KM Chart Season Best Autumn has officially unveiled its highly anticipated nominee list, highlighting the brightest stars who dominated the K-music scene in the third quarter of 2026.
2026 KM Chart Season Best Autumn Nominations
The global standard K-pop chart, KM Chart, has launched preference surveys across seven distinct categories, running through the 14th. This seasonal event covers major achievements from July to September 2026, encompassing music, artists, popularity awards for both male and female categories, rookie categories, and trending tracks. Top-tier artists such as BTS, BIGBANG, Lim Young-woong, ENHYPEN, and PLAVE have secured major nominations.
In the ‘BEST K-MUSIC’ (Soundtrack) category, a total of 19 tracks are fiercely competing, including BTS’s ‘SWIM’, PLAVE’s ‘Born Savage’, I.O.I’s ‘Suddenly’, CORTIS’s ‘REDRED’, ATEEZ’s ‘BAD’, Lim Young-woong’s ‘Totto’ and ‘Like a Moment’, BIGBANG’s ‘BiiiG’, and RESCENE’s ‘LOVE ATTACK’ and ‘Pretty Girl’. Meanwhile, the ‘BEST K-MUSIC ARTIST’ category features 16 elite acts, such as ATEEZ, BTS, Lee Chan-won, Lim Young-woong, TXT, PLAVE, TWS, Hearts2Hearts, WOODZ, ILLIT, Stray Kids, Young Tak, ENHYPEN, and D.O.
Fan Voting and September Monthly Chart Results
The ‘BEST HOT CHOICE’ male popularity category features 14 nominees including Lee Chan-won, Lim Young-woong, BTS members (V, Jin, Jimin, Jungkook), A-Hob, Kang Daniel, MONSTA X’s Kihyun, TXT’s Yeonjun, Park Ji-hoon, n.SSign, SF9, and Jang Min-ho. The female category showcases 14 groups like BABYMONSTER, FIFTY FIFTY, XODIAC, U-IE, QWER, izna, RESCENE, Hearts2Hearts, TWICE, (G)I-DLE, ODYSEUS, VIVIZ, and UNIS.
Alongside the autumn nominations, the September monthly chart results were also revealed. Lim Young-woong swept two categories by winning both the music and male popularity awards, while ENHYPEN claimed the top spot in the artist category. Voting for the ‘2026 Season Best Autumn’ is available through the ‘MyOnePick’ and ‘Idol Champ’ mobile applications, with final winners determined by a combined score of app votes, KM Chart data, and professional judges’ evaluations.
