KMA 2026 Fan Choice Final Vote

The fan choice final voting for 'KMA 2026' has begun. The final fan choice voting for 'KMA (KM Chart Awards) 2026', to be held on July 25th at Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium in Seoul, will take place from 10 AM on July 8th until 11:59 PM on July 6th. Previously, 10 final candidates were selected for each of the seven categories through the first and second rounds of preliminary voting.

In the BEST POPULAR SONG AWARD category, 10 songs are nominated: Tomorrow X Together's 'Day by Day', BTS's 'SWIM', ENHYPEN's 'Knife', Stray Kids' 'God Men' and 'CEREMONY', EXO's 'Crown', Lim Young-woong's 'Moment Like Eternity', PLAVE's 'Born Savage', RIIZE's 'Fly Up', and Young Tak's 'Juicy Go'.

For the BEST POPULAR TROT AWARD, Young Tak, Kim Yong-bin, Jeon Yu-jin, Lim Young-woong, Lee Chan-won, Jang Min-ho, Jeong Dong-won, Son Tae-jin, My Jin, and Park Ji-hyun will compete. In the GLOBAL RISING STAR AWARD category, 10 teams were selected as final candidates: Alphadriveone, Longshot, Cortis, Ahop, Yours, Modise, Kickflip, Heartswave, Kibitup, and Newbeat.

In the BEST POPULAR SOLO MALE AWARD category, Yeonjun, Choi Ri-woo, D.O., Kang Min, Yuk Sung-jae, Jin, Han, Kang Daniel, Baekhyun, and Beomgyu are nominated. For the BEST POPULAR SOLO FEMALE AWARD, Minnie, Yuqi, Winter, Yuna, IU, Jennie, Jisoo, Miyeon, Sunmi, and Irene will compete.

The BEST POPULAR MALE GROUP AWARD category will see fierce competition between Tomorrow X Together, PLAVE, BTS, ENHYPEN, Stray Kids, Astro, Verivery, EXO, Cortis, and TWS. In the BEST POPULAR FEMALE GROUP AWARD category, UNIS, Hades, YuAyu, Heartstohearts, NiziU, KIRA'S, BABYMONSTER, Kep1er, Isekai Idol, and XIN have advanced to the finals.