The Seoul Music Awards is a major South Korean music awards show presented by the newspaper Sports Seoul. The award winners are selected based on a combination of criteria, including music sales, popular votes, and expert judges' opinions.
BTS has won 26 awards in total, the most of any artist.
Exo is a South Korean boy band based in Seoul formed by SM Entertainment in 2011 and debuted in 2012. The group consists of nine members: Xiumin, Suho, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai and Sehun. They are noted for releasing music and performing extensively in Korean, Mandarin and Japanese.
Exo at SM Town Live World Tour III in Singapore in November 2012
Exo with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in China on June 28, 2013
From left to right: D.O, Lay, and Kai at the 24th Seoul Music Awards in January 2015
Exo at the Dream Concert in June 2017