Upcoming 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards Nominee List Revealed!

The nominee list for upcoming 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards 2010 has been revealed!

Said to be one of the Korean popular music award ceremonies established by Sports Seoul in the 1990s which contributed to many other award ceremonies later on, the 19th Seoul Music Awards awarding the best singers of year 2009 will be held on 3rd February 2010.
Nominated for BonSang:

So Nyeo Shi Dae
Super Junior
GDragon
2PM
Baek Ji Young
Brown Eyed Girls
MC Mong
Kim TaeWoo
KARA
SS501
Davichi
SHINee
Son DamBi
LeeSsang
Outsider
Lee Seung Gi
Epik High
Park HyoShin
SG Wannabe
Bobby Kim
Lee SeungChul
FT Island
Ivy
WheeSung
8eight
K Will
Im ChangJung
2AM
UKiss
Epik High

Nominated for Newcomer award:

4Minute
T-ara
After School
f(x)
MBLAQ
BEAST
TaeGoon
Rainbow
Secret
2NE1


Nominated for High1 Popularity award:
Combined list of singers from nominee list of BonSang and Newcomer award
Background info: Seoul Music Awards joined hands with High1 resort in 2008 to further promote the event when Hallyu wave was growing stronger.

Additional information:

Daesang : One Daesang artist chosen from the 10 Bonsang artists
Bonsang : Top 10 artists are chosen. Voting(20%) Digital/Album sales(50%) Research(10%) Judges(20%)
Rookie : 3 chosen
Mobile Popularity(determined by fan voting) : 1 or 2
Plus Digital Music, Best Album, Hallyu Special, Performance, R&B, Hip Hop, Trot Awards-


Voting:
Voting will start from 26th December all the way till 1st February 2010
Voting method is by using mobile phone and entering voting key
High1 Popularity award: Based 100% on mobile votes
For Bonsang, Daesang and Newcomer award: Based 20% on mobile votes

DaeSang winner history for the past 9 years:

2009: WonderGirls
2008: Big Bang
2006: Dong Bang Shin Ki
2004: ShinHwa
2003: Lee Hyori
2002: BoA
2001: Kim GunMo
2000: Jo SungMo