reaction/responses to their comebacks, the amount of fanfare the comebacks got (relative to similar groups to NMIXX) etc.
Furthermore, I have previously nominated other groups that are much more senior and definitely not ‘nugu’ status under that award, considering their performance during the year against other groups of a similar nature.
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For the International song award (Japanese) it’s Best Friend Ever not Best Friend Forever
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Thanks for catching that mistake. I have updated it 🙂
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NMIXX in the underrated artist category next to legit nugu groups? They sold almost 2 million albums just this year alone… Hardly a fair comparison
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While NMIXX undoubtedly had strong album sales this year, I considered more than just album sales when nominating a group under that ‘Most Underrated Artist’ category, such as reaction/responses to their comebacks, the amount of fanfare the comebacks got (relative to similar groups to NMIXX) etc.
Furthermore, I have previously nominated other groups that are much more senior and definitely not ‘nugu’ status under that award, considering their performance during the year against other groups of a similar nature.
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