3rd lineup for ”1st KGMA” announced... ”TVXQ”, ”TREASURE”, Lee Mujin and others confirmed to appear

The best K-pop stars decorated the first stage of the KOREA GRAND MUSIC AWARDS (KGMA), newly unveiled by Korea's best entertainment and sports magazine, Daily Sports, and announced a hot encounter with their fans.

　On the 10th, the KGMA organising committee announced the third lineup for the 1st KOREA GRAND MUSIC AWARDS, which will be held on the 16th-17th November at the Inspire Arena in Unseo-dong, Chung-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City, featuring ‘Dongpo Shinki’, ‘TREASURE’, Lee Mu Jin, ‘ FIFTY FIFTY', “NOWADAYS” and others were confirmed, signalling a spectacular festival of K-pop.

　Prior to this, the KGMA organising committee confirmed ‘NewJeans’, ‘NiziU’, ‘aespa’, ‘ATEEZ’, ‘ZEROBASEONE’ and ‘SHINee’ Taemin as the primary line-up and ‘DAY6’, ‘EXO’ D.O. (Do Kyung Soo), ‘ RIIZE', BIBI, “STAYC”, “NCT WISH”, “UNIS”, “N․Flying” Yoo Hye Sun, “JO1”, “P1Harmony”, “QWER” and others were announced, drawing great interest from Korean and global K-POP fans. The adult contemporary line-up included Yong Tak and Lee Chang Won, Jung Dong Won and Song Ga In, raising expectations for a music festival where music fans of diverse genres could come together.

　Also, ‘NewJeans’ HANNI, ‘aespa’ WINTER and actress Nam Ji Hyun will join forces as KGMA's MCs. The third line-up included.

　The third group in the line-up, Dong Bang Shin Ki, is a representative of the second generation of K-pop groups and has reigned as the ‘King of K-pop’ for more than 20 years since their debut on 26 December 2003. They are the first Korean group to enter Tokyo Dome and the first foreign singers to enter Nissan Stadium, and have established a firm position in Japan as a ‘living legend’ who laid the foundations for the Korean Wave.

　TREASURE' is YG Entertainment's representative boy group after “BIGBANG”, “WINNER” and “iKON” and has received great love from Korean and global fans since its debut in 2020. With ‘B.O.M.B’, ‘HELLO’, ‘DARARI’ and ‘JIKJIN’, ‘TREASURE’ is gaining popularity with unique songs for each album, and will meet global fans through a tour in the second half of this year, along with the comeback of their new album.

　FIFTY FIFTY' is a girl group that caused a stir on Billboard's main singles chart “HOT 100” with “Cupid” released in 2023. After a civil war, they decided to change members and were reborn as a five-member group in September, and have successfully established themselves in the music industry with their new song ‘S.O.S’. The group's strengths lie in their lyrical voices and fluid harmonies.

　Lee Moo-jin is a singer-songwriter who debuted in 2018 and gained recognition by placing third in the final of JTBC's ‘Sing Again - Biography of an Unknown Singer’ in 2021. She has dominated the music charts with her song ‘Traffic Light’, which was loved by all generations, and many other songs such as ‘Do you have some time’ and ‘Episode’, and has also received a good response with her new song ‘Seishun Manhwa’. Lee Moo-jin sang with SOLE in Wavve New Classic Project's ‘[Director's Version] My Name is Kim Sam Soon 2024’ OST (Original Soundtrack) ‘She is’, a remake of the song ‘CLAZZIQUAI’, which dominated the OST charts to It received a huge response.

　‘NOWADAYS’ is the first rookie boy group to be presented by CUBE Entertainment in nine years since ‘PENTAGON’ and debuted in April this year. They have attracted the attention of K-pop fans with their strong performances and music, and have continued to grow rapidly with their second single ‘NOWHERE’ released in August.

　After the announcement of the third line-up, the KGMA Organising Committee plans to release the line-up of special artists who have enlivened the K-pop scene over the past year, and global interest is expected to increase further.

　The ‘2024 KGMA’ is a stage for selecting and awarding singers and music that have achieved significant results in various categories of popular music such as K-pop, trot, band and solo that have received great love from fans at home and abroad during the year, and is expected to become a festival that brings artists and fans together.

　This year's awards ceremony will be directed by the first-ever director of ‘MAMA’, which has established itself as Mnet's representative awards ceremony, and the ‘Godfather of Korean audition programmes’, who has planned and directed ‘SHOW ME THE MONEY’, ‘UNPRETTY RAP STAR’, ‘PRODUCE 101’ and other shows. Han Dong-chul, the representative of PHUNKY STUDIO, known as the ‘Godfather of Korean audition programmes’, is in charge of the project.

　Sound sources and album data will be provided by HANTEO Chart, genie Music, FLO and NHN BUGS, and FANCAST will participate as the official fan voting agency. It is organised by EDaily M and led by the KGMA Organising Committee.