Melon Music Awards

Melon Music Awards
Awarded for Excellence in music
Country South Korea
Presented by kakao M
First awarded 2009
Website www.melon.com/mma/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
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The Melon Music Awards 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.

Host venues

Edition Date Venue City Country Ref
1st December 16, 2009 Olympic Hall
Olympic Park		 Seoul South Korea [1]
2nd December 15, 2010 Hall of Peace
Kyung Hee University		 [2]
3rd November 24, 2011 Seoul Olympic Stadium [3]
4th December 14, 2012 [4]
5th November 14, 2013 Olympic Gymnastics Arena [5]
6th November 13, 2014 [6]
7th November 7, 2015
8th November 19, 2016 Gocheok Sky Dome [7]
9th December 2, 2017 [8]
10th December 1, 2018

Judging criteria

DivisionOnline VotingDigital SalesJudge Score
Main awards* 20%60%20%
Genre Awards** 30%40%30%
Popularity Awards*** 60%40%–
Special Awards**** ––100%
*Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Top 10 Artists, Best New Artist
**Rap/Hip Hop, R&B/Ballad, Rock, OST, Trot, Pop, Dance, Folk/Blue, Indie, Electronic
***Netizen Popularity Award, Hot Trend Award
****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

Main awards

Artist of the Year

YearWinner
2009 Girls' Generation
2010 Girls' Generation
2011 Beast[9]
2012 Beast[10]
2013 Shinee
2014 IU
2015 Big Bang
2016[11] Exo
2017 Exo

Album of the Year

YearWinnerAlbum
2009 G-Dragon Heartbreaker
2010 2NE1 To Anyone
2011 2NE1 The 2nd Mini Album
2012 Busker Busker Busker Busker 1st Album
2013 Busker Busker Busker Busker 2nd Album
2014 g.o.d Chapter 8
2015 Exo Exodus
2016[11] BTS The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
2017 IU Palette

Song of the Year

YearWinnerSong
2009 Girls' Generation "Gee"
2010 2AM "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die"
2011 IU "Good Day"
2012 Psy "Gangnam Style"
2013 Exo "Growl"
2014 Taeyang "Eyes, Nose, Lips"
2015 Big Bang "Bang Bang Bang"
2016[11] Twice "Cheer Up"
2017 BTS "Spring Day"

Top 10 Artists

Year Winners
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 Akdong Musician Beast IU Taeyang Sistar Exo 2NE1 Girl's Day Winner
2015[12] Shinee Girls' Generation Hyukoh Toy Big Bang Sistar Exo Apink Zion.T San E
2016[13] BewhY Akdong Musician BTS Zico Mamamoo GFriend Exo Twice Red Velvet Taeyeon
2017 Heize Bolbbalgan4 BTS IU Big Bang Wanna One Exo Twice Red Velvet Winner

Best New Artist

Year Winners
2009 — 2NE1
2010 CNBLUE —
2011 Huh Gak —
2012 B.A.P Ailee
2013 BTS Lim Kim
2014 Winner —
2015 iKON GFriend
2016 — Black Pink
2017 Wanna One —

Genre Awards

Rap/Hip Hop

YearWinnerSong
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)
2016[11]Zico"Eureka" (feat. Zion.T)
2017Dynamic Duo & Chen"Nosedive"

R&B/Ballad

YearWinnerSong
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"
2014R&B/SoulFly to the Sky"You You You"
BalladM.C the Max"Wind That Blows"
2015R&B/SoulNaul"Living in the Same Time"
BalladBaek Ah Yeon"Shouldn't Have" (feat. Young K)
2016[11]R&B/SoulBaekhyun & Suzy"Dream"
BalladJung Eun-ji"Hopefully Sky"
Im Chang-jung"The Love I Committed"
2017R&B/SoulSuran"Wine"
BalladYoon Jong-shin"Like It"

Rock

YearWinnerSong
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"

OST

YearWinnerSong
2009Future Liger"Let's Dance"
2010Lee Seung-gi"Losing My Mind"
2011Sunny Hill"Pit-a-Pat"
2012Seo In-guk & Jung Eun-ji"All For You"
2013Yoon Mi-rae"Touch Love"
2014Lyn"My Destiny"
2015Loco & Yuju of GFriend"Spring is Gone By Chance"
2016[11]Yoon Mi-rae"Always"
2017Ailee"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow"

Trot

YearWinnerSong
2010Jang Yun-jeong"Ole"
2015Hong Jin Young"Love Wifi"
2016[11]Hong Jin Young"Thumbs Up"
2017Hong Jin Young & Kim Young Chul"Ring Ring (Composer ver.)"

Pop

YearWinnerSong
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"

Dance

YearWinnerSong
2014MaleBlock B"Her"
FemaleApink"Mr. Chu"
2015MaleBTS"I Need U"
FemaleRed Velvet"Ice Cream Cake"
2016[11]MaleExo"Monster"
FemaleGFRIEND"Rough"
2017MaleExo"Ko Ko Bop"
FemaleTwice"Knock Knock"

Folk/Blues

YearWinnerSong
2014Akdong Musician"200%"
201510cm"Sseudam Sseudam"
2016[11]10cm"What The Spring??"
2017Jung Eunji"The Spring"

Indie

YearWinnerSong
2014Standing Egg"Lean on Me" (feat. Park Se-young)
2015Standing Egg"The Sunlight Hurts" (feat. Wheein & Obroject Yundak)
2016[11]Bolbbalgan4"Galaxy"
2017MeloMance"Gift"

Electronic

YearWinnerSong
20142NE1"Come Back Home"

Popularity awards

Netizen Popularity Award

YearWinnerSong
2010Super Junior"Bonamana"
2011Super Junior"Mr.Simple"
2012Beast"Midnight"
2013Exo"Growl"
2014Beast"Good Luck"
2015Big Bang"Bang Bang Bang"
2016Exo"Monster"
2017Exo"Ko Ko Bop"

Hot Trend Award

YearWinnerSong
2010Girls' Generation"Hoot"
2011Infinite Challenge"West Coast Expressway Music Festival"
2012Trouble Maker"Trouble Maker"
2013Crayon Pop"Bar Bar Bar"
Rose Motel"Longtime Lovers"
2014Soyou & Junggigo"Some"
2015Infinite Challenge"Yeongdong Expressway Music Festival"
2016Zico[11]"I Am You, You Are Me"
2017Suran & Suga"Wine"

Special awards

Music Video Award

YearWinnerMusic 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 (in-house))		Melody Day's "Another Parting"
2015Kim Young-jo and Yoo Seung-woo
(Naive Creative Production)		Park Jin-young's "Who's Your Mama?" (feat. Jessi)
2016[11]Shin Hee-wonRed Velvet's "Russian Roulette"
2017Choi Yong-suk
(LUMPENS)		BTS' "DNA"

Song Writer Award

YearWinnerSong
2009Hitman Bang
(Bang Si-hyuk)		8eight (Without A Heart & Goodbye My Love)
2010Lee Min-soo & Kim Yi-naIU and Im Seulong's "Nagging"
2011Jeon Hye-sungDavichi’s "Don’t Say Goodbye", Baek Ji-young's "That Woman"
2012Duble Sidekick
(Michael "Chance" Kim, Park Jang-geun)		Sistar’s "Loving U", Baek Ji-young's "Voice", "Good Boy"
2013Shinsadong Tiger
(Lee Ho-yang)		Ailee'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 (Loser, Bae Bae, Bang Bang Bang, We Like 2 Party, Sober, Zutter (GD & TOP), Let's Not Fall In Love)
2016Hitman Bang
(Bang Si-hyuk)		BTS (Fire, Save Me, Blood Sweat & Tears)
2017IU
(Lee Ji-eun)		IU (Through the Night, Can't Love You Anymore, Palette, Ending Scene)

MBC Music Star Award

YearWinner
2010Miss A
2011Baek Ji-young
2012Shindong & Kim Shin-young
2013f(x)
2014Ladies' Code
2015EXID
2016[11]Seventeen
2017[11]Hyuna

Performing Arts Award

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

Global Artist

YearWinnerSong
2011 Girls' Generation"The Boys"
2012 Psy"Gangnam Style"
2013 Psy"Gentleman"
2017 BTS"DNA"

Tencent-QQ Music Asia Star Award

YearWinner
2016iKon

Hall of Fame Award

YearWinner
2016Sechs Kies

Kakao Hot Star Award

YearWinner
2016[11]Exo
2017Wanna One

Stage of the Year

YearWinner
2017Park Hyo Shin

1theK Performance Award

YearWinner
2015 Monsta X
2017 GFriend

Other awards

2009

2010

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

Most wins

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Artist Exo Girls' Generation IU Beast, 2NE1 BTS Psy, Big Bang Sistar
Total awards 15 12 10 9 8 6 5

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.

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Melon Music Awards 2009 Results". Soompi. December 16, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Winners from the 2010 Melon Music Awards". Allkpop. December 15, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Winners from the '2011 Melon Music Awards'". Allkpop. November 24, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Winners from the '2012 MelOn Music Awards'!". Allkpop. December 14, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Winners from the '2013 MelOn Music Awards'!". Allkpop. November 14, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Melon Music Awards - Last Awards". Melon (in Korean). Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Melon Music Awards 2016 Introduction". Melon (in Korean). Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  8. ↑ "2017 멜론뮤직어워드, 12월2일 고척돔서 개최[공식]". Naver. September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ Choi, EunHwa (15 December 2012). "Psy, B2ST Take Home the Big Awards at the 2012 Melon Music Awards". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Kim, JiYeon (25 November 2011). "IU, B2ST, 2NE1 Win Big at 2011 Melon Music Awards". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Jeong, G. (2016-11-19). "The Winners Of The 2016 Melon Music Awards". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  12. ↑ "2015 Melon Music Awards Awards categories TOP10". Melon. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Melon Music Awards". www.melon.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  14. ↑ "完全生中継！2016 MelOn MUSIC AWARDS (Complete and Live Broadcast! 2016 Melon Music Awards)". LOEN Entertainment, Inc. and M-ON Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
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