Chief points of contention -
Grand Prize , Digital - IVE vs Gidle
This will be the only year where they will have a shot at Grand Prizes, since by next year the established companies will make their returns with a vengeance.
IVE now has some edge, since it has continuously done well while Gidle only made one promotion.
Grand Prize - Album - Too many candidates.
It is unlikely that the Grand Prize-Album this year will be given to BTS who won't attend unless their military situation is cleared up.
There are several legitimate candidates.
Lim Youngwoong
Seven candidates.
While out of these Seventeen sold the most albums, Korean awards are not calculated by the number of sales. Several factors will be in play.
Artist of the Year
I won't even go into this.
BTS and a certain 1,343 years old are taking hiatuses, which leads to a winner-take-all fight, which will make this year's Grand Prizes talked about for a long time.