In many ways, it can be seen as the year when a new trend in the music industry began.
Songolmae, Lee Yong, Gye Eun-sook, Jeon Young-rok, Min Hae-kyung, Namgung Ok-bun, and Kim Yeon-ja, who are remembered as singers of the 80s rather than the 70s, emerged as new candidates, while singers such as Na Hoon-ah, Song Chang-sik, and Yoon Hyeong-ju, who can be said to be an extension of the 70s, were nominated. At the end of the year, he disappeared from the main award nominations and entered the ranks of established singers.
