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Melon Music Awards

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.[1]

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Melon Music Awards
Current: 2024 Melon Music Awards
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Awarded forExceptional digital performance
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byKakao Entertainment
First award
  • 2005 (online)
  • December 16, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-12-16) (live)
Websitewww.melon.com/mma/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
Network
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Quick Facts Award, Winner ...
Most recent Melon Music Award winners
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Award Song of the Year Album of the Year
Winner Aespa
("Supernova")
Aespa
(Armageddon)
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Award Artist of the Year Record of the Year
Winner Aespa (G)I-dle
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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.[2]

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.[3]

Host venues

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Year Date Venue City Ref.
2009 December 16, 2009 Olympic Hall Seoul [4]
2010 December 15, 2010 Kyung Hee University Hall of Peace [5]
2011 November 24, 2011 Olympic Gymnastics Arena [6]
2012 December 14, 2012 [7]
2013 November 14, 2013 [8]
2014 November 13, 2014 [9]
2015 November 7, 2015 [10]
2016 November 19, 2016 Gocheok Sky Dome [11]
2017 December 2, 2017 [12]
2018 December 1, 2018 [13]
2019 November 30, 2019 [14]
2020 December 2–5, 2020 Virtual event [15]
2021 December 4, 2021 [16]
2022 November 26, 2022 Gocheok Sky Dome Seoul [17]
2023 December 2, 2023 Inspire Arena Incheon [18]
2024 November 30, 2024 [19]
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Judging criteria

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Division Online Voting Digital Sales Judge Score
Grand prizes[a] 20%60%20%
Best New Artist
Main prizes[b] 20%80%
Genre Awards[c] 30%40%30%
Popularity Awards[d] 60%40%
Special Awards[e] 100%
  • ^[a] Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year
  • ^[b] Top 10 Artist, Millions Top 10 Album
  • ^[c] Rap/Hip Hop, Ballad, R&B, Rock, OST, Trot, Pop, Dance, Folk/Blues, Indie
  • ^[d] Netizen's Choice Award, Hot Trend Award
  • ^[e] 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
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Grand prizes

The four grand prizes (known as daesangs):

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Record of the Year
Year Winner
2018 Wanna One
2019 BTS
2021 Aespa
2022 BTS
2023 NCT Dream
2024 (G)I-dle
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Main prizes

Top 10 Artist Award

Millions Top 10 Album Award

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Year Winners[22]
2023 (G)I-dleI Feel AespaMy World BSSSecond Wind IveI've Ive Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) Le SserafimUnforgiven Lim Young-woong – "Do or Die" NCT DreamISTJ NewJeansGet Up SeventeenFML
2024 TaeyeonTo. X AespaArmageddon PlaveAsterum 134-1 IveIve Switch JungkookGolden IUThe Winning Lim Young-woongWarmth RiizeRiizing NewJeansHow Sweet Day6Band Aid
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New Artist of the Year Award

Genre Awards

Best Rap/Hip Hop

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Year Winner Song
2010 Supreme Team"Dang Dang Dang"
2011 GD & TOP"Oh Yeah" (feat. Park Bom)
2012 Dynamic Duo"Without You"
2013 Baechigi"Shower of Tears" (feat. Ailee)
2014 San E & Raina"A Midsummer Night's Sweetness"
2015 Mad Clown"Fire" (feat. Jinsil)
2016 Zico[23]"Eureka" (feat. Zion.T)
2017 Dynamic Duo & Chen"Nosedive"
2018 BTS "Fake Love"
2019 Epik High "Lovedrunk" (feat. Crush)
2020 Yumdda, Paloalto, The Quiett, Deepflow, Simon Dominic "I'mma Do" (feat. Woo Won-jae, Keem Hyo-eun, Nucksal, Huckleberry P)
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Best Ballad

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

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

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

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

Best Dance

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Year Winner[23] Song
2014 MaleBlock B"Her"
FemaleApink"Mr. Chu"
2015 MaleBTS"I Need U"
FemaleRed Velvet"Ice Cream Cake"
2016 MaleExo"Monster"
FemaleGFriend"Rough"
2017 MaleExo"Ko Ko Bop"
FemaleTwice"Knock Knock"
2018 Male Wanna One "Boomerang"
Female Blackpink "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"
2019 Male BTS "Boy with Luv" (feat. Halsey)
Female Chungha "Gotta Go"
2020 Male BTS "Dynamite"
Female Blackpink "How You Like That"
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Best Folk/Blues

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Year Winner Song
2014 Akdong Musician"200%"
2015 10cm"Sseudam Sseudam"
2016 10cm[23]"What The Spring??"
2017 Jung Eun-ji"The Spring"
2018 Hong Jin-young "Good Bye"
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Best Indie

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

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Year Winner Song Drama/Show TV
2009 Future Liger"Let's Dance"Infinite Challenge
2010 Lee Seung-gi"Losing My Mind"My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox
2011 Sunny Hill"Pit-a-Pat"The Greatest Love
2012 Seo In-guk & Jung Eun-ji"All For You"Reply 1997
2013 Yoon Mi-rae"Touch Love"Master's Sun
2014 Lyn"My Destiny"My Love from the Star
2015 Loco & Yuju of GFriend"Spring is Gone By Chance"A Girl Who Sees Smells
2016 Yoon Mi-rae"Always"Descendants of the Sun
2017 Ailee"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow"Goblin
2018 Paul Kim"Every Day, Every Moment"Should We Kiss First?
2019 Gummy"Remember Me"Hotel del Luna
2020 Jo Jung-suk "Aloha"Hospital Playlist
2021 Lee Mu-jin"Rain and You"Hospital Playlist 2
2022 MeloMance"Love, Maybe"Business Proposal
2023 Lim Jae-hyun"Heaven"It Was Spring
2024 Eclipse (Byeon Woo-Seok) "Sudden Shower"Lovely Runner
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Best Performance

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Year Winner
2020 Male Monsta X
2021 Male The Boyz
2022 Male Tomorrow X Together
Female Le Sserafim
2023 Male Seventeen
Female Aespa
2024 Male BoyNextDoor
Female Aespa
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Popularity awards

Netizen's Choice Award

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Year Winner Song
2010 Super Junior"Bonamana"
2011 Super Junior"Mr. Simple"
2012 Beast"Midnight"
2013 Exo"Growl"
2014 Beast"Good Luck"
2015 Big Bang"Bang Bang Bang"
2016 Exo"Monster"
2017 Exo"Ko Ko Bop"
2018 BTS"Idol"
2019 BTS"Boy with Luv"
2020 BTS"Dynamite"
2021 BTS"Butter"
2022 Lim Young-woong"If We Ever Meet Again"
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Hot Trend Award

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Year Winner Work Topic
2010 Girls' Generation"Hoot"Music
2011 Infinite Challenge"West Coast Expressway Music Festival"Variety Series
2012 Trouble Maker"Trouble Maker"Collaboration
2013 Crayon Pop"Bar Bar Bar"Music
Rose Motel"Longtime Lovers"Music
2014 Soyou & Junggigo"Some"Collaboration
2015 Infinite Challenge"Yeongdong Expressway Music Festival"Variety Series
2016 Zico"I Am You, You Are Me"Radio Star
2017 Suran & Suga"Wine"Singer and Producer
2018 Loco & Hwasa"Don't"Collaboration
2019 AB6IXProduce 101 Alumni
2020 Mr. Trot 6Reality Show
2021 Brave Girls"Rollin'"Music
2022 Le Sserafim"Fearless"Music
2023 Jungkook"Seven"Soloist & Unit
2024 QWERMusic
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Special awards

Music Video Award

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Year Winner Music Video
2010 Hwang Soo-ahGa-in's "Irreversible"
2011 Cha Eun-taekT-ara's "Roly-Poly"
2012 Cho Soo-hyunPsy's "Gangnam Style"
2013 Lee Gi-baek (Tiger Cave Studio)Beast's "Shadow"
2014 Won Tae-yeon (LOEN Entertainment)Melody Day's "Another Parting"
2015 Naive Creative ProductionPark Jin-young's "Who's Your Mama?" (feat. Jessi)
2016 Shin Hee-wonRed Velvet's "Russian Roulette"
2017 Choi 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)" (feat. Seori)
2022 Samson (Highqualityfish) (G)I-dle's "Tomboy"
2023 Naive Creative Production STAYC's "Bubble"
2024 Yoon Seung-rim, Jang Dong-ju (Rigend Film) Ive's "Heya"
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Songwriter Award

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Year Winner Song
2009 Hitman Bang8eight's "Without A Heart" & "Goodbye My Love"
2010 Lee Min-soo & Kim EanaIU and Im Seulong's "Nagging"
2011 Jeon Hye-sungDavichi's "Don't Say Goodbye", Baek Ji-young's "That Woman"
2012 Duble SidekickSistar's "Loving U", Baek Ji-young's "Voice", "Good Boy"
2013 Shinsadong TigerAilee's "U&I", Apink's "NoNoNo", Trouble Maker's "Now"
2014 Kim Do-hoonSoyou & Junggigo's "Some", Mad Clown's "Without You", Ailee's "Don't Touch Me"
2015 Teddy ParkBigBang's "Loser", "Bae Bae", "Bang Bang Bang", "We Like 2 Party", "Sober", "Zutter" (GD & TOP), and "Let's Not Fall In Love"
2016 Hitman BangBTS' "Fire", "Save Me", and "Blood Sweat & Tears"
2017 IUIU'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' "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"
2022 Jeon So-yeon (G)I-dle's "Tomboy", "My Bag" and "Nxde"
2023 Ryan S. Jhun Ive's "I Am", "Kitsch", "I Want", "Off the Record", "Baddie" & "Either Way", Monsta X's "Beautiful Liar", Hwang Min-hyun's "Hidden Side", Queendom Puzzle's "SNAP", "Bad Blood" & "I Do", Fromis_9's "#menow", Ren's "Ready to Move", Oh My Girl's "Summer Comes", Infinite's "New Emotion", Cignature's "Smooth Sailing", Weeekly's "Good Day (Special Daileee)", D.O's "I Do", Just B's "Medusa", Viviz's "Untie" & Enhypen's "Orange Flower (You Complete Me)"
2024 Jeon So-yeon (G)I-dle's "Super Lady", "Fate", "Wife" and "Klaxon", QWER's "My Name Is Malgeum", Jennifer Lopez's "This Time Around"
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Best Performance Director

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Year Winner
2020 Son Seung-duk
2021 Son Seung-duk
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Best Music Style

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Year Winner
2021 Homies
2022 Big Naughty
2023 Silica Gel
2024 Bibi & Lee Young-ji
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Best Solo

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Year Winner
2021 MaleLim Young-woong
FemaleIU
2022 MaleLim Young-woong
FemaleIU
2023 MaleJungkook
FemaleLee Young-ji
2024 MaleJungkook
FemaleIU
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Best Group

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Year Winner
2021 MaleBTS
FemaleAespa
2022 MaleBTS
FemaleIve
2023 MaleNCT Dream
FemaleNewJeans
2024 MaleRiize
Femaleaespa
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Best Collaboration

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Year Winner Song
2021 Coldplay & BTS"My Universe"
2022 10cm & Big Naughty"Beyond Love"
2023 Jung Kook & Latto"Seven"
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Global Artist Award

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Year Winner Song
2011 Girls' Generation"The Boys"
2012 Psy"Gangnam Style"
2013 Psy"Gentleman"
2017 BTS"DNA"
2018 BTS"Fake Love"
2022 Monsta X"Love"
2023 aespa
2024 Ateez
Ive
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Global Rising Artist

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Year Winner Song
2021 Enhypen "Drunk Dazed"
2022 STAYC"Beautiful Monster"
2023 Boynextdoor"But Sometimes"[24][unreliable source?]
2024 Riize"Impossible"
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Kakao Hot Star Award

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Year Winner
2016 Exo[23]
2017 Wanna One
2018 BTS
2019 BTS
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Stage of the Year

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1theK Performance Award

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Year Winner
2015 Monsta X
2017 GFriend
2018 Momoland
2019 The Boyz
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1theK Original Contents

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Year Winner
2020 The Boyz
2021 STAYC
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1theK Global Icon

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Year Winner
2022 Enhypen
2023 Kiss of Life
2024 TripleS
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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

  • 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

2023

  • Kakao Favorite Star: BTS
  • J-Pop Favorite Artist: imase

2024

Discontinued awards

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Year Winner Song
2014 2NE1"Come Back Home"
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Year Winner[23]
2010 Miss A
2011 Baek Ji-young
2012 Shindong & Kim Shin-young
2013 f(x)
2014 Ladies' Code
2015 EXID
2016 Seventeen
2017 Hyuna
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Year Winner Song
2010 Psy"Right Now"
2011 Lee Seung-hwan"Super Hero"
2013 Shin Seung-hun
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Best Electronic

MBC Music Star Award

Performing Arts Award

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.

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Most awarded overall

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Awards Artist
40 BTS
25 IU
17 Exo
15 Aespa
12 Girls' Generation
11 Lim Young-woong
10 Ive
9 2NE1
NewJeans
Beast
7 Big Bang
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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 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.[25]

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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