The Seoul Music Awards (SMA ) is a major South Korean music awards show presented by the newspaper Sports Seoul. The award winners are selected based on a combination of criteria, including music sales, popular votes, and expert judges' opinions. The annual ceremony was first held in 1990, when the Grand Prize was awarded to singer Byun Jin-sub. 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.

Ceremonies

Categories

Grand Prize (Daesang)

Main Prize (Bonsang)

The list of winners are listed in alphanumeric order.

New Artist Award

Best Album

Best Song

Genre-specific awards

R&B Hip-Hop Award

Ballad Award

Trot Award

Dance Performance Award

Original Soundtrack Award

Band Award

Popularity Award

K-wave Special Award

Discovery of the Year Award

Special awards

Discontinued awards

Rock Award

Folk Award

Music Video Award

Show & Culture Award

Non-performer awards

Directing Award

Producer Award

Composition Award

Lyricist Award

Arrangement Award

Planning Award

Stylist Award

Most wins

The following artist(s) arranged in alphanumeric order has received five or more awards: