Melon Music Awards

The Melon Music Awards (Korean: 멜론 뮤직어워드) is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea and organized by Kakao M (a Kakao company) through its online music store, Melon.

Melon Music Awards
Current: 2021 Melon Music Awards
Awarded forExcellence in music
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byKakao M
First awarded2005 (online)
December 16, 2009 (2009-12-16) (live)
Websitewww.melon.com/mma/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
NetworkK-Star (2009)
MBC Plus channels (2010–2017)
JTBC Plus channels (2018)
KakaoTV (2017–present)
Melon (2019–present)
KakaoTalk (2020–present)

The award ceremony was first held online from 2005 to 2008. It was held offline officially starting from 2009.[1]

History

The awards show underwent a logo rebranding starting with the 2019 edition.

2020 Melon Music Awards was held for 4 days from December 2 to 5, dubbed as "MMA Week", and was broadcast online due to government restrictions imposed because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Host venues
Year Date Venue City Country Ref.
2009 December 16, 2009 Olympic Hall (Olympic Park) Seoul South Korea [3]
2010 December 15, 2010 Hall of Peace (Kyung Hee University) [4]
2011 November 24, 2011 Olympic Gymnastics Arena [5]
2012 December 14, 2012 [6]
2013 November 14, 2013 [7]
2014 November 13, 2014 [8]
2015 November 7, 2015
2016 November 19, 2016 Gocheok Sky Dome [9]
2017 December 2, 2017 [10]
2018 December 1, 2018 [11]
2019 November 30, 2019 [12]
2020 December 2–5, 2020 Online event; Various locations in South Korea [13]
2021 December 4, 2021 Online event Seoul South Korea [14]

Judging criteria
Division Online Voting Digital Sales Judge Score
Grand prizes[a] 20%60%20%
Main prizes
Best New Artist
Genre Awards[b] 30%40%30%
Popularity Awards[c] 60%40%—
Special Awards[d] ——100%
  • ^[a] Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year
  • ^[b] Rap/Hip Hop, Ballad, R&B, Rock, OST, Trot, Pop, Dance, Folk/Blues, Indie
  • ^[c] Netizen's Choice Award, Hot Trend Award
  • ^[d] Record of The Year, Music Video Award, Song Writer Award, MBC Music Star Award, Performing Arts Award, Global Star Award, QQ Asia Artist Award, Hall of Fame Award, Kakao Hot Star Award

Grand prizes

The four grand prizes (known as daesangs):

Record of the Year
Year Winner
2018 Wanna One
2019 BTS
2021 aespa

Main prizes

Top 10 Artist Award
Year Winners[15][16]
2009 2PM Girls' Generation Kara K.Will G-Dragon 8eight Super Junior 2NE1 Brown Eyed Girls Davichi
2010 2PM Girls' Generation 2AM IU DJ DOC CNBLUE Lee Seung-gi 2NE1 T-ara 4Men
2011 f(x) Secret Beast IU Big Bang Sistar Super Junior 2NE1 Leessang Lena Park
2012 Psy Busker Busker Beast IU Big Bang Sistar Infinite 2NE1 T-ara Huh Gak
2013 Shinee Busker Busker Beast IU G-Dragon Sistar Exo Ailee Dynamic Duo Davichi
2014 g.o.d Winner Beast IU Taeyang Sistar Exo 2NE1 Girl's Day AKMU
2015 Shinee Girls' Generation Hyukoh Toy Big Bang Sistar Exo San E Zion.T Apink
2016 BewhY Taeyeon BTS GFriend Mamamoo Zico Exo Twice Red Velvet AKMU
2017 Heize Winner BTS IU Big Bang Wanna One Exo Twice Red Velvet Bolbbalgan4
2018 iKON Apink BTS BtoB Mamamoo Wanna One Exo Twice Blackpink Bolbbalgan4
2019 Heize Taeyeon BTS Chungha Mamamoo MC the Max Exo Jannabi Jang Beom-june Bolbbalgan4
2020 Kim Ho-joong Baek Ye-rin BTS IU Oh My Girl Zico Baekhyun Lim Young-woong Blackpink Iz*One
2021 Heize Lee Mu-jin BTS IU lIlBOI NCT Dream aespa Lim Young-woong Ash Island AKMU

New Artist of the Year Award
Main article: Melon Music Award for Best New Artist

Genre Awards

Best Rap/Hip Hop
Year Winner Song
2010Supreme Team"Dang Dang Dang"
2011GD & TOP"Oh Yeah" (feat. Park Bom)
2012Dynamic Duo"Without You"
2013Baechigi"Shower of Tears" (feat. Ailee)
2014San E & Raina"A Midsummer Night's Sweetness"
2015Mad Clown"Fire" (feat. Jinsil)
2016Zico[17]"Eureka" (feat. Zion.T)
2017Dynamic Duo & Chen"Nosedive"
2018 BTS "Fake Love"
2019Epik High "Lovedrunk" (feat. Crush)
2020Yumdda, Paloalto, The Quiett, Deepflow, Simon Dominic "I'MMA DO" (feat. Woo Won-jae, Keem Hyo-eun, Nucksal, Huckleberry P)

Best Ballad
Year Winner Song
2010Gummy"Because You’re A Man"
2011Kim Bum-soo"Please"
2012K.Will"Please Don't"
2013Huh Gak"Monodrama" (with Yoo Seung-woo)
K.Will"Love Blossom"
2014M.C the Max"Wind That Blows"
2015Baek Ah Yeon"Shouldn't Have" (feat. Young K)
2016Jung Eun-ji"Hopefully Sky"
Im Chang-jung"The Love I Committed"
2017Yoon Jong-shin"Like It"
2018Roy Kim"Only Then"
2019Taeyeon"Four Seasons"
2020Davichi"Dear"

Best R&B
Year Winner Song
2014Fly to the Sky"You You You"
2015Naul"Living in the Same Time"
2016Baekhyun & Suzy"Dream"
2017Suran"Wine"
2018IU"Bbibbi"
2019Heize"We Don't Talk Together"
2020Baek Ye-rin"Square (2017)"

Best Rock
Year Winner Song
2010Hot Potato"Confession"
2011CNBLUE"Intuition"
2012Nell"The Day Before"
2013Cho Yong-pil"Bounce"
2014CNBLUE"Can't Stop"
2015Kim Sunggyu"The Answer"
2016Ha Hyun-woo"Don't Cry"
2017Kim Hee-chul & Min Kyung-hoon"Sweet Dream"
2018Kim Hee-chul & Min Kyung-hoon"Falling Blossoms"
2019N.Flying"Rooftop"
2020IU"Eight" (feat. Suga)

Best Trot
Year Winner Song
2010Jang Yoon-jeong"Come On"
2015Hong Jin Young"Love Wifi"
2016Hong Jin Young"Thumbs Up"
2017Hong Jin Young & Kim Young Chul"Ring Ring (Composer ver.)"
2018Hong Jin Young"Goodbye"
2019Hong Jin Young"Love Tonight"
2020Lim Young-woong"Trust in Me"

Best Pop
Year Winner Song
2012Maroon 5"Payphone" (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
2013Bruno Mars"Young Girls"
2015Mark Ronson"Uptown Funk" (feat. Bruno Mars)
2016Justin Bieber"Love Yourself"
2017Ed Sheeran"Shape of You"
2018 Camila Cabello "Havana" (feat. Young Thug)
2019 Billie Eilish "Bad Guy"
2020 Sam Smith "To Die For"

Best Dance
Year Winner[17] Song
2014MaleBlock B"Her"
FemaleApink"Mr. Chu"
2015MaleBTS"I Need U"
FemaleRed Velvet"Ice Cream Cake"
2016MaleExo"Monster"
FemaleGFriend"Rough"
2017MaleExo"Ko Ko Bop"
FemaleTwice"Knock Knock"
2018 Male Wanna One "Boomerang"
Female Blackpink "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"
2019 Male BTS "Boy with Luv"
Female Chungha "Gotta Go"
2020 Male BTS "Dynamite"
Female Blackpink "How You Like That"

Best Folk/Blues
Year Winner Song
2014Akdong Musician"200%"
201510cm"Sseudam Sseudam"
201610cm[17]"What The Spring??"
2017Jung Eunji"The Spring"
2018 Hong Jin-young "Good Bye"

Best Indie
Year Winner Song
2014Standing Egg"Lean on Me" (feat. Park Se-young)
2015Standing Egg"The Sunlight Hurts" (feat. Wheein & Obroject Yundak)
2016Bolbbalgan4"Galaxy"
2017MeloMance"Gift"
2018"Fairy Tale"
2019"You&I"
2020Bolbbalgan4"Leo" (feat. Baekhyun)

Best OST
Year Winner Song Drama/Show TV
2009Future Liger"Let's Dance"Infinite Challenge
2010Lee Seung-gi"Losing My Mind"My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox
2011Sunny Hill"Pit-a-Pat"The Greatest Love
2012Seo In-guk & Jung Eun-ji"All For You"Reply 1997
2013Yoon Mi-rae"Touch Love"Master's Sun
2014Lyn"My Destiny"My Love from the Star
2015Loco & Yuju of GFriend"Spring is Gone By Chance"A Girl Who Sees Smells
2016Yoon Mi-rae"Always"Descendants of the Sun
2017Ailee"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow"Goblin
2018Paul Kim"Every Day, Every Moment"Should We Kiss First?
2019Gummy"Remember Me"Hotel del Luna
2020Jo Jung-suk "Aloha"Hospital Playlist
2021Lee Mu-jin"Rain and You"Hospital Playlist 2

Best Performance
Year Winner
2020Monsta X
2021 The Boyz

Popularity awards

Netizen's Choice Award
Year Winner Song
2010Super Junior"Bonamana"
2011"Mr.Simple"
2012Beast"Midnight"
2013Exo"Growl"
2014Beast"Good Luck"
2015Big Bang"Bang Bang Bang"
2016Exo"Monster"
2017"Ko Ko Bop"
2018BTS"Idol"
2019"Boy with Luv"
2020"Dynamite"
2021"Butter"

Hot Trend Award
Year Winner Work Topic
2010Girls' Generation"Hoot"Music
2011Infinite Challenge"West Coast Expressway Music Festival"Variety Series
2012Trouble Maker"Trouble Maker"Collaboration
2013Crayon Pop"Bar Bar Bar"Music
Rose Motel"Longtime Lovers"Music
2014Soyou & Junggigo"Some"Collaboration
2015Infinite Challenge"Yeongdong Expressway Music Festival"Variety Series
2016Zico"I Am You, You Are Me"Radio Star
2017Suran & Suga"Wine"Singer and Producer
2018 Loco & Hwasa"Don't"Collaboration
2019 AB6IX—Produce 101 Alumni
2020 Mr. Trot 6—Reality Show
2021 Brave Girls"Rollin'"Music

Special awards

Music Video Award
Year Winner Music Video
2010Hwang Soo-ahGa-in's "Irreversible"
2011Cha Eun-taekT-ara's "Roly-Poly"
2012Cho Soo-hyunPsy's "Gangnam Style"
2013Lee Gi-baek (Tiger Cave Studio)Beast's "Shadow"
2014Won Tae-yeon (LOEN Entertainment)Melody Day's "Another Parting"
2015Naive Creative ProductionPark Jin-young's "Who's Your Mama?" (feat. Jessi)
2016Shin Hee-wonRed Velvet's "Russian Roulette"
2017Choi Yong-su (LUMPENS)BTS' "DNA"
2018 Ko Yoo-jeong (LUMPENS) GFriend's "Time for the Moon Night"
2019 VM Project Architecture Kang Daniel's "What Are You Up To"
2021 Yong Seok Choi, Guzza (LUMPENS) TXT's "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)"

Song Writer Award
Year Winner Song
2009Hitman Bang8eight's "Without A Heart" & "Goodbye My Love"
2010Lee Min-soo & Kim EanaIU and Im Seulong's "Nagging"
2011Jeon Hye-sungDavichi’s "Don’t Say Goodbye", Baek Ji-young's "That Woman"
2012Duble SidekickSistar’s "Loving U", Baek Ji-young's "Voice", "Good Boy"
2013Shinsadong TigerAilee's "U&I", Apink's "NoNoNo", Trouble Maker's "Now"
2014Kim Do-hoonSoyou & Junggigo's "Some", Mad Clown's "Without You", Ailee's "Don't Touch Me"
2015Teddy ParkBig Bang's "Loser", "Bae Bae", "Bang Bang Bang", "We Like 2 Party", "Sober", "Zutter" (GD & TOP), and "Let's Not Fall In Love"
2016Hitman BangBTS's "Fire", "Save Me", and "Blood Sweat & Tears"
2017IUIU's "Through the Night", "Can't Love You Anymore", "Palette", and "Ending Scene"
2018 B.I iKon's "Love Scenario", "Killing Me", and "Goodbye Road"
2019 Pdogg BTS's "Boy with Luv","Dionysus", "Mikrokosmos", "Make It Right", and TXT's "Angel or Devil"
2020 Young Tak Lee Daewon's "Champion", Jang Minho's "Read and Ignored", Jung Dongwon and Nam Seungmin's "Hit It Off", Young & Wild's "Thirsty", Ko Jaegeun's "Love Cowboy", Sungwonee's "Because of Money", and Han Leejae's "Knock Knock Knock"
2021 IU IU's "Strawberry Moon", "Lilac", "Celebrity", "Coin", "My Sea" and "Hi Spring Bye"

1theK Original Contents
Year Winner
2020The Boyz
2021STAYC

Best Performance Director
Year Winner
2020 Son Seung-duk
2021

Best Solo
Year Winner
2021MaleLim Young-woong
FemaleIU

Best Group
Year Winner
2021MaleBTS
Femaleaespa

Kakao Hot Star Award
Year Winner
2016EXO[17]
2017Wanna One
2018 BTS
2019

Stage of the Year
Year Winner
2017Park Hyo Shin
2018 Lee Sun-hee
2019 Seventeen

1theK Performance Award
Year Winner
2015 Monsta X
2017 GFriend
2018 Momoland
2019 The Boyz

Other awards

2009

2010
  • Best Dressed Singer: Girls' Generation
  • Best MBC Radio Singer: Jung Yeop – "Without You"

2016

2020
  • Best Drum: Shin Seok Cheol
  • Best Bass: Choi Hoon
  • Best Synthesizer: Hong So Jin
  • Best Guitar: Juk Jae
  • Best Chorus: Kim Hyun Ah

2021
  • Best Collaboration: Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
  • Best Music Style: Homies
  • Project Music: MSG Wannabe M.O.M
  • Global Rising Artist: Enhypen
  • Best Session Instrumental Award: Kim Dong-min (Guitarist), Go Tae-yeong (Bassist), Gureum (Keyboardist)

Discontinued awards
See Awards

Best Electronic

Year Winner Song
20142NE1"Come Back Home"

MBC Music Star Award

Year Winner[17]
2010Miss A
2011Baek Ji-young
2012Shindong & Kim Shin-young
2013f(x)
2014Ladies' Code
2015EXID
2016Seventeen
2017Hyuna

Global Artist

Year Winner Song
2011 Girls' Generation"The Boys"
2012 Psy"Gangnam Style"
2013 "Gentleman"
2017 BTS"DNA"
2018 "Fake Love"

Performing Arts Award

Year Winner Song
2010Psy"Right Now"
2011Lee Seung-hwan"Super Hero"
2013Shin Seung-hun—

Most wins

Most grand prizes awarded

This list includes Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year Award.

Awards Artist
12 BTS
5 IU
4 Exo
3 Girls' Generation
2 Busker Busker
Big Bang
2NE1
Beast

Most awarded overall
Awards Artist
35 BTS
19 IU
17 Exo
12 Girls' Generation
9 2NE1
8 Beast
7 Big Bang
6 Wanna One
5 Psy, Sistar, GFriend, Twice, Blackpink

Broadcasting

South Korea
  • The 1st Melon Music Awards ceremony was broadcast through CU Media's y-star, Dramax and Comedy TV channels. Internet partners include Melon, Nate (then a sister brand), GOMTV and Afreeca TV (2009-2010).
  • In 2010, LOEN Entertainment partnered with MBC Plus Media, and the latter transmitted the awards night through MBC every1, MBC Dramanet (from 2010-2011 and 2013), MBC Game (now defunct) and MBC Life (now defunct). When MBC Music was launched in 2012, it shared the honor of being the flagship station of MMA with MBC every1. MBC QueeN joined in 2013.
  • Daum was the local internet partner in 2013. One year later, it merged with LOEN's incumbent parent company Kakao.
  • In 2018, the awards show was broadcast on JTBC2, JTBC4, 1theK, and KakaoTV as part of their partnership with JTBC Plus Media.[18]

Worldwide
  • Since 2011, Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube (specifically the 1theK (formerly LOEN MUSIC) channel) is the internet broadcast partner of Melon Music Awards. Microsoft's Zune was the first internet broadcast partner (2009).

China

Japan

Thailand
  • Joox, another Tencent-owned music service, together with its sister property Sanook.com, brought Melon Music Awards to its users in Thailand in 2016 and 2017.

Taiwan

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