This year, we've had multiple hits from different groups, like NewJeans, G-idle and IVE.
Right now the charts are NJ vs IVE, but IVE had a huge advantage over NJ, they dropped Love Dive 7 months ago, they can accumulate more points than them by a large margin.
Not saying they don't deserved it, or that NJ deserved more than them, what I'm trying to say is that NJ is dropping a song in December and another one in January, if they drop a good song with the hype the group has right now they could accumulate more points than its rivals by far if there's not another ultra hit which takes the nation by a storm. They could secure their awards early next year.