The Soribada Best K-Music Awards (previously abbreviated as SOKA and currently abbreviated as SOBA) is an awards ceremony presented by the digital music platform
Soribada to celebrate the best and brightest of
K-pop releases.[1] The first awards ceremony was held in September 2017 and awarded music released between September 2016 and August 2017.
This is the first-ever awards ceremony hosted by Soribada, established in 2000 as Korea's first digital music service.[2]
Winners are determined through Soribada's internal data, online and mobile votes from fans across the world, as well as ratings from professional adjudicators and critics.[7][8]
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abcTwo were given for the Grand Award & Digital Grand Award categories, respectively.
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abcdFour were given for the Artist of the Year, Music of the Year, Stage of the Year, and Live Performance of the Year categories, respectively.
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abcFormerly a grand award category, it has been demoted off its grand award category status to a grand award final nominee consolation award category since 2020.