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South Korea Annual Music Award
The
Melon Music Awards
(
Korean
:
멜론 뮤직어워드
) is a major music awards show that is held annually by
Kakao Entertainment
(a
Kakao
company) through its
online music store
Melon
. The event was initially a fan-voted award conducted entirely online from 2005 through 2008, and has been officially held offline in
Seoul
since 2009.
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The award show uses digital data from the Melon music platform?along with online voting and judges evaluation?to base its awards to artists who have had exceptional performance during the year.
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History
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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
.
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Host venues
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Judging criteria
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Grand prizes
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The four grand prizes (known as
daesangs
):
Main prizes
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Top 10 Artist Award
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Millions Top 10 Artist Award
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New Artist of the Year Award
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Genre Awards
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Best Rap/Hip Hop
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Best Ballad
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Best R&B
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Best Rock
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Best Trot
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Best Pop
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Best Dance
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Best Folk/Blues
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Best Indie
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Best OST
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Best Performance
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Popularity awards
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Netizen's Choice Award
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Hot Trend Award
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Special awards
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Music Video Award
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Song Writer Award
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Best Performance Director
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Best Music Style
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Best Solo
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Best Group
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Best Collaboration
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Global Rising Artist
Global Rising Artist
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Kakao Hot Star Award
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Stage of the Year
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1theK Performance Award
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1theK Original Contents
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1theK Global Icon
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Other awards
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2009
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2010
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- Best Dressed Singer:
Girls' Generation
- Best MBC Radio Singer: Jung Yeop ? "Without You"
2016
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2020
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- Best Drum: Shin Seok Cheol
- Best Bass: Choi Hoon
- Best Synthesizer: Hong So Jin
- Best Guitar: Juk Jae
- Best Chorus: Kim Hyun Ah
2021
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- Project Music:
MSG Wannabe
M.O.M
- Best Session Instrumental Award: Kim Dong-min (Guitarist), Go Tae-yeong (Bassist), Gureum (Keyboardist)
- Legendary Performance:
BTS
? "
IDOL
"
2022
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2023
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- Kakao Favorite Star:
BTS
- J-Pop Favorite Artist:
imase
Discontinued awards
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See Awards
Best Electronic
MBC Music
Star Award
Performing Arts Award
Most wins
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Most grand prizes awarded
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This list includes Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year Award.
Most awarded overall
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Broadcasting
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South Korea
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- 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 to 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.
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Worldwide
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- 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
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Japan
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Thailand
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- 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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References
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Park, Gun-wook (December 17, 2009).
"
'第 1回 멜론 뮤직어워드', 成功可能性 쐈다"
.
Asia's Economy
(in Korean).
Archived
from the original on February 24, 2021
. Retrieved
December 7,
2020
.
- ^
Lee, Jae-lim (October 21, 2021).
"Melon Music Awards will be virtual again this year"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
.
Archived
from the original on April 10, 2022
. Retrieved
May 21,
2022
.
- ^
Son, Jin-ah (October 28, 2020).
멜론뮤직어워드, 12月 첫째週 온라인 開催…MMA WEEK 進行(公式)
[(Official) Melon Music Awards, held online in the first week of December…Proceed with MMA Week].
Sports Maekyung
(in Korean).
Archived
from the original on October 31, 2020
. Retrieved
December 7,
2020
– via Naver.
- ^
"音樂사이트 멜론, 첫 디지털 音源 年末 施賞式 開催!"
[Music site Melon hosts the first digital music year-end awards ceremony!].
Sports Kyunghyang
(in Korean). November 9, 2009.
Archived
from the original on October 22, 2022
. Retrieved
February 6,
2022
– via Naver.
- ^
"2010 Melon Music Awards"
.
KBS World
. December 16, 2010.
Archived
from the original on October 22, 2022
. Retrieved
February 6,
2022
.
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"Winners of 2011 Melon Music Awards"
.
KBS World
. November 24, 2011.
Archived
from the original on May 11, 2021
. Retrieved
November 29,
2021
.
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"
'2012 멜론 뮤직 어워드', 12月14日 열린다"
['2012 Melon Music Awards' to be held on December 14].
Herald Pop
(in Korean). November 15, 2012.
Archived
from the original on August 5, 2023
. Retrieved
February 6,
2022
– via Naver.
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"Top 5 Moments from the Melon Awards 2013"
.
SBS PopAsia
. November 18, 2013.
Archived
from the original on August 5, 2023
. Retrieved
February 6,
2022
.
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"[寫眞]박은지-타쿠야,'우리가 멜론 뮤직 어워드 進行者'
"
[[Photo] Eunji Park and Takuya, 'We are the hosts of the Melon Music Awards'].
Osen
(in Korean). November 13, 2014.
Archived
from the original on October 25, 2022
. Retrieved
February 22,
2022
– via Naver.
- ^
"멜론, 國內 最大 音樂祝祭 '2015 멜론 뮤직 어워드' 開催"
[Melon hosts Korea's largest music festival '2015 Melon Music Awards'].
Sports Seoul
(in Korean). October 1, 2015.
Archived
from the original on August 5, 2023
. Retrieved
October 24,
2022
– via Naver.
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"Melon Music Awards 2016 Introduction"
.
Melon
(in Korean).
Archived
from the original on November 19, 2016
. Retrieved
January 26,
2017
.
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"2017 멜론뮤직어워드, 12月2日 고척돔서 開催[公式]"
[2017 Melon Music Awards, held at Gocheok Dome on December 2nd [Official]].
Sports Dong-a
. September 14, 2017.
Archived
from the original on May 1, 2019 – via Naver.
- ^
"How BTOB's Changsub filled Eunkwang's vacancy at 2018 MMA"
.
The Korea Herald
. December 2, 2018.
Archived
from the original on October 24, 2022
. Retrieved
February 6,
2022
.
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"BTS set to heat up year-end festivities with performances at home, abroad"
.
The Korea Herald
. November 26, 2019.
Archived
from the original on August 5, 2023
. Retrieved
February 6,
2022
.
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"멜론뮤직어워드, 12月 첫째週 온라인 開催…MMA Week 進行(公式)"
[Melon Music Awards will be held online in the first week of December … MMA Week in progress (official)].
MK Sports
(in Korean). October 28, 2020.
Archived
from the original on November 1, 2020 – via Naver.
- ^
"Melon Music Awards will be virtual again this year"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
. October 21, 2021.
Archived
from the original on April 10, 2022
. Retrieved
October 27,
2021
.
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"Melon Music Awards 2022 to be held on Nov. 26 at Gocheok Sky Dome"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
. September 29, 2022.
Archived
from the original on November 21, 2022
. Retrieved
September 29,
2022
.
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"멜론뮤직어워드 12月 2日 仁川 永宗島서 開催"
[Melon Music Awards held on December 2nd at Yeongjong Island, Incheon].
Yonhap News Agency
(in Korean). October 19, 2023
. Retrieved
October 19,
2023
– via Naver.
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"2015 Melon Music Awards Awards categories TOP10"
. Melon. Archived from
the original
on March 4, 2016
. Retrieved
October 23,
2015
.
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"Melon Music Awards"
.
www.melon.com
.
Archived
from the original on November 13, 2017
. Retrieved
November 19,
2016
.
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a
b
c
d
e
Jeong, G. (November 19, 2016).
"The Winners Of The 2016 Melon Music Awards"
.
Soompi
.
Archived
from the original on December 23, 2016
. Retrieved
November 19,
2016
.
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But Sometimes
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[單獨] 트와이스, 올해 멜론뮤직어워드서 못본다
(in Korean).
Archived
from the original on October 31, 2018
. Retrieved
October 31,
2018
.
- ^
"完全生中?!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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